Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe

In: Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 2, Environmental Security 69

Abstract

I. Overall Concepts of Soil Quality, Sustainable Development and Environmental Security; Synopsis and Overview -- Soil, Sustainability and Security; the Importance of Ecosystem Integrity -- Soil Quality in Relation to the Concepts of Multifunctionality and Sustainable Development -- II. Soil Quality Studies in Central and Eastern European Countries; Synopsis and Overview -- The Heavy Metals and Sulphur Status of Agricultural Soils in Poland -- Organic Contaminants in Agricultural Soils in Central and East European Countries as Compared to West European Countries; Example of PAHs -- Quality and Contamination of Agricultural Soils in Hungary as Indicated by Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment -- Contamination and Degradation of Soils in the Czech Republic — Contemporary and Future State -- The Present Status of the Soil Environment in Russia -- III. Studies Emphasizing some Western Examples of Management Practices and Strategies Relating to Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Security; Synopsis and Overview -- Agro-Environmental Aspects of Land Disposal of Industrial Wastes -- Long-Term Field Experiments and Implications for Soil Quality Assessment with Respect to Organic Contaminants; The Significance of Sewage Sludge Applied to Agricultural Land -- Organic Farming on Large Farms with Special Reference to Eastern Germany; Management strategies, environmental effects and economic aspects -- Minimum Tillage Technology as an Alternative to Traditional Systems: Environmental Implications and their Relevance to Poland and other CEES -- Soil Physical Quality and The Effects of Management -- Herbicide Management to Maintain Environmental Quality; Lessons to be Learned from North American Herbicide Management Practice -- Controlling Animal Waste Management in Denmark as Related to Soil and Water Quality -- The use of Soil Data to Predict Environmental Sensitivity to Pollution -- IV. Management Practices Relating to Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Security, Emphasizing Examples from Central and Eastern Europe; Synopsis and Overview -- Impact of Management Practices on Soil Quality in CEE Countries with Particular Reference to Poland -- Application of Sludges for Remediation of Contaminated Soil Environment -- Past, Present and Future Status of N-Fertilization Policies in Hungary -- Soil Tillage Systems Applied in Russia to Prevent Soil Erosion and Degradation -- A Mechanism for the Self-Regulation of Fertility in Ukrainian Chernozems -- Conservation and Non-Plough Systems of Crop Production in Ukraine with Increased Reproduction of Soil Fertility -- An Erosion Control System for Sustainable Land use in a Lithuanian Catchment -- Rehabilitation of Acid Soils by Liming and Longterm Manurial Treatment -- Interacting Effects of Liming, Fertilization and Plant Breeding in some Lithuanian Soils in Relation to Environmental Protection -- V. Socio-Economic Aspects of Agricultural Sustainability and Environmental Security in Central and East European Countries; Synopsis and Overview -- Appropriate Agricultural Policies to Sustain Agriculture in the Central and Eastern European Countries -- Future of Polish Agriculture: Possibilities and Problems -- Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture in the CEECs with Particular Emphasis on Poland -- Assessments of Environmental Policy Measures: A Farm Approach -- VI. Conclusions and Recommendations -- List of Workshop Participants -- Coloured Plates.