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    Jun 25, 2019 3 minutes

    THREAT TO SOIL

    A recent report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – a panel studying the benefits of nature to humans – concludes that biodiversity is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and that climate change can’t be halted if we carry on degrading the soil.

    Joanna Lewis, policy director at the Soil Association, said: “This report issues a stark warning – our overuse of the land and sea is eroding the natural foundations of our livelihoods and societies, and we simply cannot halt climate change without halting soil degradation.

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