The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world loses 24 billion tons of fertile land every year, largely due to agriculture.
“Industrial agriculture is good at feeding populations but it is not sustainable. It’s like an extractive industry.” – External Relations, UN
We’ve seen first-hand what loss of fertile land can cause – often including forced migration and hunger. We need to restore our lands to reduce these risks, including the risk of conflict, allow everyone access to a secure, and local, food supply (wherever possible) and address the climate and biodiversity crises.
“Desertification, land degradation and drought are major threats affecting millions of people worldwide, particularly women and children.”
Sometime we gaze around and wonder why there still seems to be such a lack of urgency when we have data like this staring at us. We know soil isn’t a sexy topic and that we all most commonly talk about deforestation when it comes to land, so we’re up for ideas from the brains trust here!
