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International Year of Soils: SSSA's Year in Review
Author(s) -
Lindbo David,
Fisk Susan,
Chapman Susan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
csa news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3584
pISSN - 1529-9163
DOI - 10.2134/csa2016-61-2-8
Subject(s) - outreach , government (linguistics) , engineering , sociology , public relations , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics
In April 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) member countries endorsed the request from the Kingdom of Thailand to create the International Year of Soils with the stated goal of raising awareness on the importance of sustainable soil management as the basis for food systems, fuel and fiber production, essential ecosystem functions, and better adaptation to climate change for present and future generations.