Plenary: Towards an integrated perspective on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
2.9 Celebrating the International Year of Soils at the Global Soil Week: Healthy soils for a healthy life
Guest Blog by George Monbiot: Ploughing On Regardless
Almost all other issues are superficial by comparison to soil loss. So why don’t we talk about it?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25 March 2015
European Soil Protection Initiative: Jes Weigelt Appointed Chair of the European Soil Partnership
Soils are the basis for our food, a habitat for countless organisms and a prerequisite for biodiversity. As a carbon sink, they also play an important role in the global climate. These vital global functions necessitate soil protection that transcends…
Guest Blog by Zimbabweland: Policy options for African soils: learning lessons for future action
Everyone is agreed that one of the central components of achieving an ‘African Green Revolution’ is to tackle the widespread soil fertility constraints in African agriculture. To this end, AGRA – the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa –…
Guest Blog by Zimbabweland: Why an integrated approach to soil management is essential
Debates on soils and their management have too often been unnecessarily polarised between promoters of ‘organic’, ‘sustainable’ or ‘agroecological’ agriculture and those who argue that only large supplies of mineral fertiliser are the answer. These are often pitched in ideological…
Radio Bielefeld: Bodenschutz: “fruchtbarer Boden ist endlich und unendlich kostbar!”
2 March 2015