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Luca Montanarella, L MARMO, L MIKO, K Ritz, G Peres, J Römbke, W Van der Putten

2010

European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg

Diapositiva 1 Page 1 Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, 18 - 29 October 2010 1 European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC) IES - Institute for Environment and Sustainability Ispra - Italy http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/library/themes/biodiversity/ The new Atlas of Soil Biodiversity Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity Luca Montanarella, Ciro Gardi, Simon Jeffery, Arwyn Jones Page 2 Nagoya, 18 - 29 October 2010 2 The new Atlas of Soil Biodiversity WHAT DO WE MEAN BY SOIL BIODIVERSITY ? • The range of organisms present in soil • The variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur / flora Page 3 Nagoya, 18 - 29 October 2010 3 The new Atlas of Soil Biodiversity Economical/utilitarian reasons Ecological reasons Ethical reasons WHY WE …