Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Engineering Polytechnic School, Campus Univ. S/n, 27002, Lugo, Spain.
College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, PR China.
J Environ Manage. 2020 Sep 1;269:110851. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110851. Epub 2020 Jun 5.
The Virtual Special Issue (VSI) "New Research on Soil Degradation and Restoration" was proposed by the Guest-Editors (the authors of this editorial piece) to Journal of Environmental Management taking into account the following aspects: (a) Firstly, soil degradation is a main issue all over the world; (b) Secondly, physical, chemical and biological degradation of soil environments need detailed research, also going deeper in some new aspects poorly covered up to now; and (c) Similarly, new quality research on restoration of degraded soils, dumping sites, different areas affected by mining activities, and so on, would be clearly useful in order to prevent and/or solve critical environmental hazards. As a result, 110 manuscripts were submitted to the VSI by authors from around the world, and near 50 high quality works were finally published. The Guest-Editors of the VSI consider that the papers published will be of great interest for researchers working in this field, as well as for the overall community, as they include aspects clearly relevant at a global level.
虚拟特刊（VSI）“土壤退化与恢复的新研究”是由客座编辑（本文的作者）提出的，目的是为了发表在《环境管理杂志》上，这是基于以下几个方面考虑的：（a）首先，土壤退化是全世界的主要问题；（b）其次，土壤环境的物理、化学和生物退化需要详细研究，也需要深入研究一些目前尚未充分涉及的新方面；（c）同样，退化土壤、倾倒场、受采矿活动影响的不同地区等的恢复的新质量研究，对于预防和/或解决关键的环境危害将是非常有用的。因此，来自世界各地的作者向 VSI 提交了 110 篇稿件，最终发表了近 50 篇高质量的文章。VSI 的客座编辑认为，发表的这些论文将对从事该领域研究的研究人员以及整个社会都非常感兴趣，因为它们包括了在全球范围内明显相关的方面。
