{"id":217411,"date":"2022-12-06T21:11:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=217411"},"modified":"2022-12-07T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T02:59:07","slug":"answered-soil-degradation-can-have-irreparable-consequences-on-human-and-ecosystem-health-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-soil-degradation-can-have-irreparable-consequences-on-human-and-ecosystem-health-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Soil degradation can have irreparable consequences on human and ecosystem health. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"616\"><strong>Introduction:\u00a0<\/strong>Contextual introduction.<br \/>\n<strong>Body:\u00a0<\/strong>Explain how soil degradation can have irreparable consequences on human and ecosystem health.<strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: Write a way forward.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>While soil degradation is occurring in 145 million hectares in India, it is estimated that 96.40 million hectares (about\u00a0<strong>30 percent of the total geographical area<\/strong>) is affected by land degradation. According to the\u00a0<strong>Food and Agriculture Organisation\u2019s \u2018State of Land, Soil and Water\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0report, globally, the biophysical status of 5,670 million hectares of land is declining, of which 1,660 million hectares (29 percent) is attributed to human-induced land degradation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irreparable consequences on human and ecosystem health:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Healthy soils are essential for our survival. They <strong>support healthy plant growth<\/strong> to enhance both our nutrition and water percolation <strong>to maintain groundwater levels<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Soils help to <strong>regulate the planet\u2019s climate<\/strong> by storing carbon and are the <strong>second largest carbon sink <\/strong>after the oceans. They help maintain a landscape that is more resilient to the impacts of droughts and floods.<\/li>\n<li>A key element of <strong>sustainable food production<\/strong> is healthy soil because nearly 95 per cent of global food production depends on soil. Soil degradation can have disastrous effects around the world such as\u00a0<strong>an increase in pollution, desertification and a decline in global food production<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A healthy soil is a living, dynamic ecosystem,\u00a0packed with microscopic and larger organisms that perform many vital functions including <strong>nutrient cycling; controlling plant disease<\/strong>, insect and weed pests; improving soil structure with positive effects for soil water and nutrient holding capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Soil erosion not only affects fertility but also <strong>increases the risk of floods and landslides<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a global challenge that affects everyone through food insecurity, higher food prices, climate change,\u00a0<strong>environmental hazards, and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As consumers and citizens, we can contribute by <strong>planting trees<\/strong> to protect topsoil, developing and maintaining <strong>home\/kitchen gardens<\/strong>, and consuming foods that are mainly locally sourced and seasonal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction:\u00a0Contextual introduction. Body:\u00a0Explain how soil degradation can have irreparable consequences on human and ecosystem health.Conclusion: Write a way forward. While soil degradation is occurring in 145 million hectares in India, it is estimated that 96.40 million hectares (about\u00a030 percent of the total geographical area) is affected by land degradation. According to the\u00a0Food and Agriculture Organisation\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-soil-degradation-can-have-irreparable-consequences-on-human-and-ecosystem-health-comment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] Soil degradation can have irreparable consequences on human and ecosystem health. Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-217411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}