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Thomson, PC, K. Rose, and NE Kok. "The behavioural ecology of dingoes in north-western Australia. V. Population dynamics and variation in the soical system." Wildlife Research 19, no. 5 (1992): 565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9920565.

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Between 1975 and 1984, 105 radio-collared dingoes, Canis familiaris dingo, were tracked and observed from aircraft on the Fortescue River in Western Australia. The majority of dingoes were members of 18 territorial packs, including four pairs. Five packs were monitored for more than three years. Most bitches became pregnant, including those 9-10 months old, although not all litters were raised. Packs raised an average of 1.1 litters per year. Instances of packs raising the litters of two bitches in a year were recorded. The area (up to 400km*2) was covered initially (1975-78) by a mosaic of stable pack territories. Little emigration occurred and population density rose to a peak of 22.2 dingoes per 100km*2 in 1978 due to an increase in pack size. Perturbations to the social system, including disintegration of some packs, an increase in emigration, shifts of pack territories and contraction of territories into the most favoured areas, coincided with high population density and a reduced food supply. After aerial baiting in 1980 killed all the dingoes from the study site, immigrants from surrounding areas established a new population. The increase in density was moderated by the formation of new pairs or packs that occupied surrounding vacant areas. The dispersal strategy of pack members was a major factor affecting the population density of dingoes in the study area.

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x, Baisakhi. "A Needed Policy on Soil Conservation: A Case Study of India." International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 12, no. 1 (January 5, 2023): 249–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.21275/sr221212124539.

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Pullin, Mark. "Soicial Factors and Citizens' Perception of the Police." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 9, no. 9 (September 17, 2022): 302–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.99.13111.

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Research examining citizen perception of the police have typically looked at expanded views of how the police interact in the community. By narrowing the focus to encompass two principles that associate citizen satisfaction with and perceptions of the police, this paper will include areas that influence satisfaction directly from citizens toward police officers themselves. Moreover, recent research stresses the importance of police/citizen relationships for positive outcomes to occur after interaction. Research regarding race and ethnicity of the citizen is reviewed as well as youth and age to provide context for this article. Demographic variables have been shown to have an impact of citizen perception of the police thus affecting how they view the police and government agencies. Police literature is reviewed as to how these demographics contribute to neighborhood level changes in attitudes toward police officers. Community policing literature and the effects it has on neighborhood social cohesion and collective efficacy is also included. This will lead into a discussion of neighborhood social cohesion and collective efficacy and their impact on citizen perceptions of the police.

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LIN, Guodong, Xiao LV, and Shandong NIU. "Analysis of China’s black soil protection policy text under the framework of “policy path-policy tools-policy evaluation”." 资源科学 45, no. 5 (2023): 900–912. http://dx.doi.org/10.18402/resci.2023.05.02.

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Alviar, Mauricio. "Soil conservation as development policy." Lecturas de Economía, no. 45 (March 25, 2010): 7–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.17533/udea.le.n45a4953.

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El artículo muestra la importancia de desarrollar prácticas agrícolas de tipo conservacionista toda vez que tales prácticas tienen efectos positivos, no solo sobre el grado de sostenibilidad de la producción agrícola sino también sobre los ingresos de los productores. La erosión de los suelos se plantea como un problema real para mantener los niveles de producción agrícola. En términos generales, la erosión se presenta como una externalidad negativa en el sentido de que su efecto de mediano y largo plazo recae sobre el bienestar de agentes no involucrados en el proceso de producción. Sin embargo, los productores directos también se ven afectados por que la productividad de la tierra disminuye y por tanto los beneficios asociados a la producción se reducen en el tiempo. Dos acciones complementarias para contrarrestar los efectos de la erosión y hacer una asignación eficiente de los recursos se proponen en este artículo. La primera es el uso de tecnologías apropiadas y la segunda es considerar la erosión como un costo de producción y, por esa vía internalizar el daño causado a la tierra.

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Bartkowski, Bartosz, Stephan Bartke, Nina Hagemann, Bernd Hansjürgens, and Christoph Schröter-Schlaack. "Application of the governance disruptions framework to German agricultural soil policy." SOIL 7, no. 2 (August 4, 2021): 495–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-495-2021.

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Abstract. Governance of natural resources is inherently complex and requires navigating trade-offs at multiple dimensions. In this paper, we present and operationalize the “governance disruptions framework” (GDF) as a tool for holistic analysis of natural resource governance systems. For each of the four dimensions of the framework (target adequacy, object adequacy, instrument adequacy, and behavioural adequacy), we formulate guiding questions to be used when applying the framework to particular governance systems. We then demonstrate the use of GDF by applying it to the core of German agricultural soil policy. We show that for each framework dimension, the governance system exhibits deficits, particularly with respect to object adequacy and instrument adequacy. Furthermore, we use the GDF-based analysis to highlight research gaps. We find that stakeholder analyses are a central gap across GDF dimensions.

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Pannell, David. "Soil Carbon Policy Faces Big Challenges." EuroChoices 20, no. 2 (August 2021): 46–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.12323.

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Frantz, Janet E., and Hajime Sato. "The fertile soil for policy learning." Policy Sciences 38, no. 2-3 (September 2005): 159–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11077-005-2563-3.

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van der Putten, Wim H., Richard D. Bardgett, Monica Farfan, Luca Montanarella, Johan Six, and Diana H. Wall. "Soil biodiversity needs policy without borders." Science 379, no. 6627 (January 6, 2023): 32–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abn7248.

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Bouma, Johan. "Transforming living labs into lighthouses: a promising policy to achieve land-related sustainable development." SOIL 8, no. 2 (December 14, 2022): 751–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-8-751-2022.

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Abstract. The previous rather abstract debate about sustainable development has been focused by the introduction of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and the related European Union (EU) Green Deal (GD) in 2019. Restricting attention to agriculture, proposed targets and indicators are, however, not specific enough to allow a focus for developing innovative and sustainable management practices. Clarity is needed because farmers are suspicious of governmental actions. To confront these problems, the European Commission (EC) has presented the Mission concept that requires joint learning between farmers, scientists and citizens. For the soil mission, “living labs” are proposed that should evolve into “lighthouses” when environmental thresholds for each of at least six land-related ecosystem services are met. This presents “wicked” problems that can be “tamed” by measuring indicators for ecosystem services that are associated with the land-related SDGs in a given living lab. Thresholds with a character that is occasionally regional are needed to separate the “good” from the “not yet good enough”. Contributions by the soil to ecosystem services can be expressed by assessing soil health. By introducing the mission concept, the policy arena challenges the research community to rise to the occasion by developing effective interaction models with farmers and citizens that can be the foundation for innovative and effective environmental rules and regulations. We argue and illustrate with a specific example, that establishing Living Labs can be an important, if not essential, contribution to realizing the lofty goals of the SDGs and the Green Deal as they relate to agriculture.

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Bouma, Johan, and Luca Montanarella. "Facing policy challenges with inter- and transdisciplinary soil research focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals." SOIL 2, no. 2 (April 20, 2016): 135–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-135-2016.

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Abstract. Our current information society, populated by increasingly well-informed and critical stakeholders, presents a challenge to both the policy and science arenas. The introduction of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a unique and welcome opportunity to direct joint activities towards these goals. Soil science, even though it is not mentioned as such, plays an important role in realizing a number of SDGs focusing on food, water, climate, health, biodiversity, and sustainable land use. A plea is made for a systems approach to land use studies, to be initiated by soil scientists, in which these land-related SDGs are considered in an integrated manner. To connect with policy makers and stakeholders, two approaches are functional. The first of these is the policy cycle when planning and executing research, which includes signaling, design, decision making, implementation, and evaluation. Many current research projects spend little time on signaling, which may lead to disengagement of stakeholders. Also, implementation is often seen as the responsibility of others, while it is crucial to demonstrate – if successful – the relevance of soil science. The second approach is the DPSIR approach when following the policy cycle in land-related research, distinguishing external drivers, pressures, impact, and responses to land use change that affect the state of the land in the past, present, and future. Soil science cannot by itself realize SDGs, and interdisciplinary studies on ecosystem services (ESs) provide an appropriate channel to define contributions of soil science in terms of the seven soil functions. ESs, in turn, can contribute to addressing the six SDGs (2, 3, 6, 12, 13, and 15) with an environmental, land-related character. SDGs have a societal focus and future soil science research can only be successful if stakeholders are part of the research effort in transdisciplinary projects, based on the principle of time-consuming "joint learning". The internal organization of the soil science discipline is not yet well tuned to the needs of inter- and transdisciplinary approaches.

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Keesstra, Saskia D., Johan Bouma, Jakob Wallinga, Pablo Tittonell, Pete Smith, Artemi Cerdà, Luca Montanarella, et al. "The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals." SOIL 2, no. 2 (April 7, 2016): 111–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-111-2016.

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Abstract. In this forum paper we discuss how soil scientists can help to reach the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the most effective manner. Soil science, as a land-related discipline, has important links to several of the SDGs, which are demonstrated through the functions of soils and the ecosystem services that are linked to those functions (see graphical abstract in the Supplement). We explore and discuss how soil scientists can rise to the challenge both internally, in terms of our procedures and practices, and externally, in terms of our relations with colleague scientists in other disciplines, diverse groups of stakeholders and the policy arena. To meet these goals we recommend the following steps to be taken by the soil science community as a whole: (i) embrace the UN SDGs, as they provide a platform that allows soil science to demonstrate its relevance for realizing a sustainable society by 2030; (ii) show the specific value of soil science: research should explicitly show how using modern soil information can improve the results of inter- and transdisciplinary studies on SDGs related to food security, water scarcity, climate change, biodiversity loss and health threats; (iii) take leadership in overarching system analysis of ecosystems, as soils and soil scientists have an integrated nature and this places soil scientists in a unique position; (iii) raise awareness of soil organic matter as a key attribute of soils to illustrate its importance for soil functions and ecosystem services; (iv) improve the transfer of knowledge through knowledge brokers with a soil background; (v) start at the basis: educational programmes are needed at all levels, starting in primary schools, and emphasizing practical, down-to-earth examples; (vi) facilitate communication with the policy arena by framing research in terms that resonate with politicians in terms of the policy cycle or by considering drivers, pressures and responses affecting impacts of land use change; and finally (vii) all this is only possible if researchers, with soil scientists in the front lines, look over the hedge towards other disciplines, to the world at large and to the policy arena, reaching over to listen first, as a basis for genuine collaboration.

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Zhao, Fazhu, Shaofeng Chen, Xinhui Han, Gaihe Yang, Yongzhong Feng, and Guangxin Ren. "Policy-Guided Nationwide Ecological Recovery." Soil Science 178, no. 10 (October 2013): 550–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ss.0000000000000018.

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Smith, P., M. F. Cotrufo, C. Rumpel, K. Paustian, P. J. Kuikman, J. A. Elliott, R. McDowell, et al. "Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils." SOIL 1, no. 2 (November 19, 2015): 665–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-665-2015.

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Abstract. Soils play a pivotal role in major global biogeochemical cycles (carbon, nutrient, and water), while hosting the largest diversity of organisms on land. Because of this, soils deliver fundamental ecosystem services, and management to change a soil process in support of one ecosystem service can either provide co-benefits to other services or result in trade-offs. In this critical review, we report the state-of-the-art understanding concerning the biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity in soil, and relate these to the provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural ecosystem services which they underpin. We then outline key knowledge gaps and research challenges, before providing recommendations for management activities to support the continued delivery of ecosystem services from soils. We conclude that, although soils are complex, there are still knowledge gaps, and fundamental research is still needed to better understand the relationships between different facets of soils and the array of ecosystem services they underpin, enough is known to implement best practices now. There is a tendency among soil scientists to dwell on the complexity and knowledge gaps rather than to focus on what we do know and how this knowledge can be put to use to improve the delivery of ecosystem services. A significant challenge is to find effective ways to share knowledge with soil managers and policy makers so that best management can be implemented. A key element of this knowledge exchange must be to raise awareness of the ecosystems services underpinned by soils and thus the natural capital they provide. We know enough to start moving in the right direction while we conduct research to fill in our knowledge gaps. The lasting legacy of the International Year of Soils in 2015 should be for soil scientists to work together with policy makers and land managers to put soils at the centre of environmental policy making and land management decisions.

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Mandal, Debashis, and Nishita Giri. "Soil Erosion and Policy Initiatives in India." Current Science 120, no. 6 (March 25, 2021): 1007. http://dx.doi.org/10.18520/cs/v120/i6/1007-1012.

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Whitlow, Richard. "Soil erosion and conservation policy in Zimbabwe." Land Use Policy 5, no. 4 (October 1988): 419–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0264-8377(88)90076-2.

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Scoones, I., and C. Toulmin. "Soil nutrient balances: what use for policy?" Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 71, no. 1-3 (December 1998): 255–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8809(98)00145-5.

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Ritz, Karl, Peter Costigan, and Phil Wallace. "Soil system science for sustainability and policy." Soil Use and Management 31 (October 2015): i. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sum.12216.

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Duff, Scott N., D. Peter Stonehouse, Don J. Blackburn, and Stewart G. Hilts. "A framework for targeting soil conservation policy." Journal of Rural Studies 8, no. 4 (October 1992): 399–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0743-0167(92)90053-9.

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Bradford, Mark A., Chelsea J. Carey, Lesley Atwood, Deborah Bossio, Eli P. Fenichel, Sasha Gennet, Joseph Fargione, et al. "Soil carbon science for policy and practice." Nature Sustainability 2, no. 12 (November 11, 2019): 1070–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0431-y.

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Steiner, Frederick. "Soil conservation policy in the United States." Environmental Management 11, no. 2 (March 1987): 209–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01867200.

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Prokop, G. "The State of EU Soil Policy and Soil Related Research." Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology 4, no. 3 (August 2005): 81–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11157-005-2239-7.

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Benedek, Z. "On the potential policy use of some selected biodiversity indicators: limitations and recommendations for improvements." Journal of Forest Science 60, No. 2 (March 4, 2014): 84–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/72/2013-jfs.

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In order to facilitate the use of biodiversity indicators in policy making at the country level, a few and well-established indices should be suggested. Promising candidates include biodiversity-related indices of the Convention on Biological Diversity; their current use and performance are evaluated through a Hungarian case study. Especially indices of the ecosystem level have already been in use, but they are not necessarily useful measures of the state of biodiversity in their current form. For example, ecosystems suggested globally for monitoring (forests and marine habitats) are not present in all the countries, thus the way of ecosystem selection should be standardized, not the actual ecosystem types. Besides the information on the extent of some selected habitats, the original cover should also be considered to evaluate the present situation. Recommendations are demonstrated in the case study. With the use of existing data, the applicability of certain indices can be improved, but in the long run, ecosystem-based indices of the natural capital should be favoured.  

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Degorski, Marek. "IMPACT OF ROAD TRAFFIC ON SOIL PROPERTIES (POLISH CASE STUDY)." Ukrainian Geographical Journal 2017, no. 2 (June 1, 2017): 34–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/ugz2017.02.034.

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Zhang, Fan, Peng Han, Ling Wu, and Zhanwei Tian. "Quantitative Evaluation and Evolution Characteristics of Consistency Level of Black Soil Conservation Policy, Taking China’s Black Soil Protection Policy as an Example." Land 13, no. 6 (June 5, 2024): 800. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land13060800.

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Scientifically evaluating China’s black soil protection policy and exploring its evolution characteristics are crucial for promoting high-quality and efficient black soil protection projects worldwide. Utilizing the Policy Modeling Consistency (PMC) index model, the effectiveness of China’s black soil protection policy system is assessed. Building upon this evaluation, the research delves into the evolution process of the black soil protection policy system, examining its dynamic characteristics across different government levels. Through the application of text mining technology and visual analysis techniques, the study explores four dimensions: keyword co-occurrence, vertical synergy calculation, policy theme identification, and policy tool analysis. The results show the following: (1) The PMC index showed a phased growth trend, and various indicators gradually improved and tended to be stable. (2) Government policies at the same level exhibit progressive evolution patterns in terms of policy keywords and themes. (3) Across different levels of government, there are hierarchical lag evolution rules observed in policy keywords and provincial policy tools. Additionally, policy keywords display vertical synergy evolution patterns. In conclusion, future black soil conservation policies need to reduce hierarchical delays, enhance the coverage and comprehensiveness of policy content, and establish a sound policy feedback mechanism. The conclusions of the study are significant for improving management approaches throughout the black soil zones of the world.

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Alexander, P., K. Paustian, P. Smith, and D. Moran. "The economics of soil C sequestration and agricultural emissions abatement." SOIL 1, no. 1 (April 10, 2015): 331–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-331-2015.

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Abstract. Carbon is a critical component of soil vitality and is crucial to our ability to produce food. Carbon sequestered in soils also provides a further regulating ecosystem service, valued as the avoided damage from global climate change. We consider the demand and supply attributes that underpin and constrain the emergence of a market value for this vital global ecosystem service: markets being what economists regard as the most efficient institutions for allocating scarce resources to the supply and consumption of valuable goods. This paper considers how a potentially large global supply of soil carbon sequestration is reduced by economic and behavioural constraints that impinge on the emergence of markets, and alternative public policies that can efficiently transact demand for the service from private and public sector agents. In essence, this is a case of significant market failure. In the design of alternative policy options, we consider whether soil carbon mitigation is actually cost-effective relative to other measures in agriculture and elsewhere in the economy, and the nature of behavioural incentives that hinder policy options. We suggest that reducing the cost and uncertainties of mitigation through soil-based measures is crucial for improving uptake. Monitoring and auditing processes will also be required to eventually facilitate wide-scale adoption of these measures.

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Rojek, Edyta, and Bogusław Usowicz. "Spatial variability of soil temperature in Poland." Acta Agrophysica 25, no. 3 (September 19, 2018): 289–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.31545/aagr/95026.

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Pandya, Ashwin B., and Shreshta Sharma. "Rethinking water policy reforms." Irrigation and Drainage 69, no. 4 (October 2020): 967–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ird.2531.

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Woodard, Joshua D. "Integrating high resolution soil data into federal crop insurance policy: Implications for policy and conservation." Environmental Science & Policy 66 (December 2016): 93–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.08.011.

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Salazar, Osvaldo, Manuel Casanova, Juan Pablo Fuentes, Mauricio Galleguillos, Francisco Nájera, Jorge F. Perez-Quezada, Marco Pfeiffer, Leah L. R. Renwick, Oscar Seguel, and Yasna Tapia. "Soil research, management, and policy priorities in Chile." Geoderma Regional 29 (June 2022): e00502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2022.e00502.

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YANAGI, Kenichiro. "Soil Protection Policy and the Efforts of EU." Japanese Journal of Real Estate Sciences 23, no. 3 (2009): 93–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.5736/jares.23.3_93.

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Amundson, Ronald. "The policy challenges to managing global soil resources." Geoderma 379 (December 2020): 114639. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114639.

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Otte, Piet, Linda Maring, Margot De Cleen, and Sandra Boekhold. "Transition in soil policy and associated knowledge development." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4, no. 5 (November 2012): 565–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.09.006.

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Islam, Mohammad M., and Erik L. Heiny. "A Robust Statistical method to Estimate the Intervention Effect with Longitudinal Data." Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing 8, no. 1 (February 17, 2020): 318–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.19139/soic-2310-5070-811.

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Segmented regression is a standard statistical procedure used to estimate the effect of a policy intervention on time series outcomes. This statistical method assumes the normality of the outcome variable, a large sample size, no autocorrelation in the observations, and a linear trend over time. Also, segmented regression is very sensitive to outliers. In a small sample study, if the outcome variable does not follow a Gaussian distribution, then using segmented regression to estimate the intervention effect leads to incorrect inferences. To address the small sample problem and non-normality in the outcome variable, including outliers, we describe and develop a robust statistical method to estimate the policy intervention effect in a series of longitudinal data. A simulation study is conducted to demonstrate the effect of outliers and non-normality in the outcomes by calculating the power of the test statistics with the segmented regression and the proposed robust statistical methods. Moreover, since finding the sampling distribution of the proposed robust statistic is analytically difficult, we use a nonparametric bootstrap technique to study the properties of the sampling distribution and make statistical inferences. Simulation studies show that the proposed method has more power than the standard t-test used in segmented regression analysis under the non-normality error distribution. Finally, we use the developed technique to estimate the intervention effect of the Istanbul Declaration on illegal organ activities. The robust method detected more significant effects compared to the standard method and provided shorter confidence intervals.

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Lester, Juliette N., James Woods, and Burton L. Carlson. "The NOICC/SOICC Network: Policy, Programs, and Partners, 1976-2000." Career Development Quarterly 61, no. 2 (June 2013): 186–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-0045.2013.00048.x.

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Tollefson, L., H. El Atfy, T. Facon, and A. Kerc. "POLICY, SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INTERACTION." Irrigation and Drainage 63, no. 2 (March 18, 2014): 158–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ird.1840.

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Key, Georgina, Mike G. Whitfield, Julia Cooper, Franciska T. De Vries, Martin Collison, Thanasis Dedousis, Richard Heathcote, et al. "Knowledge needs, available practices, and future challenges in agricultural soils." SOIL 2, no. 4 (October 10, 2016): 511–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-511-2016.

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Abstract. The goal of this study is to clarify research needs and identify effective practices for enhancing soil health. This was done by a synopsis of soil literature that specifically tests practices designed to maintain or enhance elements of soil health. Using an expert panel of soil scientists and practitioners, we then assessed the evidence in the soil synopsis to highlight practices beneficial to soil health, practices considered detrimental, and practices that need further investigation. A partial Spearman's correlation was used to analyse the panel's responses. We found that increased certainty in scientific evidence led to practices being considered to be more effective due to them being empirically justified. This suggests that for practices to be considered effective and put into practice, a substantial body of research is needed to support the effectiveness of the practice. This is further supported by the high proportion of practices (33 %), such as changing the timing of ploughing or amending the soil with crops grown as green manures, that experts felt had unknown effectiveness, usually due to insufficiently robust evidence. Only 7 of the 27 reviewed practices were considered to be beneficial, or likely to be beneficial in enhancing soil health. These included the use of (1) integrated nutrient management (organic and inorganic amendments); (2) cover crops; (3) crop rotations; (4) intercropping between crop rows or underneath the main crop; (5) formulated chemical compounds (such as nitrification inhibitors); (6) control of traffic and traffic timing; and (7) reducing grazing intensity. Our assessment, which uses the Delphi technique, is increasingly used to improve decision-making in conservation and agricultural policy, identified practices that can be put into practice to benefit soil health. Moreover, it has enabled us to identify practices that need further research and a need for increased communication between researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners, in order to find effective means of enhancing soil health.

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Pitt, David G. "SOIL CONSERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: POLICY AND PLANNING." Landscape Journal 11, no. 2 (1992): 199–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/lj.11.2.199.

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Talbot, Ross B., Nancy A. Blanpied, Clarence D. Palmby, Gordon C. Rausser, Kenneth R. Farrell, and Bruce L. Gardner. "Farm Policy: The Politics of Soil, Surpluses and Subsidies." American Political Science Review 80, no. 4 (December 1986): 1340. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1960886.

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Breure, AM, GB De Deyn, E. Dominati, T. Eglin, K. Hedlund, J. Van Orshoven, and L. Posthuma. "Ecosystem services: a useful concept for soil policy making!" Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4, no. 5 (November 2012): 578–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.10.010.

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Lapping, Mark B. "Soil conservation in the United States: Policy and planning." Journal of Rural Studies 7, no. 4 (January 1991): 476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0743-0167(91)90023-l.

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Suryadi, Mia Rahma Romadona, Sigit Setiawan, Fachrizal, Andi Budiansyah, Syahrizal Maulana, Rahmi Lestari Helmi, et al. "Unemployment Rates in Vocational Education in Indonesia Using Economic and Statistical Analysis." Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing 12, no. 2 (January 5, 2024): 498–509. http://dx.doi.org/10.19139/soic-2310-5070-1887.

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The linear regression model is used in this research to study the influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable. The dependent variable Y is the unemployment rate in vocational education, while the independent variables are X1 in the form of Job Opportunities, X2 in the form of Policy and X3 in the form of Area. To estimate model parameters, the Ordinary Least Square method is used. The research results show that the three independent variables have a significant effect on the dependent variable. Variable X1 has a significant positive effect on the unemployment rate, variables X2 and X3 have a significant negative effect on the unemployment rate in vocational higher education in Indonesia. From the results of this research, there has been an oversupply of labor in vocational higher education in Indonesia.

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Robinson, D. A., and J. D. Blackman. "Soil erosion, soil conservation and agricultural policy for arable land in the U.K." Geoforum 20, no. 1 (January 1989): 83–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-7185(89)90019-5.

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Bouma, Johan. "Hydropedology as a powerful tool for environmental policy research." Geoderma 131, no. 3-4 (April 2006): 275–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.03.009.

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Bartkowski, Bartosz, Stephan Bartke, Katharina Helming, Carsten Paul, Anja-Kristina Techen, and Bernd Hansjürgens. "Potential of the economic valuation of soil-based ecosystem services to inform sustainable soil management and policy." PeerJ 8 (March 24, 2020): e8749. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8749.

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The concept of ecosystem services, especially in combination with economic valuation, can illuminate trade-offs involved in soil management, policy and governance, and thus support decision making. In this paper, we investigate and highlight the potential and limitations of the economic valuation of soil-based ecosystem services to inform sustainable soil management and policy. We formulate a definition of soil-based ecosystem services as basis for conducting a review of existing soil valuation studies with a focus on the inclusion of ecosystem services and the choice of valuation methods. We find that, so far, the economic valuation of soil-based ecosystem services has covered only a small number of such services and most studies have employed cost-based methods rather than state-of-the-art preference-based valuation methods, even though the latter would better acknowledge the public good character of soil related services. Therefore, the relevance of existing valuation studies for political processes is low. Broadening the spectrum of analyzed ecosystem services as well as using preference-based methods would likely increase the informational quality and policy relevance of valuation results. We point out options for improvement based on recent advances in economic valuation theory and practice. We conclude by investigating the specific roles economic valuation results can play in different phases of the policy-making process, and the specific requirements for its usefulness in this context.

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Park, William M., and David G. Sawyer. "Cost Effectiveness of Alternative Subsidy Strategies for Soil Erosion Control." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 19, no. 2 (December 1987): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0081305200025292.

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AbstractThis article reports on analyses of the cost effectiveness of three soil erosion control policy alternatives, specifically 1) uniform-rate cost sharing, 2) variable-rate cost sharing, and 3) fixed subsidy payments per unit reduction in erosion. A brief discussion of the place of these alternative subsidy strategies within the context of the current policy environment is presented. Integer programming is employed to simulate adoption of “best management practices” (BMPs) on a set of representative farms in a case study water-shed in response to these alternative subsidy strategies. Conclusions and policy implications are outlined.

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Kutter, T., G. Louwagie, J. Schuler, P. Zander, K. Helming, and J. M. Hecker. "Policy measures for agricultural soil conservation in the European Union and its member states: Policy review and classification." Land Degradation & Development 22, no. 1 (January 2011): 18–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.1015.

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Montanarella, Luca, Daniel Jon Pennock, Neil McKenzie, Mohamed Badraoui, Victor Chude, Isaurinda Baptista, Tekalign Mamo, et al. "World's soils are under threat." SOIL 2, no. 1 (February 29, 2016): 79–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-79-2016.

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Abstract. The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils has completed the first State of the World's Soil Resources Report. Globally soil erosion was identified as the gravest threat, leading to deteriorating water quality in developed regions and to lowering of crop yields in many developing regions. We need to increase nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer use in infertile tropical and semi-tropical soils – the regions where the most food insecurity among us are found – while reducing global use of these products overall. Stores of soil organic carbon are critical in the global carbon balance, and national governments must set specific targets to stabilize or ideally increase soil organic carbon stores. Finally the quality of soil information available for policy formulation must be improved – the regional assessments in the State of the World's Soil Resources Report frequently base their evaluations on studies from the 1990s based on observations made in the 1980s or earlier.

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Dhaiban, Ali Khaleel. "An Integer Optimal Control Model of Production-Inventory System." Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing 10, no. 3 (December 27, 2020): 762–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.19139/soic-2310-5070-747.

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The optimal control model of the production-inventory system has investigated in several past studies, but without taking into account the integer condition. This study suggested a new approach to find the integer solution of production-inventory control model under periodic review policy. A new approach is based on the modified some equations of Pontryagin maximum principle that used to find the solution of the non-integer model. Our numerical results showed the efficiency of the new approach by saving the paths of inventory level and production rate up to reach its goals over time. The total penalty costs of the model were the same, despite a difference in the values of initial inventory level. Also, we testified a new approach by formulating the quadratic programming problem of the production-inventory system. The solution was the same for the two problems; quadratic programming and new approach.

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Bohátová, Zuzana, Lucia Palšová, and Norbert Floriš. "Quality Soil and Healthy Food in the Jean Monnet Project." EU agrarian Law 10, no. 1 (July 1, 2021): 17–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eual-2021-0003.

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Abstract Soil quality issues, together with issues related to healthy food, are becoming key areas of interest at the European level. Both spheres play an important role in the formulation of EU policies such as the EU Common Agricultural Policy, EU Agri–environmental Policy, EU Food Policy but also EU Health Policy. For this reason, deepening knowledge and exchanging experiences in these areas seem to be necessary preconditions for finding ways to respond to current challenges and problems. The project “Quality Soil as a Pathway to Healthy Food in the EU”, acronym FOODIE, also reacts on the mentioned issues. The main aim of the project is to foster an expertise dialogue between the crucial experts (academics, public authorities, professionals from practice) in the field of food/feed management in the EU affecting the achieving the objectives of correlated EU policies and recently adopted European Green Deal. The presented paper is of a disseminating nature and aims to acquaint the reader with the mentioned project.

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