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Research unit
FOEN
Project number
ExSt.2023.1535
Project title
Review on the techniques and requirements for monitoring stock changes of soil organic carbon

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Key words
(German)
Boden, Studien
Key words
(English)
Soil, Studies
Key words
(French)
Sols, Études
Key words
(Italian)
Suolo, Studi
Short description
(English)
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the organic component of soil, providing numerous benefits to the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil and the soil’s capacity to support regulatory ecosystem services. SOM is often expressed as soil organic carbon (SOC) and more informally as humus. SOM is most often calculated from the measured SOC (see chapter 2.3). SOM contains other elements in addition to carbon and is important for soil functions and soil quality, as it provides stability and structure to soils and thus builds the adaptive capacity of a soil towards environmental stressors and climate change related hazards and is closely linked to the human civilisation (Lal, 2007; Montgomery, 2012).
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Contractor
(English)
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Frick
Charged budget
(English)
BAFU
Legal basis
(English)
Art. 57 Abs. 1 RVOG | Art. 57 al. 1 LOGA. | Art. 57 cpv. 1 LOGA
Copyright
(English)
Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities
Information
(English)
BAFU, Abteilung Boden und Biotechnologie, 3003 Bern