System · Rationale

Soil biome

Natural ecosystem comprising the community of organisms living in soil that drives nutrient cycling, decomposition, and soil structure.

Definition source: AGROVOC: soil organisms (c_33552)

Synonyms

soil ecosystem

Broader

Natural ecosystem

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: sensitive to climate-driven changes in temperature and moisture.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_052 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_052
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_052)