Soil is a fragile and finite natural resource that must be carefully managed and protected to ensure future food and fiber provision as well as delivery of many other ecosystem services such as water purification or flood regulation [1]. Soil health and preservation at global scales has been receiving increasing attention, for example, in discussions at the 2019 UN climate conference, COP25 in Mad ...[Read More]
The present and future of soil conservation in Europe
European agricultural soils are degraded and facing several threats. The EU´s Common Agricultural Policy is a potentially powerful tool for soil conservation. Scientific community now calls on the EU to take advantage of it.