Biogeosystem Technique (BGT*) platform improves soil‐ecosystem services in dry terrain: A review

Abstract

Current innovation's efficiency contradicts the local environment and climate in different world regions, not providing the sustainable development goals. To ensure a non‐imitation long‐term soil improvement in environmental management, a Biogeosystem Technique (BGT*) heuristic innovation technology platform has been developed to be applied worldwide. A BGT*‐based ecosystem services prospect is discussed in an example of the Volgograd Region of the Russian Federation dry terrain. The soils change from Chernozem (21.7%) to Kastanozem (44.1%). The soil ecosystem services in this area are degrading under the standard mouldboard, chisel, no‐till, and irrigation soil management practices attempting to represent simplified natural phenomena in a technological imitation. BGT* constituents are: (1) a 20–50 cm layer intra‐soil milling ensures the long‐term stable fine soil geophysical multilevel aggregate system; (2) intra‐soil pulse sequential‐discrete watering provides a draught mitigation and a water consumption reduction for circa 5–20 times compared with that of the standard irrigation; (3) intra‐soil waste recycling ensures environmental safety and soil productivity. The BGT* prevents a dry land degradation, promoting technological prerequisites for soil polymicrobial association biofilms and humic substances functioning as a soil microbiological process starters. The BGT* reinforces a soil biogeochemical turnover, provides a higher soil bonitet score, a land productivity, and a reversible carbon intra‐soil biological sequestration, stabilizing the climate system. Accounting for the cutting age BGT* developments, the science and political initiatives will offset subsidies harmful to nature and provide up‐to‐date innovations in biodiversity—ecosystem services generating outcomes for financial investments.