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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.3390/su10103807
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Justifying soil protection and sustainable soil management: creation-ethical, legal and economic considerations
Autor Hansjürgens, B.; Lienkamp, A.; Möckel, S.
Quelle Sustainability
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
Department OEKON; UPR
Band/Volume 10
Heft 10
Seite von art. 3807
Sprache englisch
Keywords justifying soil protection; sustainable soil management; creation ethics; Laudato si’; property rights; German Constitutional Law
Abstract Fertile soils form an important basis for survival for humans, but also for animals, plants and ecosystems, on which all terrestrial organisms rely. Soil is not only of central importance to the global provision of food and in the fight against hunger; climate, biological diversity and water bodies are also highly dependent on soil quality. Soil conservation is therefore a decisive factor in the survival of humanity. Pope Francis also emphasized this in his encyclical “Laudato si’”. However, increasing pressure is being exerted on soils, which poses an enormous challenge to the international community and thus also to the church. Against this background, in this article, which is based on a Memorandum of the German Bishops’ Working Group on Ecological Issues, arguments and justifications for soil protection and sustainable soil management are developed from different angles—from a creation-ethical, a legal, and an economic perspective. All three perspectives point in the same direction, namely that in the use of soils public interests that serve the society and the environment should be given priority over private interests. These arguments may serve as an important reference point in political and societal debates about soils, and may support strategies for sustainable soil management.
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Hansjürgens, B., Lienkamp, A., Möckel, S. (2018):
Justifying soil protection and sustainable soil management: creation-ethical, legal and economic considerations
Sustainability 10 (10), art. 3807 10.3390/su10103807