ИСТИНА

The project was in general very successful in generating scientific knowledge of below ground biodiversity in the tropics, particularly in inventory of soil biodiversity and methods of its sampling and identification. These achievements also allowed the discovery of new species and making a number of new records of soil biota . Activities in land conservation and land management technologies and biotechnology applications, and also training and other public relations actions in participating countries have provided noticeable impact in public awareness and capacity building at all levels: from grassroots to policy makers. The project managed to produce and disseminate new scientific knowledge about the interrelations between such environmental issues as biodiversity conservation and land degradation, and also a cross-linkage with other key environmental and development issues such as food security, climate change and carbon and nitrogen cycle, potable water supply, genetic resources, etc. A few interesting results have been achieved in the field of environmental services assessment.