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Status of the World's Soil Resources. Chapter 1: Introduction

Year of publication 2016

Pages 13 p.

Author Gerasimova,M.;Reinsch, T.;Smith, P.;Land and Water Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109004-6

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This is Chapter 1, "Introduction," of the report Status of the World’s Soil Resources.

Human society as a whole depends more than ever before on products from the soil as well as on the more intangible services the soil provides for maintenance of the biosphere. The objective of the report is to illustrate the essential connections between human well-being and the soil, and to provide a benchmark against which our collective progress to conserve this essential resource can be measured.

The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:

Also available: Technical Summary of the Status of the World’s Soil Resources.

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