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June 15, 2026Frontiers in Soil ScienceOpen Access

A systematic literature review of soil ecosystem services in the East and Southern African regions

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NNNicodemus NyamariTKTanja KrammDODennis Otieno

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Systematic review analyzes soil ecosystem services in East and Southern Africa, suggesting future research directions and policy implications.

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  • This review aims to synthesize existing studies on soil ecosystem services in East and Southern Africa to identify knowledge gaps and enhancement strategies.
  • Reviewed 330 studies on soil ecosystem services from Web of Science using bibliometric analysis and systematic quantitative content analysis (SQCA).
  • Examined categories, geographic scales, data collection methods, and drivers of change in soil ecosystem services.
  • Focused on local, national, and transnational scales in the analysis.
  • Identified 480 soil ecosystem service assessments, with climate regulation as the primary focus (236 assessments).
  • Only 4 studies on water provisioning services and 2 on cultural services were found, indicating underdevelopment in these areas.
  • 89% of studies focused on specific local landscapes, highlighting a need for broader geographical assessments.

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Nyamari et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2f95b4a1cfeec49082799dhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2026.1765141
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