Saskia Keesstra

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore and discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the most effective manner and recommend the following steps to be taken by the soil science community as a whole: (i) embrace the UN SDGs, as they provide a platform that allows soil science to demonstrate its relevance for realizing a sustainable society by 2030; (ii) show the specific value of soil science: research should explicitly show how using modern soil information can improve the results of inter-and transdisciplinary studies on SDGs related to food security

TL;DR: The potential of Nature based solutions (NBSs) as a cost-effective long term solution for hydrological risks and land degradation is shown and these services directly feed into the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce four concepts that are conducive to realizing Land Degradation Neutrality in a more integrated way: systems thinking, connectivity, nature-based solutions, and regenerative economics.

TL;DR: The results showed that agricultural management influenced water and sediment dynamics and that tillage and herbicide treatment should be avoided.