What way to save the soil?

Soil is a lifeline of human food and agriculture. 95%of our food production depends on the soil. However, according to the current soil management model, by 2050, 90%of the world's soil will degenerate. If we do not make changes, soil degradation will cause serious harm to our ecosystems, climate and food security. Soil protection has become one of the most watched global issues, and it is imminent to implement sustainable soil management measures.

Global Soil Partnership (GSP) was established in 2012. Its mission is to place soil in the global agenda and promote sustainable soil management. This mechanism is committed to improving soil governance to ensure that productive soil has achieved food safety, adapting and slowing climate change, and sustainable development of everyone. Recently, the Chinese Biological Diversity Protection and Green Development Foundation (China Green Fair, Green Club) was introduced by the Five results of GSP's five achievements in preventing soil degradation and improving soil management by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The Green Club International Department now compiles this article for reference for friends who are interested.

do you know? Every 5 seconds, the soil that is equivalent to a football field is eroded, and it takes 1,000 years to generate a few centimeters of surface soil in such a large area.

In the past ten years, the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) has collaborated with the government and more than 500 cooperation agencies to solve the problem of soil -related issues with the government and more than 500 cooperation agencies. Global schedule. The continuous development of the global soil cooperation mechanism has continued to expand the cooperation network, thereby promoting sustainable soil management and soil governance globally.

The following only lists the five achievements of the global soil cooperation mechanism in preventing soil degradation and improving soil management:

1. Cooperation with various countries to promote soil carbonization

Global soil cooperation mechanisms cooperate with countries to help farmers start to improve soil management from the grassroots level

The global agricultural soil re -carbonization (recurrent) project promotes soil health, enhances the output of the land and the repair of damage to respond to climate change and sustainable related challenges. This mechanism adopts the method of covering crops, rotations, and agricultural and forestry composite operations, which is mainly committed to re -carbonization of the soil (that is, increasing the organic matter in the soil). This can promote soil health. In turn, it can also strengthen food safety and farmers' income. Global agricultural soil re -carbonization projects can solve carbon solidaries and can also slow the harm of greenhouse gases.

At present, Costa Rica and Mexico are trying to carbonize global agricultural soil, and encourage farmers to adopt sustainable soil management through rewards. They train farmers' sustainable soil management methods and monitor land to evaluate the ecological effects of soil health and it provided.

The global soil cooperation mechanism has conducted on -the -job training through its global capacity development projects to provide technical materials and support for countries. They cooperate with domestic experts to improve global soil data management and soil analysis. (The source of the above figure: o FAO/ Rachel Nandalenga. The source below: FAO)

2. Global soil surveying and mapping

Global soil cooperation mechanisms provide cutting -edge products and services such as digital soil surveying and mapping to show soil conditions, enabling government and national research institutions to enhance their own efficiency and make wise decisions for the response to soil degradation.

So far, global soil cooperation has cooperated with various countries to draw four global maps with various countries, each of which points to specific soil threats. These information tools include Global Salt-Affected SOILS MAP, and global soil organic carbon potential maps (Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestial Map), Global Soil Organic CANM MAP), and Global Distributed map (Global Black SOIL Distribution Map). These maps rely on ground data from all over the world to support evidence -based decisions of sustainable soil management at all levels.

3. Ability to build and education about soil

Global capacity development projects of the global soil cooperation mechanism carry out on -the -job training to provide guiding principles and technical support for countries. So far, the global soil cooperation mechanism has contacted more than 70 countries and more than 7,000 experts from more than 70 countries, and provided training to eliminate the lack of digital technology. Essence

The Global Soil Laboratory Network (Glosola) was established in 2017 and is one of the 7 technical networks promoted by the global soil cooperation mechanism. It helps the laboratory uniform methods, units and information in soil analysis, thereby improving the reliability of laboratory output data. By advocating soil spectrometry, high -speed and cost -effective systems have been introduced to measure the soil attributes. Today, the active members in this network already include 850 laboratories and covering 152 countries. In World Soil Day, children also participate in the dialogue of protecting soil and soil biological diversity.

4. Strengthen international awareness and encourage youth to participate

Global soil cooperation has strengthened people's awareness of protecting the soil through the international soil years and World Soil Day (December 5), and promotes global participation and support. In addition, they participated in the dialogue of protecting soil through social media and information tools (such as information publishing documents and information charts, etc.).

It is also important to cultivate the consciousness of protecting the soil from an early age. In 2020, Global Soil Cooperation launched the "Children’ s Book Contest on Soil Biodivers ", which enabled children to understand the importance of soil creatures and the urgency of protecting soil biological diversity. A total of 80 children's books from more than 60 countries participated, 10 of which were included in the collection of "The Magical World OF SOIL BIODIVERSITY."

5. Formulate policies and promote implementation

Global soil cooperation mechanisms cooperate with governments to formulate tolerance policies and improve soil governance. At the same time, it helps policy makers to better manage soil management in a sustainable model to seek well -being for future generations.

The global soil cooperation mechanism plays an important role in development standardization tools. These tools can help the government promote the acceptance of soil health and sustainable soil management in the public, and be included in legislative, national policy and planning. These files include the revised version of the World Soild SOIL Charter, and "Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable SOIL Management" (Voluntary Guidelines ". For the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers). These documents can not only help the formulation of policies, but also make sustainable soil management more streamlined at all levels, so that the international soil community can conduct extensive consultations.

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Soil protection is one of the most watched global issues at present, and it is imminent to implement sustainable soil management measures. The global soil cooperation mechanism plays a leading role in optimizing soil management and improving soil awareness, and each of us can do our best! Take the understanding of the soil as a goal, let's explore the cradle of our food together!

For the original text: https://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1599222/

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