The lack of attention to soil destruction is illustrated not only in the limited protection laws across the EU, but also in the scarcity of data. Soil is a non-renewable resource and needs to be managed sustainably. Only 10% of all human food doesn't come from the soil and it maintains the water and the ecosystem stable and most importantly it slows down the climate changes.
Erosion, loss of organic matter, compaction, salinisation, landslides, contamination, sealing… Soil degradation is becoming more frequent, with negative effects on human health, natural ecosystems and climate change.
There are some areas of EU policies that protect the soil (air pollution, the marine environment, waste prevention and recycling, natural resources, the urban environment and pesticides) .But as these policies have other objectives and other scopes of action, they are insufficient to ensure an reasonable level of protection for all soil in Europe(and the world).
Without the appropriate protection we will lose our bigger and better resource.
Annex: The Sahara desert grows 100 kilometers per year. Between 1990 and 2000 2,8% of soil as suffered severe changes mostly by the growing of urban areas.
Without the capabilities of soil the artifacts we often found, our ancestors would be lost forever and we would never know they existed(only by theories).
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I really like this post for the fact that Humans are just destroying habitats of other species and creating habitats for themselfes. Regarding, that they could retribute the mother nature by criating habitats for others in soils that don't have interest for us.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Madruga
Good theme! This is an interesting topic, because if we don't protect the soil, agriculture isn't developed. The use of chemicals by farmers pollute the soil, so care must be taken to pollute as little as possible. And the very use of chemicals, which should be to improve the quality of agricultural products, can have adverse effects and damage agriculture, polluting the soil. Don't pollute!
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