Soil Pollution and Remediation of Forests Soil
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Soil".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 4351
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil contamination; trace elements (heavy metals); soil remediation; soil quality; water chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest ecosystems are an important part of terrestrial landscapes, covering nearly one-third of them. These ecosystems provide a vast range of services, such as ensuring biodiversity, socio-cultural benefits, and climate regulation. Unfortunately, forests are undergoing anthropogenic stress. The emission and increasing content of pollutants like trace elements or sulfur and nitrogen oxides, among others, connected to industries, might significantly affect these ecosystems. On the other hand, many countries are introducing policies to convert areas polluted or significantly altered by industry into forests in order to reduce the possible negative impact of these sites on human health or the environment. Therefore, we must to improve our knowledge about the ability of forest to purify pollutants and the mechanism of forest restoration in post-industrial areas to plan and develop more efficient remediation and reclamation methods.
Potential topics in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The spatial variability of harmful substances content and metal speciation in forest soil;
- The heavy metals and harmful substances on forest ecosystem;
- Ecotoxicological responses and phytoremediation of forest stands;
- Pollution control and strategies for the management and decontamination of forest areas;
- The restoration of forest ecosystems in post-industrial areas.
Dr. Katarzyna Maria Wiatrowska
Dr. Justyna Likus-Cieślik
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil contamination
- heavy metals
- risk assessment
- bioavailability of pollutant
- phytoremediation
- forest on post-industrial area
- forestry reclamation
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