From mining scars to sustainable futures: ISO 24419-1 drives renewal in Peru
A practical example of how remediation of mining legacies, supported by ISO standards, can build trust, resilience and long-term value.
Soil quality standards protect and improve soil health, crucial for agriculture, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. They guide sustainable land use and soil management practices.
Top standards
Sludge and solid environmental matrices — Determination of dry residue or water content and calculation of the dry matter fraction on a mass basis
Soil quality — Pretreatment of samples for physico-chemical analysis
Soil quality — Sampling of soil invertebrates
Part 6: Design of sampling programmes with soil invertebrates
Soil quality — Sampling of soil invertebrates
Part 1: Hand-sorting and extraction of earthworms
Soil quality — Determination of effective cation exchange capacity and base saturation level using barium chloride solution
Soil quality — Determination of particle size distribution in mineral soil material — Method by sieving and sedimentation
Soil quality — Effects of pollutants on earthworms
Part 1: Determination of acute toxicity to Eisenia fetida/Eisenia andrei
Insights
The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment
Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.
Smart farming: the transformative potential of data-driven agriculture
Smart farming and precision agriculture leverage technologies like agricultural drones, robotics, IoT sensors, GPS and farm management information systems to improve production efficiency.