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Finding common ground: Co-producing national soil policy in Wales through academic and government collaboration

Carmen Sanchez-Garcia, Erik S. Button, Sophie Wynne-Jones, Helen Porter, Ian Rugg, Jacqueline A. Hannam

Soil Security, Volume: 11, Start page: 100095

Swansea University Author: Carmen Sanchez-Garcia

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Several agricultural reforms are in progress in the UK following its withdrawal from the EU. This is an opportunity to formulate a Welsh Soils Policy Statement (SPS) that raises the status of soils and ensures that their protection and sustainable management are integrated into future policy. We sha...

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ISSN: 2667-0062
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