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Sustainable Soils Working together to restore our soils

WebChampioning theSustainable Soils Alliance. Supporters of the SSA have a critical role to play in enabling soil recovery within one generation and a sustainable soil policy for …

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Soils and Public Health

WebSoil and public health are intrinsically linked. 95% of our food comes from the soil, and the health of that soil directly contributes to the nutritional value of the food growing within it. …

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EFRA 2023 soil health inquiry

WebIn December 2022 the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) launched an inquiry into the state of soil to "investigate how the government intends to meet its goal of …

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Our Work Projects Sustainable Soils Alliance

WebAn estimated 9.8 billion tonnes of carbon are stored in Britain’s soils, however there remains scientific uncertainty around their realisable sequestration potential - which varies …

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Aims and Objectives

WebThe objective of the Sustainable Soils Alliance is to effect an improved political and public understanding and appreciation of soil that will lead to a reversal of land degradation and …

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Our Work Projects Sustainable Soils Alliance

WebSimilarly, there is currently no agreement about the indicators or the underlying metrics that underpin the government’s own soils target – namely the vision to achieve ‘sustainably …

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Soils in the SDGs

WebSoil in the UN SDGs. Many global policy frameworks, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), address land and soil. While there is not a UN SDG …

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EFRA Soil Health Inquiry Briefing

WebTo coincide with both World Soils Day and COP 28, Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published the report summarising its year-long inquiry into …

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Evidencing SFI Plymouth Workshop

WebIn November 2022 the Sustainable Soils Alliance and the University of Plymouth co-created a workshop exploring research priorities to help build the evidence base for soil health …

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Our Work: Projects: Soil Health Industry Platform (SHIP)

WebThe Soil Health Industry Platform (SHIP) is a collaborative initiative that aims to discuss, harness, align and amplify the efforts of major food and drink businesses (retail and …

Category: Food Go Health

Our Work Projects Sustainable Soils Alliance

WebOn December 3 rd 2021 we published the report Soil in the UK Supply Chain: How the food and drink industry can support the transition to sustainable, regenerative agriculture and …

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UK Soil Policies

WebUK Soil Policies. Soil is widely considered to be the Cinderella of environmental issues, neglected by governments and other stakeholders when it comes to investment, …

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Our Work: Projects: Monitoring: Defra Structure

WebBoth the Natural Capital Committee ’s End of Term Report 2020 and the Environmental Audit Committee’s First Report of Session 2021-22 call for a shadow target for soil …

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The Week in Soil News Sustainable Soils

WebOur weekly blog features the main scientific, political and cultural soil-related stories of interest from across the web over the previous seven days, available on our …

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Delivering results for farming and the environment

Web4 The SFI soils standards will play a key part in protecting and improving the health of England’s soils. The roll out of the first element of the SFI will begin later this year (the …

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Soil in the UK Supply Chain

Web1 Background Around the world, governments, businesses, NGOs and other stakeholders are increasingly aware of the importance of soil for productivity and the environment and …

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