The ground beneath our feet is a true all-rounder. It is the most species-rich habitat on our planet, it stores gigantic amounts of carbon and water, feeds people and animals, and provides the ground ...

The world’s soils store more carbon than its forests, and this storage capacity is increasingly discussed as a contributor to climate protection. Tradable carbon credits were designed to incentivise t...

While desertification is a problem most commonly associated with Africa or Asia, it is not limited to these regions. Intensive agriculture and the climate crisis have also led to severe soil degradati...

The Sahara Desert is expanding, thereby threatening millions of people’s lives and livelihoods. While many large-scale initiatives have been launched to combat desertification, most lack secure fundin...

The Soil Atlas 2024 not only highlights the consequences of the global loss of fertile soil, but also shows the potential of sustainable and fair land use for climate protection and biodiversity.

The phenomenon of large companies and investors buying up vast tracts of arable land in the Global South has long been seen as a problem. In Germany, too, this kind of land grabbing is on the rise, wi...

The Soil Atlas 2024 not only highlights the consequences of the global loss of fertile soil, but also shows the potential of sustainable and fair land use for climate protection and biodiversity.

Soil is life: it grows our food, sustains ecosystems, and supports communities, yet across globally and specifically in East African countries like Kenya, our soils face serious threats from overuse, #pollution, and #climatechange. The #SoilAtlas Kenya Edition 2025: Facts and Figures on soil a vital resource unpacks the state of our soils, highlighting critical issues like soil degradation, #foodsecurity and #nutrition, #land rights, and #sustainable farming solutions. Through compelling data and insights, it calls for urgent action to protect and restore our soils. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch, and adding your voices to this course. You can download the Soil Atlas Kenya Edition 2025 now. See link below. Download here: https://ke.boell.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/soilatlas-2025_-ke-edition-web.pdf

Soil is life: it grows our food, sustains ecosystems, and supports communities, yet across globally and specifically in East African countries like Kenya, our soils face serious threats from overuse, #pollution, and #climatechange. The #SoilAtlas Kenya Edition 2025: Facts and Figures on soil a vital resource unpacks the state of our soils, highlighting critical issues like soil degradation, #foodsecurity and #nutrition, #land rights, and #sustainable farming solutions. Through compelling data and insights, it calls for urgent action to protect and restore our soils. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch, and adding your voices to this course. You can download the Soil Atlas Kenya Edition 2025 now. See link below. Download here: https://ke.boell.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/soilatlas-2025_-ke-edition-web.pdf