The sustainable management of natural and anthropic resources represents a modern form of land management, which has the aim to maintain and increase the soil fertility and to permit on long term the obtaining of high quality food productions. In the paper are presented the main aspects about natural resources, with special reference to soil cover and its quality state, from the western part of Romania, having a surface by 2,3 millions ha, from which 17 millions ha are agricultural lands. There are succinctly but comprehensive presented aspects referring to the structure of edaphic cover, respectively some restrictive characteristics of their fertility: supplying state with nutrients (N, P, and K), reaction state etc. Finally, basing on obtained results there was presented some aspects referring to several measures necessary for restoration of soils fertility.

quality; edaphic; fertility; restoration; resources

Presentation: oral