The world's soils are rapidly deteriorating due to soil erosion, nutrient depletion, loss of soil organic carbon, soil sealing and other threats, but this trend can be reversed provided countries take the lead in promoting sustainable management practices and the use of appropriate technologies, according to a new UN report released. The Status of the World's Soil Resources produced by FAO's Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils brings together the work of some 200 soil scientists from 60 countries. Its publication coincides with World Soil Day which is celebrated on 4 December and also the end of the UN International Year of Soils 2015 an initiative which has served to raise global awareness on what has been described as "humanity's silent ally".
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/status-worlds-soil-resources
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/fao
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-resources
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-science
