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The study's findings indicate that Pichu Pichu's soil has undergone significant physical and chemical degradation after the fire, hindering ecosystem recovery. Furthermore, post-fire erosion has ...

Experts warn soil degradation globally will worsen over the coming decades unless serious action is taken. The problem occurs when human activity – like agriculture, deforestation and overgrazing ...

A new global think tank is warning soil degradation is increasing and threatening food security and biodiversity. Soil is like the earth's skin — a protective layer that makes up a complex ...

RIYADH, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched an action plan on Thursday aimed at tackling agricultural land degradation through sustainable soil ...

RAJASTHAN: India is witnessing an alarming rise in soil degradation, threatening its agricultural productivity, food security, and environmental sustainability. Soil, a vital resource supporting ...

Never bare soil: This is a consensus, said INRAE. Vegetation cover limits soil degradation, prevents drought and reduces the risk of flooding. Several options are possible: Relay crops (plants ...

This index will be a standardized measure for assessing and comparing soil quality across different regions and ecosystems. It will allow the identification of trends showing degradation or ...

According to the UNCCD desertification, land degradation and drought are among the biggest environmental challenges we are currently facing. About 40 per cent of all land area worldwide is already ...

The environmentalists are calling for policies which facilitate regenerative agricultural practices that reduce degradation and drought. Save Soil's map, based on Intergovernmental Panel on ...

However, for the farming sector, they pose an existential threat, primarily due to land degradation. According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) report ...

Land degradation is the environmental process in which the chemical, physical and biological quality of land and soil worsens due to erosion, deforestation, salinisation and the loss of organic ...