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Since 2010 there have been several global and regional targets and initiatives to halt and reverse land degradation and restore degraded land; the most recent being the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG indicator 15.3.1, the proportion of land that is degraded over total land area, is assessed in terms of change in three sub-indicators: land…

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global food supply chain and exacerbated the problem of food and nutritional insecurity. Here we outline soil strategies to strengthen local food production systems, enhance their resilience, and create a circular economy focused on soil restoration through carbon sequestration, on-farm cycling of nutrients, minimizing environmental pollution, and…

1. The European Green Deal sets a strategy for tackling climate-environmental challenge. 2. Soils play a key role achieving the ambitious target of a climate neutral EU by 2050. 3. Soils are the foundation of agriculture and important in the EU Farm to Fork Strategy. 4. Soils together with air and water are 3 elements to address the zero pollution in EU. 5. EU Soil…

Over the past 50 years, a large number of development initiatives have addressed the diverse social and ecological challenges in the Sahel, often focusing on a single entry point or action, resulting in only a limited degree of success. Within the last decade, the international development discourse has evolved to incorporate resilience thinking as a way to address more complex challenges…

The Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) encourages each of the 123 signatory countries to stabilise or reduce their extent of degraded land. Land degradation is assessed using the methods described in the Good Practice Guidance (GPG) document for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 15.3.1 (the proportion of land that is degraded…

Why land degradation and drought are important topics for Belarus? The warming and prolonged vegetative period caused by climate change bring new opportunities for agriculture, forestry and local people, but also demonstrate the vulnerability of the land and the need for urgent actions to preserve land productivity. No, this is not African or Arabian deserts. This is the Republic of…