Global soil protection – What law protects effectively?

Fertile soils are being lost across the world, e.g. through sealing, building or overuse.
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Fertile soils are essential for life. Their preservation is set to become one of the United Nations’ global sustainability goals, under the heading “land degradation neutral world”. A legal study commissioned by UBA looked into how this goal could be implemented at international level.