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World Soil Day5th December, 2012 World Soil day on 5th December celebrates the importance of soil as a critical component of the natural system and as a vital contributor to the human commonwealth through its contribution to food, water and energy security... Find out more»Raising the profile of Soils11th May, 2012 A group of soils and geo-conservation experts, recently joined by LRA director Malcolm Reeve, is working together to raise the general profile of soils as a key part of Earth Science... Find out more»A Liberian experience15th April, 2012 Land Research Associates has recently been helping Schlumberger Water Services with the soil geochemical study for a proposed iron-ore mine in south-east Liberia... Find out more»LRA host Chinese delegation1st September, 2011 Land Research Associates today hosted a visit from a delegation of local government heads from Yunnan Province in south-west China. They came to discuss issues of soil protection from damage and erosion... Find out more»Launch of ‘Working with Soil’ initiative1st July, 2011 The British Society of Soil Science (BSSS) and its professional practice arm, the Institute of Professional Soil Scientists (IPSS) are launching the first tranche of task-based competency statements, the aim of which is to ensure that soil-related work is carried out to adequate standards by appropriately qualified professional scientists. Several of the documents have been prepared with inputs from Land Research Associates... Find out more»Spreading waste to land – obtaining the correct technical expertise1st July, 2011 The Environment Agency has recently published Technical Guidance Note No EPR 8.01 How to comply with your Environmental Permit. Additional guidance for spreading waste to land... Find out more»LRA win large soil survey contract in Scotland28th May 2010 Land Research Associates have won a large contract to survey over 7,000 ha of land for Forest Enterprise Scotland (FES) in order to assist detailed forest coupe design planning. The contract was awarded after a comprehensive process of pre-qualification, interview and technical assessment, and will run until March 2011... Find out more»A single voice for soil science6th April 2010 Today the British Society of Soil Science and the Institute of Professional Soil Scientists united to form a single voice for Soil Science. Kathryn Allton Executive Officer of the British Society of Soil Science said “The creation of a single soil science organisation will enable stronger, more effective representation and help support all aspects of soil science into the future”... Find out more»Launch of Code of Practice for the Use of Organic Materials in Land Reclamation9th March 2010 Land Research Associates is pleased to be associated with the launch of a new national Code of Practice, the second in the last few months that the company has been involved in producing (the Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of Soils on Construction Sites was published last September)... Find out more»Defra launches Soil Strategy24th September 2009 On 24th September Hilary Benn launched the Defra Soil Strategy which sets out the government’s ambitious 20 year vision to improve the sustainable management of soil and tackle the issue of soil degradation... Find out more»Defra launches Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use of Soils on Construction Sites24th September 2009 One commitment in Defra’s Soil Strategy is for the Government to publish a code of practice for the sustainable management of soils on construction sites. The Code was launched today hot on the heels of the new Soil Strategy and is based on work for Defra by Land Research Associates (LRA) as part of project SOIL 126. This project followed earlier research by LRA for Defra into the Use of Surplus Soils in Construction Sites... Find out more»
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