Published on 21 Mar 2025
• UNESCO introduced the ‘world soil health index’ at the International conference on Soils held at Agadir, Morocco.
• The index will help to standardise measures for analysing and comparing soil quality in different regions and ecosystems
• UNESCO states that a staggering 90% of the planet’s land surface could be degraded by 2050.
• It quoted the World Atlas of Desertification (released by the European Commission and UN Environment Programme), which said that 75% of soils are already degraded, directly affecting 3.2 billion people.
World Soil Health Index
soil
soil health
Soil pollution
Land degradation