#soil News
Policy & Finance
How will India achieve the new global goals for nature?
From expanding conservation areas to eliminating subsidies that harm nature, implementing the outcomes from the latest global biodiversity summit COP15 is complex for India and South Asia, say experts.
Intense wildfires damage soil on the forest floor, contributing to dangerous flash floods across the mountains of South Asia.
Food & Agriculture
Food crisis looms in Bangladesh due to degraded soil
Excessive use of chemical fertilisers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk.
Food & Agriculture
Crop waste cattle feed solution ‘averts toxic fires’
Many north Indian farmers currently burn their farm waste, polluting the air. However, farm residue can be converted into nutritious cattle feed, say researchers.
Carbon & Climate
Dry season threatens peatlands restored by Sumatra villagers
Food & Agriculture
Bangladesh farmers swap rice for vegetables as water dries up
#soil Opinion
Carbon & Climate
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilise Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees.
#soil Podcasts
Food & Agriculture
Low-emissions cows: Can the dairy industry reach net zero?
Methane emissions, deforestation, water pollution, antibiotics overuse, animal welfare — the dairy industry faces a farmyard of sustainability issues. Eco-Business asked United States Dairy Export Council's Karen Scanlon how dairy farms can lighten their environmental impact.
