The Scottish Soil Framework

REFERENCES

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3 European Commission (2006a) - Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection Communication ( COM(2006) 231)

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Photo & Illustration Sources

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Top from left to right

• Humus Iron Podzol @ MLURI
• @Noel Fojut/ HS
• @ Noel Fojut/ HS
• Scottish Borders @P&A MacDonald/ SNH
• Dundee Law @P&A MacDonald/ SNH

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• The soil of Scotland @Macaulay Institute

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• Humus Iron Podzol @ MLURI

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• Machair, Barvas, Isle of Lewis @ Lorne Gill/ SNH

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• Dundee Law @ P&A Macdonald/ SNH

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• Arable farming at Carghill Pertshire @Lorne Gill/ SNH
• The Flow country @Steve Moore/ SNH

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• Argyll sunset @George Logan/ SNH
• Flanders Moss NNR @Patricia Bruneau/ SNH
• Whithorn @ RCAHMS per Noel Fojut/ HS
• Opencast coal mining Muirkirk @P&A MacDonald/ SNH

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• Machair, Barvas, Isle of Lewis @ Lorne Gill/ SNH

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• A9 Land slide @ BBC

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• Upland blanket bog in the Grampian mountains @ Lorne Gill/ SNH

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• Wetland and arable fields in the Scottish Borders @ P&A Macdonald/ SNH

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• Brown earth soil @ Macaulay Institute