We are using the world’s soils
as if they were inexhaustible, continually withdrawing from an account,
but never paying in. For it takes several thousand years to build a
thin layer of fertile topsoil, but only an hour of heavy rain to lose
it. The average European needs 1.3 hectares – two football pitches – to
produce all of the food and other products he or she consumes each year.
That is about six times more than is available to each Bangladeshi.
Almost 60 percent of the area consumed by Europeans lies outside the
European Union. Global demand for food, fodder and biofuels is on the rise. So too
are land prices. In many regions, the struggle for secure land rights is
a struggle for survival for individuals and communities. The global
significance of soils demands global responses. 2015 is the
International Year of Soils. In this year, the United Nations wants to
further the goal of soil protection. This Soil Atlas shows what can
succeed and why the soil should concern us all.
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