Journal Article

Considerations upon the Evolution of the Soil Resources Used Worldwide

Toader, Monica, Dulf, Vasile, Zancihiș-Săvan, Gabriela, Horia Mihai Păcurar, Păcurar, Ioan, Bunea, Anca

2019

Overview

The concept of soil management has, in fact, ancient origins. However, the first soil maps date from the 18th century, while the first soil models are known only from the end of the 19th century. Towards the end of the twentieth century, there have been considerable developments in terms of mapping techniques and soil condition modeling tools. These developments are characterized by the use of IoT in soil mapping and related activities, which consists of the use of GIS, GPS, remote sensing, etc. In the present study, we aimed to develop a synthesis of the evolution of soil resources worldwide and by continents, over the entire period for which there are official data. The study of the dynamics of the evolution of soil resources and their use was carried out by collecting raw data from official databases and processing them, while data refer to the period 1961 - 2018. Globally, between 1961 and 2018, the average soil resources used in agriculture is equal to 4,817,663 thousanrs ha, and forest resources for forestry, in the same period, amount to, on average, over 4 billion hectares.

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