@article{fdi:010089457,
  title = {{T}he urgency of building soils for {M}iddle {E}astern and {N}orth {A}frican countries : economic, environmental, and health solutions},
  author = {{D}eeb, {M}. and {V}alentinovich {S}magin, {A}. and {P}auleit, {S}. and {F}ouch{\'e}-{G}robla, {O}. and {P}odwojewski, {P}ascal and {G}roffman, {P}.{M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}oil degradation is a short or long ongoing process that limits ecosystem services. {I}ntensive land use, water scarcity, land disturbance, and global climate change have reduced the quality of soils worldwide. {T}his degradation directly threatens most of the land in the {M}iddle {E}ast and {N}orth {A}frica, while the remaining areas are at high risk of further desertification. {R}ehabilitation and control of these damaged environments are essential to avoid negative effects on human well-being (e.g., poverty, food insecurity, wars, etc.). {H}ere we review constructed soils involving the use of waste materials as a solution to soil degradation and present approaches to address erosion, organic matter oxidation, water scarcity and salinization. {O}ur analysis showed a high potential for using constructed soil as a complimentary reclamation solution in addition to traditional ones. {C}onstructed soils could have the ability to overcome the limitations of existing solutions to tackle land degradation while contributing to the solution of waste management problems. {T}hese soils facilitate the provision of multiple ecosystem services and have the potential to address particularly challenging land degradation problems in semi and dry climates.},
  keywords = {{MOYEN} {ORIENT} ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {NORD} ; {ZONE} {ARIDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience of the {T}otal {E}nvironment},
  volume = {917},
  numero = {},
  pages = {170529 [13 ]},
  ISSN = {0048-9697},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170529},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089457},
}