Overexploitation of Soil Threatens Survival of Humans and Other Species, Says UN


Folha de S.Paulo / AFP, Marlowe Hood in 03/05/2022
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At the current rate, an area the size of South America will be in a process of persistent land degradation in less than three decades. Sustainable land use is a matter of “survival”, warns a UN report published on 27 May, 2022.

“The way we manage and use land resources threatens the health and survival of many species on Earth, including humans”, said Ibrahim Thiaw, executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), responsible for the document.


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