World Soil Day is observed every year on December 5 to raise awareness of the importance of soil to the sustenance of life on earth. The quality of soil is getting degraded, which has led to environmental issues. So, to manage the soil issues, humankind has come together to maintain the well-being and sustainability of life on earth. The day was chosen as December 5 to mark the birthday of Thailand’s king, HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who formally made this event happen. The day is celebrated to get peoples' attention to the importance of healthy soil.
World Soil Day 2021: Importance
Soil degradation leads to poor quality of food production as it affects crops and soil fertility. This results in affecting soil salinization and management.
World Soil Day 2021: Aim
The aim of this day is to halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity and raise awareness regarding the challenges faced in soil management and solving the soil salinization problem. The campaign takes place to improve soil health.
World Soil Day: History
The International of Soil Sciences (IUSS) in the year 2002 offered a global day to raise awareness of soil degradation effects and prevention. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) initiated the day under the leadership of the king of Thailand. Finally, in 2013, the United Nations General Assembly decided to dedicate a day and its first official day started on December 05,2014.
World Soil Day 2021: Theme
The theme for World Soil Day 2021 is “Halt soil salinization, enhance soil production”.
World Soil Day 2021: Significance
The significance of this day is to promote the importance of soil to maintain a healthy ecosystem for handling issues related to soil management and soil salinization for better agricultural yields in specific regions.
World Soil Day 2021: Quotes and messages
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower.--- William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any natural thing, its present condition is due to the influences of many things and events of the past. --- Charles Kellogg, The Soils That Support Us
The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source, and destination of everything. --- Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America, 1977.
We must come to understand our past, our history, in terms of the soil and water and forests and grasses that have made it what it is. ---- William Vogt, Road to Survival
I would rather be tied to the soil as a serf ... than be king of all these dead and destroyed.--- Homer, Odyssey
We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. --- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
Essentially, all life depends upon the soil ... There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.--- Charles E. Kellogg
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