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Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe” on June 18Th and 19Th, 2009, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe Conference papers June 18th and 19th, 2009, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina Panos Panagos, Vernik Tomaž, Hamid Čustović, Borut Vrščaj EUR 24889 EN - 2011 The mission of the JRC-IES is to provide scientific-technical support to the European Union’s policies for the protection and sustainable development of the European and global environment. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Contact information Address: Via E. 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It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 65390 EUR 24889 EN ISBN 978-92-79-20728-0 (pdf) ISBN 978-92-79-20727-3 (print) ISSN 1831-9424 (pdf) ISSN 1018-5593 (print) doi:10.2788/36675 (pdf) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union © European Union, 2011 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Italy THEMATIC SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE “Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe” on June 18th and 19th, 2009, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina Organised by the: Soil Science Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenian Soil Science Society In association with: Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina Joined Research Centre (EC), the Institute for environment and sustainability Editorial Board: Editors Panos Panagos Vernik Tomaž Associate editors Borut Vrščaj Hamid Čustović Reviewed by: Helena Grčman Vernik Tomaž Primož Simončič Tomaž Prus Borut Vrščaj Foreword In the last decade soil and soil protection are becoming recognized as an important environmental topic. The number of recent soil thematic conferences reflects the concern of scientific community to stress the threats and impose the adequate soil protection and preservation measures. There is a common consensus among the soil scientists that soil truly is a vital natural resource. It is providing essential goods and services and is of life of terrestrial ecosystems. Sustainable soil use and soil protection is of vital importance for Mankind. Unfortunately, this fact is still not entirely recognised by the public, among politicians and the decision makers. Western Balkans and the entire South Eastern Europe are characterized by the extreme diversity of geomorphologic conditions. Parent material and relief in combination with Alpine, Continental and Mediterranean climates are predominantly directing the pedogenesis and soil degradation processes. There is the wide diversity of soil types present in this area. The list of soil types could start from deep and fertile Chernosems of Vojvodina to the shallow Rendzinas and Rankers in the mountainous Bosnia, Gleysols of Croatia and to the salinized soils in Macedonia, to name just a few. Soils of the area are facing a number of possible threats which are are trans-boundary and so must also be the soil protection activities and actions. Soil science and related knowledge has a rich history in the area. Many scientists and professors, who studied and explored the soils, passed their knowledge on to the younger generations. Regional conferences represent a chance for younger scientists to gather, inspire and interact with prospects of cross border scientific work. Collaboration and knowledge exchange is important for regional research as well as soil protection activities. Soil science conferences should merely be milestones, a chance to present research focus, to review and verify research results. They offer the possibilities to discuss problems and plan joint research activities. Additionally conferences hold an important public impact. They raise the public awareness and draw the attention of politicians and decision makers. The conference Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe was organized in Sarajevo as a joint action by the Soil Science Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Soil Science Society of Slovenia. The main objectives of conference were to review the soil protection and soil quality monitoring activities in SEE including research activities, project reports, good practice guides and various methodologies and monitoring strategies. The special emphasis was laid on the ecological and technical soil functions, remediation and re-cultivation measures, data collection and processing, soil protection policy, soil quality and soil resources management issues on the regional level. The conference was an opportunity to key regional soil science research institutions to present activities and achievements with further prospects of cross - border scientific collaboration. This publication presents a selection of conference papers prepared by the authors from SEE countries and guest contributions from Austria, Slovenia and Syria. On behalf of conference organizing committee and the editors Borut Vrščaj and Hamid Čustović Table of contents Producing an environmental indicator Progress in management of contaminated sites. Margareta CVETKOVSKA, Tatjana MITKOVA, Svetlana GJORGEVA, Kole VASILEVSKI, Katerina NIKOLOVSKA......................................................................................... 1 Soil diversity as a factor of development of endemic flora and vegetation on the Dinaric karst. Sulejman REDŽIĆ............................................................................................................................. 9 Contents of some inorganic and organic pollutants in soils of Federation BiH. Ognjen ŽUROVEC, Mirza SEMIĆ, Helena FILIPOVIĆ, Esad BUKALO ................................................ 25 Influence of nitrogen fertilization on spring barley yield, and on soil and water chemical properties. Milan MESIĆ, Nevenko HERCEG, Radica ĆORIĆ, Nikolina KAJIĆ, Paulina ŠARAVANJA, Matija ĆURKOVIĆ, Jurica PRIMORAC, Zrinka KNEZOVIĆ, Željka ZGORELEC, Aleksandra JURIŠIĆ ................................................................................................ 35 Soil degradation related to plural use of forests. Midhat USČUPLIĆ................................................. 45 Remediation of flotation material of copper mine “Bučim” Radoviš. Marjan ANDREEVSKI, Duško MUKAETOV, Julijana CVETKOVIC, Aleksandar TRENDAFILOV, Ordan CUKALIEV, Hristina POPOSKA, Tijana SEKULOSKA.............................................................. 50 Tillage erosion in growing arable crops. Ivica KISIC, Ferdo BASIC, Othmar NESTROY, Milan MESIC, Mijo SABOLIC ...................................................................................................... 61 Impact of ash and cinder from thermal power plants on environmental conditions in the Tuzla Region. Hamid ČUSTOVIĆ, Nijaz ZEREM, Admir ĆERIĆ ......................................................... 71 Land demining priorities in Federation BiH. Ahmedin SALČINOVIĆ Enisa NEZIREVIĆ, Ejub TRAKO................................................................................................................................... 85 Ways to abbreviate chemical and vital activities in Al Assi water for secure agricultural investment in the middle area of Syria. Mohamed TERT............................................................... 93 Impact assessment of Road M-17 (Sarajevo-Zenica) on land. Muzafera RAMOVIĆ, Edina LATINOVIĆ, Habiba LUGONIĆ, Marina MITROVIĆ, Amira SOLAK.................................... 103 Causes of soil damages in Bosnia and Herzegovina and soil protection measures. Mihajlo MARKOVIC, Zoran LUKAC ....................................................................................................... 111 Monitoring Quality of Vojvodina Soils. Petar SEKULIC, Jordana NINKOV, Tijana ZEREMSKI-ŠKORIĆ, Jovica VASIN, Stanko MILIĆ, Nada LAZIĆ, Bogdana VUJIĆ ............ 119 Environmental EU acquis in federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, state and perspective. Nevenko HERCEG, Mehmed CERO............................................................................................ 127 Irrigation requirements and potentials of agricultural land in the river Drava basin in Croatia. Stjepan HUSNJAK, Ivan ŠIMUNIĆ............................................................................................. 137 Development of the Croatian soil monitoring system. Snježana DOMINKOVIĆ ALAVANJA, Andreja ČIDIĆ, Hana MESIĆ....................................................................................................... 145 Soil damage processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina – course of action in its future protection. Husnija RESULOVIC ................................................................................................................... 161 The urbanization of agricultural land in Slovenia between 2002-2007, land use changes and soil quality. Borut VRŠČAJ .......................................................................................................... 171 The importance
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