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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetGreening the future - World Soil Day, 5 December 2019 2019World Soil Day 2019 will raise awareness on the importance of healthy soils with the slogan Stop soil erosion, Save our future, underlining how halting the alarming decline in fertile soils is not only about addressing food security and the achievement of the SDGs but also caring for our health, while nourishing the planet.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetWorld Soil Day, 5 December 2020 - Get involved flyer 2020
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Book (stand-alone)Assessing soil degradation. Report of an FAO/UNEP Expert Consultation, Rome, 18-20 January 1977
FAO Soils Bulletin 34
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No results found.There is a urgent need for a better understanding of the risks of soil degradation and their geographical distribution as well as a better knowledge of where degradation occurs at present. it would be desirable to combine soil conservation activities with other elements for increasing crop production.Erosion, salinity and alkalinity and the loss of soil fertility seriously reduce the natural potential of soils to produce food fibres. During the meeting, many criteria to assess the various types of soil degradation were outlined by the experts. however no uniform methodology for quantitative assessment of soil degradation was presented by the participants.
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