{"id":81055,"date":"2007-12-17T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/\/universo\/archive\/2007\/12\/17\/81055.aspx"},"modified":"2010-01-22T03:45:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T02:45:50","slug":"resolucion-enviada-al-senado-de-los-estados-unidos-sobre-proteccion-de-suelos-y-reconocimiento-de-la-labor-de-los-edafologos-borrador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/2007\/12\/17\/81055","title":{"rendered":"Resoluci\u00f3n Enviada al Senado de los Estados Unidos Sobre Protecci\u00f3n de Suelos y Reconocimiento de la Labor de los Edaf\u00f3logos (Borrador)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Mientras en Europa nos lamentamos del desinter\u00e9s de nuestras autoridades en materia de preservaci\u00f3n de suelos<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">, como lo ha demostrado el fiasco en que se ha traducido la <A href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/soil\/pdf\/com_2006_0232_en.pdf\"><FONT color=#800080>Directiva comunitaria<\/FONT><\/A> en la materia, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">los colegas norteamericanos han tomado una iniciativa digna de ser emulada desde el viejo continente<\/SPAN><\/B>. La Sociedad Norteamericana de Agronom\u00eda (<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">American Society of Agronomy<\/SPAN><\/B>), La Sociedad Norteamericana de Producci\u00f3n de Cultivos (<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Crop Science Society of America<\/SPAN><\/B>) y la Sociedad Norteamericana de las Ciencias del Suelo (<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Soil Science Society of America), en el blog \u201cOficina de Pol\u00edtica Cient\u00edfica\u201d <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN>(Science Police Office) est\u00e1n discutiendo un borrador que<\/SPAN><\/B> ser\u00e1 enviado <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">al Senado<\/SPAN><\/B> de este pa\u00eds con vistas a su debate y aprobaci\u00f3n. Se trata de una <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">iniciativa destinada, <\/SPAN><\/B>tanto a la<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> preservaci\u00f3n de los suelos <\/SPAN><\/B>como a<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> realzar la tarea que realizan los edaf\u00f3logos <\/SPAN><\/B>con vistas a alcanzar un desarrollo sostenible. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Tomemos nota<\/SPAN><\/B>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<IMG style=\"WIDTH: 429px; HEIGHT: 212px\" height=523 src=\"\/blogs\/universo\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/42\/files\/159\/o_Carta%20Suelos%20USA.jpg\" width=846><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><A href=\"http:\/\/science-policy.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/national-soil-resolution.html\"><FONT color=#800080>Car\u00e1tula del Blog Corporativo aludido en el texto<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN><\/P><!--more--><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">El mi\u00e9rcoles 21 de Noviembre de 2007, un edaf\u00f3logo norteamericano con el que tengo algunos art\u00edculos para publicar entre manos (<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">William Effland, del NRCI<\/SPAN><\/B>) me envi\u00f3 el siguiente correo electr\u00f3nico: <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Dear Juanjo,<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><BR>I hope this note finds you doing well in <\/SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Spain<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN>&nbsp;<BR><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">At the recent Soil Science Society of America meetings<\/SPAN><\/B>, I met with the science policy analyst who helped develop <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">this draft resolution<\/SPAN><\/B>. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">She was very interested in the concept of \u00absoil reserves\u00bb that<\/SPAN><\/B> we have described in several presentations and manuscripts.&nbsp; <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Do you have a published reference that discusses the soil reserve concept which I could share with the analyst?<\/SPAN><\/B><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Seguidamente me a\u00f1adi\u00f3 el enlace del blog aludido, que os mostrar\u00e9 junto con el texto del borrador (los coloreados son m\u00edos, pero no el fondo en verde, que es original).<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Pol\u00edticas (iniciativas) Reactivas versus pol\u00edticas (Iniciativas) Preactivas<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN>Desconozco si el <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">vocablo \u201cproactivo<\/SPAN><\/B>\u201d existe en castellano. Quiz\u00e1s sea mejor remplazarlo por <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">preactivas<\/SPAN><\/B>. En todo caso, nos referimos a <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">los principios de acci\u00f3n y reacci\u00f3n<\/SPAN><\/B>. Y es en este punto, en donde <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">los norteamericanos ganan a los investigadores europeos<\/SPAN><\/B> (y que decir respecto a los espa\u00f1oles) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">por goleada<\/SPAN><\/B>. Ya vimos los casos de la <A href=\"http:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/InformacionIDI\/Noticias\/Noticia.asp?Buscador=OK&amp;id=31907&amp;Sec=2\"><FONT color=#800080>hidroedafolog\u00eda<\/FONT><\/A> y de la denominada <A href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/universo\/archive\/2006\/07\/18\/35265.aspx\"><FONT color=#800080>Zona Cr\u00edtica Terrestre<\/FONT><\/A> (de la que aun tenemos mucho que decir). <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Las acciones reactivas pueden entenderse como<\/SPAN><\/B> la \u201creacci\u00f3n\u201d (individual o colectiva) ante un problema, pol\u00edtica, etc., que ya se encuentra en una agenda, es decir, sobre la mesa. Por el contrario, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">las acciones \u201cpreactivas\u201d se dan cuando<\/SPAN><\/B> uno se anticipa en lugar de actuar a posteriori, es decir cuando el problema o pol\u00edtica ya fueron formuladas previamente por otros colectivos. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Frente a las dos crisis a los que nos enfrentamos actualmente los edaf\u00f3logos, a saber (i)<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> <\/SPAN>la que concierne a nuestra valoraci\u00f3n como investigadores, por otros cient\u00edficos <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">y (ii<\/SPAN>)<\/B> la carencia de pol\u00edticas serias para la protecci\u00f3n y preservaci\u00f3n de los suelos, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">los colegas norteamericanos decidieron pasar \u201cal ataque\u201d<\/SPAN><\/B>. Intentaban pues concienciar a pol\u00edticos y ciudadanos de lo que consideraban errores de apreciaci\u00f3n frente a la vital importancia los recursos ed\u00e1ficos y la falta de credibilidad de los expertos que trabajan en el tema. Por el contrario, en Europa (y especialmente en Espa\u00f1a) andamos lament\u00e1ndonos y solicitando limosnas quejumbrosamente, como ya expuso <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Salvador Gonz\u00e1lez Carcedo<\/SPAN><\/B> haciendo uso de <A href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/universo\/archive\/2007\/11\/26\/79599.aspx\"><FONT color=#800080>un ejemplo reciente<\/FONT><\/A>. Se trata de un comportamiento que marca la abismal diferencia entre unos y otros. Y los resultados hablan por s\u00ed solos. La iniciativa denominada <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Zona Cr\u00edtica Terrestre<\/SPAN><\/B> abre un nuevo futuro para la edafolog\u00eda (avalado por la Fundaci\u00f3n Americana para el Progreso de las Ciencias, NASA, EPA, etc.). Ahora dialogan con el Senado de los EE.UU. con vistas a que se aprueba una, \u201ccarta\u201d, \u201cdeclaraci\u00f3n\u201d, o lo que sea que permita, a posteriori abrir nuevos frentes e iniciativas concretas. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Hace algunos meses, hablando con el <A href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/universo\/archive\/2007\/11\/20\/79120.aspx\"><FONT color=#800080>Presidente de esa \u201cSociedad\u201d<\/FONT><\/A> a la que no debo mentar (a pesar de ser tan m\u00eda como de cualquier otro), me comentaba que <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">uno de los problemas de nuestra disciplina deriva<\/SPAN><\/B> de que, al no estar protegida por un Colegio Profesional, cualquier persona puede actuar de facto como experto, sin tener conocimiento alguno. \u00c9l pensaba, y creo que con raz\u00f3n, que una manera de adquirir un cierto protagonismo (actualmente no atesoramos ninguno) pod\u00eda consistir en <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">reclamar un certificado de competencia en <\/SPAN><\/B>materia de edafolog\u00eda a las personas que trabajen, ya sea para la empresa privada, ya para las administraciones p\u00fablicas\u201d en materia de suelos (como por ejemplo en los proyectos de impacto ambiental, entre otros). Nunca he sido muy partidario del excesivo poder que los <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Colegios Profesionales<\/SPAN><\/B> ejercen en Espa\u00f1a. Sin embargo, una cosa es el abuso y otra el buen juicio. Certificar que los responsables de los estudios edafol\u00f3gicos atesoran los conocimientos m\u00ednimos necesarios para realizar una labor concreta, cae en lo segundo, no en lo primero. Resulta que tal \u201clicencia\u201d, podr\u00eda concederse tras poner a prueba (examen, CV) a los profesionales que vayan a realizar tales trabajos. Pues bien, una carta al estilo de la que continuaci\u00f3n os expongo puede marcar el punto de partida de acciones m\u00e1s concretas como la que acabo de detallar.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Se trata todav\u00eda de un borrador y deb\u00e9is tomarlo como tal. Ya os informar\u00e9 del contenido, \u00e9xito o fracaso de la iniciativa. Como la he extra\u00eddo de <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">un blog corporativo<\/SPAN><\/B> (ese ingenio mal\u00e9fico que tanto perturba a algunos colegas petardos), de momento prefiero no traducir el texto. Se trata de un post para profesionales, y por tanto la mayor\u00eda de vosotros deb\u00e9is saber la lengua del imperio. El <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">texto<\/SPAN><\/B> es <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">sencillo, claro, preciso y contundente<\/SPAN><\/B> (reitero que los coloreados son m\u00edos). Tan solo recordar que mientras en Espa\u00f1a y Europa sigue sin considerarse la posibilidad del dise\u00f1o de reservas naturales de suelos, en EE.UU., me han pedido las referencias de trabajos personales previos publicados sobre el tema, de lo cual me siento muy ufano (mal que le pese a algunos edaf\u00f3logos como RJB -Ya te he calado a ti tambi\u00e9n, y tiempo al tiempo-). Ah\u00ed va sin m\u00e1s dilaciones. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Espero por el bien de la edafolog\u00eda que tengan \u00e9xito en su iniciativa<\/SPAN><\/B>. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p>&nbsp;<SPAN style=\"COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><FONT size=3>Juan Jos\u00e9 Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><\/o:p><\/SPAN> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN>&nbsp;<\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\"><A href=\"http:\/\/science-policy.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/national-soil-resolution.html\"><FONT color=#800080>Borrador de Resoluci\u00f3n Enviada al Senado<\/FONT><\/A> de los Estados Unidos para la Protecci\u00f3n de los Suelos y el Reconocimiento de los Profesionales Responsables de su Estudio. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"BACKGROUND: #446666; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Please note, this text has not yet been adopted and introduced by the Senate. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"BACKGROUND: #446666; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">It is a draft for discussion. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"BACKGROUND: #446666; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">110th CONGRESS<BR>1st SESSION<BR>S. RES. #<BR><\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">U.S.<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> Soil Policy:<BR>Sustaining the National Soil Resource<BR>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><BR><BR>________________________ submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"BACKGROUND: #446666; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt\"><EM><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Soil is a natural resource essential for<\/SPAN><\/B><\/EM><EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> life on earth. Soil links plants, animals, water, and air, affecting the weather, natural resources, and human health. <\/SPAN><\/EM><EM><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">The soil provides<\/SPAN><\/B><\/EM><EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> minerals for production; toxicity remediation potential; water purification; a growing medium for food, fiber, feed and fuel production; and ecosystems that support fish and wildlife<\/SPAN><\/EM><EM><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">. Soil is now used as<\/SPAN><\/B><\/EM><EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> the basis of raw inputs for industrial processes, and as a source of antibiotics. <\/SPAN><\/EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"BACKGROUND: #446666; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt\"><EM><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Contemporary pressures on the soil resource elicit the need to increase the fundamental knowledge of soils and develop practical management technologies for sustainable use of this resource. Only those educated in soil science can provide such expertise<\/SPAN><\/B><\/EM><EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">. Well-trained soil professionals have experience in toxicology; nutrient management; chemical, biological and physical sciences; and natural resource and agricultural land management. <\/SPAN><\/EM><EM><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Soil professionals are equipped with the information and experience needed to address the issues of today and those of tomorrow. It is now the time to invest in our natural capital, soil<\/SPAN><\/B><\/EM><EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">. <\/SPAN><\/EM><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"BACKGROUND: #446666; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Whereas:<BR><BR>(1) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Soil, plant, animal and human health are intricately linked. Soil degradation or improvement impacts<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> climate, water and air quality, human health, biodiversity, food safety, and agricultural production;<BR><BR>(2) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Soil is an essential, non-renewable resource<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, in that the degradation rates can be rapid and the formation and regeneration processes very slow;<BR><BR>(3) Soil is a dynamic system which <\/SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">performs many functions and services vital to human<\/SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> activities and ecosystems;<BR><BR>(4<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">) Soil functions include<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> biomass production; storage, filtration, and transformation of nutrients; weathering\/formation of minerals (raw material); breeding ground for organisms used in medicine and bioremediation techniques; storage of carbon; and storage of the geologic and archeological heritage of the United States (U.S.);<BR><BR>(5) <\/SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">The soils in the U.S. are vulnerable to<\/SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> several soil degradation processes including erosion, nutrient depletion, organic matter decline, contamination, salinization, compaction, loss of soil biodiversity, urban sealing, landslides and flooding;<BR><BR>(6) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Despite soil\u2019s importance to human health<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, the environment, nutrition, and food, feed, fiber and fuel production, <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">there is little public awareness of the importance of soil protection<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">;<BR><BR>(7) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Protection of U.S. soil, based on<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> the principles of preservation of soil functions, prevention of soil degradation, mitigation of detrimental use, restoration of degraded soils and integration of these preservation principles into other policies is essential to the long-term prosperity of the United States;<BR><BR>(8<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">) Spatial variability<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> is a natural characteristic of soil; enormous differences exist in soil structural, chemical, and biological properties over the U.S. landscape;<BR><BR>(9) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Soil diversity can be taken into account when areas of high risk are selected and appropriate measures implemented to ensure protection of the soil<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">;<BR><BR>(10) Soils vary in susceptibility to degradation processes, and the risk of soil degradation can be identified;<BR><BR>(11<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">) U.S. legislation in the areas of<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> organic, industrial, chemical, biological, and medical waste pollution prevention and <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">control should include provisions on soil protection<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">;<BR><BR>(12<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">) U.S. legislation on<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> climate change, water quality, agricultural and rural development needs to provide a coherent and effective legislative framework for common principles and objectives that are <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">aimed at protection and sustainable use of soil in the U.S<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">.;<BR><BR>(13) Industrialization coupled with poor or inappropriate soil management practices continues to leave <\/SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">contaminated sites <\/SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">in the U.S. A common strategy to manage <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">historic contamination of soil<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> can prevent and control the harmful effects that soil contamination will have on <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">human health and the environment<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">;<BR><BR>(14<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">) Soil can be used in a sustainable manner<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, which preserves its capacity to deliver ecological, economic, and social services, while maintaining its functions so that future generations can meet their needs.<BR><BR><\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"COLOR: lime; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Now therefore, be it resolved, that the U.S. Senate\u2014<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><BR><BR>(1) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">recognizes it as necessary to introduce<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> measures to improve knowledge, exchange information, and develop and implement best practices for soil management, carbon sequestration, and long-term use of the nation\u2019s soil resource;<BR><BR>(2) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">recognizes the important role of soil and the role of the Soil Science Society of American and Certified Professional Soil Scientists in managing the national soil resource<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">;<BR><BR>(3) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">commends the members of the Soil Science Society of America for educating historic and emerging soil and environmental professionals<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">;<BR><BR>(4<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">) commends the Soil Science Society of America for continuing the legacy of education<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, outreach and awareness necessary for <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">generating more public interest<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> in and appreciation for soils for the future;<BR><BR>(5) <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">acknowledges the promise of the Soil Science Society of America to<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #cceedd; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> continue to enrich the lives of all Americans, by improving stewardship of the soil, combating soil degradation and ensuring the future protection and sustainable use of our air, land and water resources.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mientras en Europa nos lamentamos del desinter\u00e9s de nuestras autoridades en materia de preservaci\u00f3n de suelos, como lo ha demostrado el fiasco en que se ha traducido la Directiva comunitaria en la materia, los colegas norteamericanos han tomado una iniciativa digna de ser emulada desde el viejo continente. La Sociedad Norteamericana de Agronom\u00eda (American Society of Agronomy), La Sociedad Norteamericana de Producci\u00f3n de Cultivos (Crop Science Society of America) y la Sociedad Norteamericana de las Ciencias del Suelo (Soil Science Society of America), en el blog \u201cOficina de Pol\u00edtica Cient\u00edfica\u201d &nbsp;(Science Police Office) est\u00e1n discutiendo un borrador que ser\u00e1 enviado\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[584,591,597,587,606],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134548,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81055\/revisions\/134548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}