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303514 1 En Bookbackmatter 199..216 About the Book The book opens with an introduction of the basic data research in the past, soil surveying and mapping, our regarding Slovenia, its position within Europe, and division research institutes and enterprises, soils in our school sys- into the distinctive units that encompass all the country’s tem, and the most important recent projects, have been natural features. It continues with the factors impacting soil added. The last chapter provides a historical review of formation. That chapter reveals the general and soil-specific activities related to the collection, digitalization, and for- factors: the parent material, topography, climate, waters, mation of soil information. The information on the avail- vegetation, time, and the land use. The fourth chapter on the ability of the soil information on Slovenia should prove to be classification of Slovenian soils briefly describes the diag- a valuable conclusion to the book. nostic horizons, qualifiers, soil types, and relationship of soil This book on Slovenian soils is a review of what kind, types to the WRB reference soil groups. The fifth chapter where, and how much soil is available in Slovenia; what the introduces the most important soil types of Slovenia. It major threats to soils are, what the main research activities contains soil characterizations, soil profile descriptions, and are, as well as what the status of the available soil infor- representative soil profile data sets. Thereafter, some specific mation is. or soil types unexpected in Slovenia are presented in the next The purpose of the book is to provide an overview of the chapter. The seventh chapter spatially represents the extent state of Slovenian soils and a comparison in the international of Slovenia’s reference soil groups according to the WRB. context. Additionally, it should serve as an important sum- Illustrated with maps and graphs, it provides an insight into mary that can be used to direct the soil survey, soil research, the geographical distribution of the WRB soil reference data collection, and data processing towards designing sus- groups in Slovenia. Special consideration is devoted to the tainable soil management and better soil protection in human actions that threaten soils. Ranked according to Slovenia in the future. importance, a somewhat unfortunate position is assigned to It should be borne in mind that is an important strategic soil sealing, contamination, the decline in organic matter, and ethical question how much and what kind of soil will be landslides, erosion, and compaction. Chapters on soil left to future generations. © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017 199 B. Vrščaj et al., The Soils of Slovenia, World Soils Book Series, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8585-3 The Future Good, fertile soils are scarce in Slovenia. In this mountain- ous and hilly country with shallow and sandy soils in the lowlands, we should be particularly sensitive to the need for adequate protection and sustainable soil management. Public and institutional awareness of how important a natural resource soil is and especially why it needs better protection and more sustainable management is growing rapidly in Slovenia. The Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) actively celebrated the International Year of Soils in 2015. It has financed several soil awareness-raising events in 2015 and 2016 and has scheduled a permanent programme of Fig. A.1 The “Soil in the Environment” logo (MESP 2015) activities related to soil protection. The MESP has introduced a national “Soil in the Environment” logotype (Fig. A.1) and requested that soil experts summarize the environmental growing in recent years. Soil is gradually gaining attention aspects of soils in a series of soil posters (Fig. A.2). and recognition—which within ten years, according to some The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food (MAFF) of the authors, will be equal to the attention devoted to air has recently been devoting more attention to sustainable and water quality. A good example is the recent case of agricultural production. It has launched several research planning a new motorway through the fertile Savinja Valley. projects related to soil quality monitoring and carbon Not only the local people but also national-level environ- sequestration/carbon balance in agriculture and forestry. The mentalists, NGOs, agriculturalists, and lay people have 2014–2020 Rural Development Programme now includes expressed strong opposition to the sealing of good agricul- several measures that directly or indirectly integrate soil tural soil. The topic was presented in prime headlines in the protection and sustainable agricultural production. national media. The sensitivity of the general Slovene public and the The numerically modest soil science community in interest of the media in soils have slowly but steadily been Slovenia is witnessing these important changes. Soil experts © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017 201 B. 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