World Soil Day

  World Soil Day 2025, Holding a roundtable discussion on the importance of healthy soil in healthy cities by the village head of Rozi village in Varzagan County on the occasion of World Soil Day Varzeqan (Iran), 17/12/2025 - 17/12/2025 Holding a roundtable discussion on the importance of healthy soil in healthy cities by the village head of Rozi village in Varzagan County on the occasion of World Soil Day 2025. Register!

  World Soil Day 2025,Symbolic soil bell program in shahid hasan tavcoli hischool . Ravar (Iran), 17/12/2025 - 17/12/2025 Register! Due to the fact that it is the of commemoration of the soil and the day of the week, the soil bell will be rung at the Shahid Hassan Tavakoli School in Ravar city.

world soil day 2025 , Soil Erosion Management Training Course. Chabahar (Iran), 30/12/2025 - 01/12/2025.  Training Course. Register to participate!

When rain hits natural ground, much of it seeps down, replenishing groundwater reservoirs. However, sealed surfaces send rainwater rushing off into drains, rivers, and eventually seas. This dramatically reduces groundwater recharge, putting entire communities at risk of water shortages. Urban sealing creates multiple environmental issues:Reduced groundwater recharge: Impermeable surfaces drastically lower groundwater replenishment rates. Increased flood risk : Rapid runoff from sealed surfaces leads to frequent and intense flooding in urban areas. Water pollution : Stormwater runoff from sealed surfaces picks up pollutants and debris, affecting water quality. Urban heat islands : Sealed surfaces retain heat, raising city temperatures significantly above surrounding areas. Between 2012 and 2018, urban soil sealing in the EU and UK led to an estimated loss of  approximately 670 million cubic meters of potential water storage capacity  in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). To put th...

Hear from #GSP partners as they share efforts, expertise and innovative ideas on soil conservation, restoration & sustainable management. Register now ! GSP Plenary Assembly Twelfth Session - Soil Partners'day WEBCAST VACS | WEBCAST LDD THAILAND | WEBCAST ETHIOPIA ROOM AM | WEBCAST ETHIOPIA ROOM PM The Soil Partners' Day is a unique opportunity for all GSP Members and partners to share their efforts, expertise, experiences and innovative ideas related to the conservation, restoration, and protection of soil and its sustainable management. 3 June The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) – The US, Department of State, Office of Global Food Security Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) The journey to success: from dirt to living soil - LDD Thailand . The journey of the ​ Global Soil Partnership ​- Lifeng Li​ Director, Land and Water Division, FAO​ 4 June Soil Health monitoring MRV Systems related to Soil Health, in the context of Agroecology - Internat...

  Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. Regional and global estimates of soil loss rates due to erosion differ substantially depending on the method used to derive them. Generally, estimates of mean annual soil loss from field plots are substantially higher (8 to almost 50 t ha-1 yr-1) than those from regional and global models (2 to 4 t ha-1 yr-1). Any estimate of erosion must also be placed in the context of the acceptable or tolerable rate of loss. Rates of tolerable soil loss calculated using soil production rat...

  Healthy soils are the basis for healthy habitats for all living beings. They provide food, clean water, raw materials and various ecosystem services. But salinity, acidification and loss of biodiversity are just some of the threats that soils are currently facing. This year’s World Soil Day commemoration focuses on reversing soil erosion for our future. “We are celebrating a treasure beneath our feet which hosts a quarter of the planet’s biodiversity and provides about 95% of our food” , said Eduardo Mansur, FAO ’s Director of the Land and Water Division. Unsustainable agriculture practices and other improper land use changes, such as illegal deforestation, can accelerate erosion up to a thousand times, according to FAO. Soil erosion affects soil health and productivity by removing the highly fertile topsoil and exposing the remaining soil. It decreases agricultural productivity, degrades ecosystem functions and amplifies hydrogeological risk, such as landslides or floods. “Soi...

  The types of ecosystem services and the  soil functions  referred to in the definition can be elaborated as follows:  • Supporting services include primary production, nutrient cycling and soil formation;  • Provisioning services comprise the supply of food, fibre, fuel, timber and water; raw earth material; surface stability; habitat and genetic resources;  • Regulating services imply the regulation of aspects such as water supply and quality, carbon sequestration, climate regulation, control of floods and erosion; and  • Cultural services denote the aesthetic and cultural benefits derived from soil use.  Sustainable Soil Management  is associated with the following characteristics: 1. Minimal rates of soil erosion by water and wind; 2. The soil structure is not degraded (e.g. soil compaction) and provides a stable physical context for movement of air, water, and heat, as well as root growth; 3. Sufficient surface cover (e.g. from growing ...

Healthy soils are the foundation for food, fuel, fibre and even medicine, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as it kicked off the 2015 International Year of Soils today on the first-ever World Soil Day . Healthy soils are the foundation for food, fuel, fibre and even medicine said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today as it kicked off 2015 the International Year of Soils on the first-ever World Soil Day. Soils are also essential to our ecosystems, playing a key role in the carbon cycle, storing and filtering water, and improving resilience to floods and droughts, and yet we are not paying enough attention to this important “silent ally,” the UN agency explained. The International Year of Soils kicks off today at events in Rome, New York and Santiago de Chile, in an effort to raise awareness and promote more sustainable use of this critical resource. “Today, we have more than 805 million people facing hunger and malnutrition. P...

  Soil erosion is the displacement of the upper layer of soil and can be caused by wind, water or anthropogenic activities such as soil tillage. It can be measured in the field, by Observing visible evidence of soil loss , in complement to the measure of topsoil soil organic matter. In identified cases of soil erosion , it is recommended to implement different assessment methods, such as the USLE method, the synthesis of satellite imagery and its metadata, or direct measurement of erosion in gullies, rills, sheet wash, landslides using erosion pins, sediment yield downhill or in drains using Gerlach boxes, or undercutting of the soils around trees and fence-lines.

  The SWSR report identified soil erosion by water and wind as the most significant threat to global soils and the ecosystem services they provide. Soil erosion causes the loss of surface soil layers containing organic and mineral nutrient pools, partial or complete loss of soil horizons and possible exposure of growth-limiting subsoil, as well as off-site impacts such as damage to private and public infrastructure, reduced water quality and sedimentation. Soil erosion is accelerated by human activities through, amongst others, reduced plant or residue cover, tillage and other field operations, and reduced soil stability leading to soil creep and landslides. • Land-use changes such as deforestation or improper grassland-to-cropland conversion that cause removal of surface cover and loss of soil carbon should be avoided or carefully planned and appropriately implemented if unavoidable; • A cover of growing plants or other organic and non-organic residues that protects the soil surf...