Tiny soil detectives - Report

FAO

Tiny soil detectives - Report

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 26 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) In celebration of World Soil Day (WSD) 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the European Union through its Soil Mission and the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) are launching the contest “Tiny soil detectives”. Tiny Soil Detectives 2025 invites young people to explore the hidden world beneath their feet. Through fun, hands-on experiments, kids will become “urban soil detectives,” observing, testing, and documenting their discoveries to uncover how soil shapes life in their neighborhoods.

Language English

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