These organisms have a major influence on soil, such as its formation, structure and productivity.' Soil degradation describes what happens when the quality of soil declines and diminishes its ...

While water erosion continues to be the most serious cause of soil degradation globally, innovative strategies that remediate important soil functions can restore the productivity of eroded soils.

Land degradation currently affects 1.9 billion hectares globally or about 65 per cent of global soil resources. With 85 per cent, soil erosion is the main contributor. Approximately 1.5 billion people ...

China has led an environmental campaign of historic proportions to combat desertification in its dry northern lands. This ...

Chemical fertilizers have revolutionized gardening, offering quick and visible results by providing plants with essential ...

Agriculture uses roughly 70% of global freshwater, land and soil degradation are directly undermining agri-food systems with human-induced degradation The first International Soil and Water Forum ...

This has come at the expense of nature, causing 80% of deforestation and 70% of biodiversity loss on land. Soil degradation has reduced the productivity of nearly a quarter of the global land surface, ...

More information: Wanderlei Bieluczyk et al, From overgrazed land to forests: assessing soil health in the Caatinga biome, Journal of Environmental Management (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024. ...

Land and habitat degradation and desertification are serious issues in Pakistan and are among the main reasons for losses to ...

On Tuesday, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued a 14-article judicial ...