@article{695665, note = {Includes index.}, author = {Dent, David.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/695665}, title = {Soil as world heritage [electronic resource] /}, publisher = {Springer,}, abstract = {Soil as World Heritage celebrates a half century of field experiments on the Balti Steppe, in Moldova - where Dokuchaev first described the Typical Chernozem in 1877, protected from the elements by a unique system of shelter belts designed by the great man, and now provisionally listed as the first World Heritage Site for soil. The book presents contributions to the 2012 international symposium attended by researchers, practitioners and policy makers from the European Commission and countries as diverse as Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy , the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and, of course, Moldova itself.}, recid = {695665}, pages = {1 online resource (489 p.)}, address = {Dordrecht :}, year = {2013}, }