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Soils and biodiversity

Soils host a quarter of our planet's biodiversity - poster






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    Soils and Biodiversity
    Soils Host a Quarter of our Planet’s Biodiversity. International Year of Soils 2015
    2015
    Biological diversity or ‘biodiversity’ is described as “the variability among living organisms from all sources, whether terrestrial, aquatic or marine”. It includes the diversity within species (genetic diversity), between species (organism diversity) and of ecosystems (ecological diversity). Soil is one of nature’s most complex ecosystems and one of the most diverse habitats on earth: it contains a myriad of different organisms, which interact and contribute to the global cycles that make all life possible. Nowhere in nature are species so densely packed as in soil communities; however, this biodiversity is little known as it is underground and largely invisible to the human eye.
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    Soil biodiversity loss 2016
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    The front of the postcard provides a short description on Soil biodiversity loss (definition, cause, key facts) while the back gives the worldwide conditions and trends by region. The data given here is derived from information published in the Status of the World's Soil Resources report, released in December 2015.

    The Report and the Technical Summary are available at the links below:

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    Soil Is Teeming with Life. Soils Host a Quarter of Our Planet's Biodiversity 2015
    FAO Informative Material for the International Year of Soils (IYS 2015).

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