{"id":17661,"date":"2026-06-20T12:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/celebrating-a-day-for-soils\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:09:38","slug":"celebrating-a-day-for-soils","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/celebrating-a-day-for-soils\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a day for soils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) commemorated the World Soil Day on 5 December with the theme \u201cSoils: a solid ground for life\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/soil_new_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-130\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/soil_new_o.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/soil_new_o.jpg 500w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/soil_new_o-300x182-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/soil_new_o-450x273.jpg 450w\" alt=\"Picture of World Soil Day\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the FAO Headquarters in Rome, and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and in Bangkok, Thailand, the celebration of the World Soil Day and the closure of the International Year of Soils 2015 were observed on 4 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released to mark the celebration, Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, enjoined all to join efforts in the fight against soil depletion. He said that \u201cThe world\u2019s soils are rapidly deteriorating due to soil erosion, nutrient depletion, loss of soil organic carbon, soil sealing, and other threats, but this trend can be reversed provided countries take the lead in promoting sustainable management practices and the use of appropriate technologies\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also added that \u201cThe Status of the World\u2019s Soil Resources produced by FAO\u2019s Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils brings together the work of some 200 soil scientists from 60 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its publication coincides with World Soil Day which is celebrated on 4 December and also the end of the UN International Year of Soils 2015, an initiative which has served to raise global awareness on what has been described as \u201chumanity\u2019s silent ally\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u00a0 us\u00a0 promote\u00a0 sustainable\u00a0 soil management\u00a0 rooted\u00a0 in\u00a0 proper\u00a0 soil governance\u00a0 and\u00a0 sound\u00a0 investments. Together, we can promote the cause of soils, a truly solid ground for life,\u201d he ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A voluntary guideline for sustainable soil management has received support from the FAO council. 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