Resource type:
Research
EU project stamp:
No
Link to knowledge resource
Main entity:
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Type of entity:
IGO
Key themes:
Agriculture
Conservation
Societal challenges:
Food security
Scope:
Global
Description:
This issue brief focuses on the importance of conserving healthy soil, which defining elements are:
- The health of soils is dependent on the variety of organisms they contain, known as soil biodiversity.
- The amount of soil biodiversity determines the productivity of land, and thus the provision of food, water, and the regulation of climate.
- Current land degradation, chiefly due to chemical-fuelled, intensive agricultural production, is causing the loss of soil biodiversity, undermining the services provided by healthy soils.
- Governments should put in place policies and legislation, and promote land management practices which restore or preserve soil biodiversity.
Date:
2019
Language:
EN
ES
FR
