Soil and soil health have become increasingly important, not only for researchers, but also for various stakeholders such as farmers, reindeer herders, the grazing industry, the energy sector, environmentalists and others.
As the pressure on land and soil increases, more and more interdisciplinary knowledge is required to understand how society can develop a sustainable use of land and land for future generations.
- If you only analyze soil from an environmental or agricultural science perspective, you easily overlook other forms of knowledge and social/cultural values linked to soil. For example, local communities can have very specific values and practices related to soil that cannot be measured with methods used in biological and environmental sciences alone, says Susanne Bauer.
In order to develop a sustainable use of land, it is necessary to understand historical contexts, knowledge and value systems, power relations, as well as local traditions, including traditional ecological knowledge.
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