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Environmental Earth Sciences
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences 12/2015

01-06-2015 | International Viewpoint and News

International year of soils is underway

Author: Anne Marie de Grosbois

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 12/2015

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In June 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro brought together heads of state and government officials from around the world in a meeting that resulted in a document entitled “The Future We Want”. That document outlined a common vision. In its framework for action, it recognized the significance of good land and soil management. It stated the need for urgent action to reverse land degradation, reaffirmed its resolve to fight desertification, to monitor and restore degraded lands worldwide, and it emphasized the importance to develop and use science-based methods to assess the extent of desertification, land degradation and drought. …
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Metadata
Title
International year of soils is underway
Author
Anne Marie de Grosbois
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 12/2015
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4345-3

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