Soil in New Zealand
- Selenium deficiency
- pakahi
- loess
- siltation after loss of forest cover
- Bush sickness - cobolt deficiency
Soil types edit
Soil erosion edit
Soil pollution edit
- Build up of heavy metals due to fertiliser use
- Mapua site
- organochlorine residues
govt[2]
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/laws/standards/contaminants-in-soil/index.html
Soil science edit
- Lincoln University
- Prof Walker (obit in The Press - 25 Nov 2010
Legislation edit
- Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941[3]
- National Water and Soil Conservation Organisation
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hicks, D L (August 1995). Control of Soil Erosion on Farmland. 95/4. MAF. ISBN 0478074034.
- ^ "New national standard on contaminated soil". govt. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/ser1997/html/chapter4.2.html
Further reading edit
- 'Nature of Soil', An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 22 April 2009
- Molloy, Les (1988). The living mantle: soils in the New Zealand landscape. Wellington: Mallinson Rendel in association with the New Zealand Society of Soil Science. ISBN 0-908606-55-9. (2nd ed. 1998 ISBN 090878337X)
- http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/ser1997/html/chapter8.7.html#The-state-of-our-soils
External links edit
- New Zealand Soils Portal at Landcare Research
- National Soil Database at the Landcare Research
- New Zealand Society of Soil Science
- Soil conservation at the Ministry for the Environment
- Soil use, sustainability and conservation at Seafriends