[Title Page]
The Schedule of the Symposium
Contents
Opening Remarks / Lee Yang-Ho 4
Welcome remarks / Jae Yang 6
01. The Critical Role of Soils in Preserving and Enhancing a Sustainable World / Donald L. Sparks 8
02. Watching Agricultural Drought Worldwide -from Space / Oscar Rojas 20
03. The Role of Soil Scientists in Addressing Global Issues of the Anthropocene and Climate Strategic Agroecosystems / Rattan Lal 36
04. Strategy of Land Utilization for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture / Winfried E.H. Blum 54
05. Development and Utilization of Indicators to Manage Soil and Environmental Resources / Chia-Hsing Lee ; Chun-Chi Tsui ; Horng-Yuh Guo ; Zueng-Sang Chen 70
06. Strategies to Prevent Soil from Pollution and Degradation / Owen W. Duckworth 93
07. Reinforcing Agro-material Industries to Maintain Soil Fertility and Crop Production / Mizuhiko Nishida 102
08. Management of Soil and Nutrients Considering Soil Spatial Variation / Jeffery Novak 115
09. From Obstacles to Steppingstones - Korean Soil Research and Development Story / Deog-Bae Lee ; Kang-Ho Jung 126
I. Decadal Story of Obstacles and Steppingstones in Korea 128
II. Heug-To-Ram: Korean Soil Information System 132
III. Some Suggestions for Steppingstone 134
Copyright 137