"Healthy soils, healthy people, healthy planet". The Honourable Penelope Wensley AC, National Soils Advocate, Australia #GSOIL4N #Soils4Nutrition
FAO Land, Soil and Water
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FAO Land, Soil and Water
@FAOLandWater
Latest information on land, soil & water from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (@FAO). Follow our Director-General QU Dongyu, @FAODG.
Joined September 2014
- Soil organic carbon is a treasure beneath our feet! ✨🍂🪱💨 #Soils have the potential to sequester greenhouse gases and help mitigate/adapt to #ClimateChange 🤎 🔍 Learn more on the relationship between soils and carbon 👉 fao.org/global-soil-pa… #COP27 #SoilHealth
- #SoilDegradation causes the loss of soil micro- and macronutrients, resulting in severe and often invisible health problems for people & animals! Soils, Where food begins #Soils4Nutrition #SoilHealth Let's #SaveSoil
- Soils + water = vital to food production. Over 95% of the food we eat is produced on land, starting with soils & water. Let's manage and use them wisely! #Soils4Nutrition #SoilAction #SoilHealth
- #DYK that 18 chemical elements are essential for plant growth and that 15 of these are supplied by soils? Learn more about #SoilNutrition during the #WorldSoilDay official celebration 🎉 tiny.cc/21y0vz 📆 5 December 2022 ⏰ 12:30 - 13:40 CET 💻 Online (Zoom)
- 🌱 #DYK that composting supports plant nutrient cycles and helps soils become nutrient-rich again? #SoilHealth #Soils4Nutrition Healthy soils are vital for #HealthyFood and a better environment. Let's take action to #SaveSoil now! 🌍 Learn more👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿 tiny.cc/w826vz
- 🌱🐛🌿 Did you know that #SoilBiodiversity is a powerful nature-based solution for a healthy planet? Excited for the upcoming @theGSBI Global Soil Biodiversity Conference #GSB2023 to learn more about this important topic! 🌍🌿
- The beauty of aboveground biodiversity wouldn't be possible without the hidden heroes of belowground biodiversity! #SoilBiodiversity #SoilHealth 🍄🦠 From fungi to bacteria, the soil is teeming with life that keeps our planet healthy and thriving! #BuildBackBiodiversity
- The loss of soil organic carbon results in: 🌱 less fertile soil and crops 🚫 food shortages 💸 increased food prices 🐾 less biodiversity 🌍 increased GHG emissions 💧 decreased water retention and filtration What causes it? 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 Let's #SaveSoil & save our 🌏 #SoilHealth
- Healthy soils, healthy people! 🌱🌍 🧑🤝🧑 #BlackSoils are crucial for sustainable agriculture and feeding a growing population #SoilHealth 📚 Read the global status of black soils and find out why they are threatened and how to protect them 👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿 doi.org/10.4060/cc3124…
- The Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map (GSOCseq) represents the potential of SOC sequestration in agricultural soils. 430 experts from 119 countries 🌏 were involved in its development #GlobalSoilPartnership #SoilHealh 🗺Brochure ➡️ fao.org/3/cb8913en/cb8…
- From nutrient cycling to carbon sequestration, #SoilOrganisms not only contribute to #BuildBackBiodiversity but also serve as indicators of a #HealthySoil and🌍🌿 Celebrate #BiodiversityDay by exploring the state of knowledge of soil biodiversity 👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿 doi.org/10.4060/cb1928…
- 🌾🌱 Excited to share that the new certified #SoilDoctors have just completed their 4-day training for trainers in #Togo on #SoilHealth They now can't wait to go back to their communities and empower local farmers 👨🌾 More on the Soil Doctors Programme: fao.org/global-soil-pa…
- #SoilPollution affects 🍎the food we eat 💨the air we breath 💦 the water we drink Learn how contaminants can enter #soil through various routes and affect our environment👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 Check out the Global Assessment of Soil Pollution for more insights: tiny.cc/wzt6vz
