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Strategising National Soil Security
A Soil-Centric Vision For the past decade and a little more, we have been developing the concept of Soil Security. Like many transformative ideas, it has taken time to mature, but momentum is now building. What I want to share here is a framework that is...
Storytelling for soil: Engaging hearts to protect what’s beneath us
Soil speaks - sometimes through science, sometimes through story. In the Shahsavan lullabies of Iran, mothers reminded their children: “Bread rises from the soil; do not treat it lightly” “Earth is mother; if you wound her, her children will go hungry” These verses...
Soil Temperature: An Underestimated Driver of Agricultural Productivity and Economic Return
When conversations turn to agriculture, the focus often gravitates toward rainfall, soil fertility, or fertilizer inputs. Yet, a silent regulator of crop productivity lies beneath the surface: soil temperature. Beyond its role in plant physiology, soil temperature...
Beyond Yield: Refining the Focus of Modern Agriculture
For decades, agriculture was judged by one single metric: yield. How much could you grow? How many tonnes per hectare can you obtain? Farmers, researchers, and governments focused on pushing that number higher and higher. This relentless focus on production worked...
Empathy versus apathy: our perception of (micro)plastics in different environments
Close your eyes and think about plastic pollution for a moment. What environments come to mind? What animals affected do you visualise? I would guess that most of us probably think of polluted oceans. Images of beaches with plastic bottles and bags, fish and...
Global Push for Soil Security: Motion 007 presented at IUCN Congress 2025
The missing piece in global stewardship. When the global conservation community gathers in Abu Dhabi for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress from October 9 to 15, 2025, one motion will stand out as both overdue and...
