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by Rohan Kapur | 10-02-2019 01:41
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Soil is life. Soil is a massively undervalued resource. It is non-renewable. Our food, water and climate depend on it All food is grown from soil directly or indirectly. Its’ a nature’s gift to the living beings. The whole eco-system depends upon soil for survival. The more you are rooted to the soil, better it is for the human beings.
Industrialization has taken us away from soil. Land has been reclaimed & factories are built on that. I am not against this but the natural imbalances have destructed our eco-system to the core. The mother earth is craving for its soil that has been taken away by humans.
Animals are part of eco-system & they keep checks & balances so that the cycle of life is continuous. Conservation & preservation of soil is all important in this century.
In the UAE only 13 percent of soil is fertile rest is all sand. Still, they have managed to place huge patches of landscaping. All this is watered by recycled sewerage water. Fresh water is not at all used. It implies that, where the resources are scarce they are valued the most.
Soil contains huge quantities of carbon in the form of organic matter. which provides nutrients for plant growth and improves soil fertility and water movement. The top metre of soil alone stores around 2,200 billion tonnes of carbon, which is three times the level currently held in the atmosphere, said the UNEP Year Book 2012. Soil carbon is easily lost but difficult to rebuild, the report said. Soil carbon stocks are highly vulnerable to human activities. They decrease significantly (and often rapidly) in response to changes in land cover and land use such as deforestation, urban development and increased tillage, and as a result of unsustainable agricultural and forestry practices.
Such activities can break down soil’s organic matter. When this happens, some carbon is converted to carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is one of the main contributors to global warming, and it is lost from the soil.
Around 24 percent of global land has already suffered from declines in health and productivity over the past quarter of a century due to unsustainable land use, UNEP said.
Some 60 percent of carbon stored in soils and vegetation was lost as a result of land use changes, such as clearing land for agriculture and cities, since the 19th century. As global demand for food, water and energy is forecast to rise dramatically, soils will come under increasing pressure. Without changing the way land is managed, over 20 percent of forests, peatlands and grasslands in developing countries alone could lose vital ecosystem services and biodiversity by 2030, the report said. [UNEP Year Book 2012.] Thanks for reading. |
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14 Comments
Hello Rohan
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Regards!!!!
Ganesh kharel
Posted 09-03-2020 19:19
Hello rohan
I hope you are doing wel
Thank you so much for this report
Regards
Susmita
Posted 28-02-2020 11:22
Thanks Deepak.
Posted 22-02-2019 03:24
Good to see your beautiful pictures :)
Posted 18-02-2019 03:06
Thanks Joon. A day gone by in lost in the history. Therefore, its' better to live in present, plan for future & learn from the past.
Posted 18-02-2019 02:32
Hello Rohan, so nice to see you again with your pictures up here :)
'I totally agree with your words up here : Soil carbon is easily lost but difficult to rebuild, the report said.
Soil carbon stocks are highly vulnerable to human activities. They decrease significantly (and often rapidly) in response to changes in land cover and land use such as deforestation, urban development and increased tillage, and as a result of unsustainable agricultural and forestry practices.'
Benefits that soil brings to us are much more than we expect and soil carbon stock has become illuminated as climate change issues have arisen with carbon dioxide level in the air.
By that point, we need to get a bit more concerned with fertility of soil and its preservation :)
Thanks for your report!
Posted 16-02-2019 22:31
Thanks Gyeongrin. We are responsible for the degradation of the soil, therefore it is our responsibility to restore it. We have not inherited the earth from our parents. We have borrowed it from our children. This is my belief.
Posted 15-02-2019 18:21
Hello Rohan
Indeed Soil is a fundamental environmental factor that becomes the basis of so many lives that comes from it.
And it is a big problem, as the report points out, that soil conditions are degrading day by day.
Hope we could restore the health of our soil!
Thanks for the report and the photos too :)
Posted 15-02-2019 11:43
Dear Faith, Thanks. Soil is life. Indeed.
Posted 13-02-2019 02:04
Soil is vital in our ecosystem and without it,human life will be difficult. Preservation is vital. Thanks for the report Rohan:)
Posted 12-02-2019 02:14
Dear Kushal, Thanks. Modern tech is here to stay but soil protection is a must.
Posted 11-02-2019 02:59
Dear Sachin, Thanks. Yes Challenging and expensive both.
Posted 11-02-2019 02:57
Soil is the place where we live and grow the foods we eat. We must protect the fertility of the soil and enhance productivity as there is food insecurity as global problem where many people are dying of hunger and malnutrition. Although, modern technologies have evolved which has soil less agriculture but never the less we must protect our soil.
Thank you for the repoer Rohan.
Keep writing great reports.
Best wishes from Nepal.
Green Cheers :) :0
Yours,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 11-02-2019 02:04
New techniques like hydroponics, areophonics are scientifically decreasing our dependency on soil for agriculture. It however is challenging technology.
Thank you for the information @rohan
Thank You :) :)
Posted 10-02-2019 01:59