Soils make a vital contribution to Scotland’s environmental,
economic and social well-being. The report ‘The State of
Scotland’s Soil’ by Natural Scotland provides a picture of their
current state and describes what can be done to protect them.It
was led by SEPA and written and collated by scientists from a
range of Scottish research institutes, universities and other
public bodies. The report aims to raise awareness of the
importance of soils to inform people of the key environmental
issues relating to soil, and to encourage debate on how to
progress towards a sustainable Scotland. It builds on earlier
reports by SEPA (2001) and the Scottish Government’s
Environmental research report Scotland’s Soil Resource – current
state and threats (Towers etal., 2006). The full report is
available on the SEPA website at;