Celebrating International Soil Day: Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage Every 05th of December, the world comes together to celebrate International Soil Day, a global initiative dedicated to raise awareness about the vital role of healthy soils in sustaining life on Earth. This year’s theme, “ Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage” underlines the need for accurate soil data and information. Both are crucial for understanding soil characteristics and enabling informed decisions about sustainable soil management.
Soil is a living, breathing ecosystem teeming with microorganisms, essential for food production, biodiversity, water filtration and many other vital aspects of our life. We should protect the soil under our feet from various threats it faces such as erosion, degradation, pollution, climate change.