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Scaling soil health to tackle climate change
Originally published by AICCRA, learn more about how soil health can be incorporated into national policies.
CA4SH side-event at UNCCD COP15: Multi-stakeholder action for scaling soil health globally
CA4SH holds a side event at UNCCD COP15!
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CA4SH partners come together for a spring update
CA4SH partners come together for a May partners’ meeting!
Food Systems Transformation Must Be Grounded in Healthy Soil
Viewpoint by Dr Leigh Ann Winowiecki, co-lead of CA4SH and Research Theme Leader, Soil and Land Health, World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
A Restoration Steward’s view from UNCCD COP15
Adrian Leitoro is a youth activist and co-founder of Nature and People as One. Read about his experience attending and speaking at the UNCCD COP15.
UNCCD FOOD DAY: Seeds of Change for a Nature-Positive Future
CA4SH participates in the first-ever UNCCD Food Day!
Healthy Soil for a Healthy Planet: Building Resilient Food Systems from the Ground Up
Soils are fundamental to protecting and restoring nature, yet they are often left out of dialogue on food systems transformation. Read the article from CA4SH co-lead Leigh Winowiecki to learn more.
ProSoil: uniting traditional and innovative practices to restore soil
In India, the Green Revolution lifted millions of people out of poverty, yet the large-scale use of chemical fertilisers left the country’s soils severely depleted. ProSoil shows how Indian farmers join traditional and innovative practices to not only restore their soils but also mitigate climate change.
Shining a light on soils for land restoration
Groundbreaking technology using soil spectral analysis enables ecosystem health evaluation on a massive scale, paving the way for better targeting of land restoration and more sustainable agriculture.
Soil Scientist Dr. Rattan Lal Discusses #SaveSoil with Sadhguru
Renowned soil scientist, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at the Ohio State University, and World Food Prize Awardee 2020, Dr. Rattan Lal, discusses the Save Soil movement with Sadhguru.
PODCAST Soil isn’t dirt: it’s the foundation of life and needs real care
Dr Leigh Ann Winowiecki, soil systems scientist at CIFOR-ICRAF, and Dr Rattan Lal, a distinguished professor of soil science at Ohio State University and World Food Prize Laureate, discuss why soil needs to be front and centre of global policies.
Embrace the Earth: Soil health as a foundation to sustainable food systems
On 17 September 2021, Rabobank, the Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) organised an online event on soil health as a foundation to sustainable food systems.
Opinion: How soil can save us all
Perhaps the greatest hope for a more sustainable future lies underfoot: our planet’s soil.
By Dr Rattan Lal
Unleashing the potential of nature-positive food systems
Action Track 3 of the UN Food Systems Summit has built coalitions that can deliver systemic impact in the near future
By João Campari, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Rattan Lal, Leigh Ann Winowiecki, Izabella Koziell
‘There Is No Healthy Society If There Is No Healthy Soil’ Says ReNature Cofounder Felipe Villela
Read the article from Forbes on what soil can do for us and the planet.
City compost in India – from waste to healthy soil
Waste management and soil degradation are two of India’s most pressing environmental concerns. The Indian state of Maharashtra, together with two GIZ projects, tackles both through one market mechanism – ‘city compost’. Urban municipal waste is composted and used as organic fertiliser in agriculture. This relieves the cities’ waste management and enhances rural soils and in turn productivity.