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The development of the Red Data Book of Eurasian Soils is a challenge necessitated by the intensive and exhaustive use of soil resources. The long-term strategy of interaction between humans and the environment should be directed towards the creation of favorable conditions for the development of society and saving of nature via application of new legislative norms aimed at preservation of pedodiversity and especially valuable soils. It is important to develop pedology as a fundamental science and to harmonize the relation-ships between humans and nature. The 30-year-long experience of Russia in the development of the Red Data Books of Soils is analyzed, and several conclusions aimed at improving the efficiency of special protection of soils in Russia and contiguous countries are made.
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Original Russian Text © E.D. Nikitin, E.B. Skvortsova, E.P. Sabodina, 2014, published in Pochvovedenie, 2014, No. 3, pp. 375–382.
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Nikitin, E.D., Skvortsova, E.B. & Sabodina, E.P. Red Data Book of Eurasian Soils: Russia and contiguous countries. Eurasian Soil Sc. 47, 216–222 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229314030053
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