Managing soil quality for humanity and the planet

Abstract

Rather than a human-centric, the basic strategy of achieving Sustainable Development Goals must be focused on restoring and sustaining planetary processes. The urgency of meeting the demands of the humanity must be reconciled with the necessity of enhancing the environment. Increasing and restoring soil organic matter content of the degraded and depleted soils is critical to strengthening planetary processes.

Keywords

soil quality / humanity / planet / climate change / soil carbon sequestration / food and nutritional security

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