On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023)
<p>In this article, we make comments on some methodological issues and on the general approach of the paper “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” (Säumel et al., 2023). We have identified several design and method...
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| author | J. Paruelo J. Paruelo J. Paruelo L. López-Mársico P. Baldassini P. Baldassini F. Lezama B. Bazzoni L. Staiano A. Nuñez A. Guido C. Ríos A. Tommasino F. Gallego F. Pezzani G. Camba Sans A. Quincke S. Baeza G. Piñeiro G. Piñeiro W. Baethgen |
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| description | <p>In this article, we make comments on some methodological issues and on the general approach of the paper “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” (Säumel et al., 2023). We have identified several design and methodological problems in the aforementioned article that may induce potential misinterpretations. First, our concerns are related to aspects of the study design and methodology that, in our opinion, introduce biases and critical errors. Second, we are concerned about the possible interpretations of the study with respect to the design of policies and the development of non-tariff barriers for South American countries.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-54259c1a495e4d2cbdde549ba3bd975f2025-02-06T15:15:20ZengCopernicus PublicationsSOIL2199-39712199-398X2025-02-011119319810.5194/soil-11-193-2025On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023)J. Paruelo0J. Paruelo1J. Paruelo2L. López-Mársico3P. Baldassini4P. Baldassini5F. Lezama6B. Bazzoni7L. Staiano8A. Nuñez9A. Guido10C. Ríos11A. Tommasino12F. Gallego13F. Pezzani14G. Camba Sans15A. Quincke16S. Baeza17G. Piñeiro18G. Piñeiro19W. Baethgen20Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, INIA – La Estanzuela, Colonia, UruguayInstituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayLART-IFEVA and Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayInstituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, INIA – La Estanzuela, Colonia, UruguayLART-IFEVA and Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartamento de Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayLART-IFEVA and Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaLART-IFEVA and Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, INIA – La Estanzuela, Colonia, UruguayInstituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayInstituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayInstituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayInstituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayDepartamento de Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayInstituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayInstituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, INIA – La Estanzuela, Colonia, UruguayDepartamento de Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayLART-IFEVA and Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDepartamento de Sistemas Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, UruguayInternational Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA<p>In this article, we make comments on some methodological issues and on the general approach of the paper “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” (Säumel et al., 2023). We have identified several design and methodological problems in the aforementioned article that may induce potential misinterpretations. First, our concerns are related to aspects of the study design and methodology that, in our opinion, introduce biases and critical errors. Second, we are concerned about the possible interpretations of the study with respect to the design of policies and the development of non-tariff barriers for South American countries.</p>https://soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/193/2025/soil-11-193-2025.pdf |
| spellingShingle | J. Paruelo J. Paruelo J. Paruelo L. López-Mársico P. Baldassini P. Baldassini F. Lezama B. Bazzoni L. Staiano A. Nuñez A. Guido C. Ríos A. Tommasino F. Gallego F. Pezzani G. Camba Sans A. Quincke S. Baeza G. Piñeiro G. Piñeiro W. Baethgen On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023) SOIL |
| title | On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023) |
| title_full | On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023) |
| title_fullStr | On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023) |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023) |
| title_short | On the risks of good intentions and poor evidence – comment on “Back to the future? Conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of Uruguay” by Säumel et al. (2023) |
| title_sort | on the risks of good intentions and poor evidence comment on back to the future conservative grassland management can preserve soil health in the changing landscapes of uruguay by saumel et al 2023 |
| url | https://soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/193/2025/soil-11-193-2025.pdf |
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