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Journal Articles (Review Article) Annual Review of Environment and Resources Year : 2024

Status of the World's Soils

Pete Smith
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Healthy soils contribute to a wide range of ecosystem services and virtually all of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but most of the world's soil resources are in only fair, poor, or very poor condition, and conditions are getting worse in more cases than they are improving. A total of 33% of all soils are moderately to highly degraded as a result of erosion, loss of organic matter, poor nutrient balance, salinization and alkalinization, contamination, acidification, loss of biodiversity, sealing, compaction, and poor water status. Best management practices are available to limit or mitigate threats to soil health, and many of them mitigate multiple soil threats. In many regions of the world, policies or initiatives to protect or enhance the status of soils are in place, and they need to be strengthened and enforced. The Food and Agriculture Organisation will publish its second comprehensive assessment of the status of the world's soils in 2025, and this review provides an interim update on world soil status and offers an accessible overview of the topic
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hal-04765640 , version 1 (04-11-2024)

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Pete Smith, Rosa M Poch, David A Lobb, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Ghiath Alloush, et al.. Status of the World's Soils. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2024, 49 (1), pp.73-104. ⟨10.1146/annurev-environ-030323-075629⟩. ⟨hal-04765640⟩
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