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T1 Phosphorous Cycles in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems - Regional Workshop 1: Europe
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, 
K1 terrestrial ecosystem
K1 aquatic ecosystem
K1 biological agent
K1 phosphorus
K1 soil moisture
K1 agriculture
K1 fertilizer
K1 agroforestry
K1 landscape protection
K1 recycling
K1 Europe
SN 0-88880-221-8
YR 1989
FD 1989
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30478
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30478
NO Phosphorus occupies a key place among the major nutrients because of its relative scarcity among the light elements and its essential role in energy transformations in all life forms. Man's use of phosphate reserves has produced both desirable and undesirable effects on the environment. Widespread fertilizer phosphate applications have greatly increased food and fiber supplies for an expanding world population. On the other hand, phosphorus associated with eroded sediments from agricultural lands, as well as phosphorus discharges from urban and industrial areas in sewage effluents and other wastes, are major causes of eutrophication of water bodies.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 24, 2026