WORLD SOIL DAY 2017

This year's World Soil Day is dedicated to research. Research generates knowledge and knowledge is the backbone for managing our land and soil sustainably. According to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN, we are striving for a land degradation neutral world by the year 2030. The European Commission wants to achieve no more net land take in Europe by latest 2050. Do we have enough knowledge how to accomplish these goals? Do we know, which soil services our societies need to address the challenges, such as climate change, migration and resource security? Are we sufficiently aware about the net-impacts of your land management decisions on regional, European and global scale in as much as for future generations?