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Agriculture collects $520 billion of $1.8 trillion harmful subsidies tracked in the world every year. Photo: Pixabay License Free for commercial use No attribution requiredPixabay License Free for commercial use No attribution required

$1.8 trillion climate-damaging subsidies support agriculture and other industries

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B Team's report: a huge mass of government subsidies promotes unsustainable production or emission-intensive consumption, harming nature and causing the degradation of global ecosystems. More than 500 million dollars support soil-damaging activities
Fungi play a crucial role in storing organic carbon within the soil. Photo: MaxPixel CC0 Public Domain Free for commercial use Link referral required https://www.maxpixel.net/Tiny-White-Micro-Fungi-Nature-Spheres-Round-Wood-4733086MaxPixel CC0 Public Domain Free for commercial use Link referral required https://www.maxpixel.net/Tiny-White-Micro-Fungi-Nature-Spheres-Round-Wood-4733086

Carbon keepers fungi are the soil secret weapon against climate change

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Soils with higher amounts of fungi release less CO2, University of Zurich finds. A major discovery for the study of new solutions in the fight against climate change
The biointensive method aims to maximize agricultural yields at a lower input of resources. Photo: Elina Mark Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)Elina Mark Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)

In Spain biointensive method proves successful as yields increase 81%

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A study from Spain: Biointensive gardens experience higher yields, lower water consumption and increased carbon sequestration. Creating an effective solution to desertification
A soil sampling operation. The survey, which also involves Colorado State University, is focused on the interactions between grazing, soil and the carbon cycle. Photo: courtesy of Francesca Cotrufocourtesy of Francesca Cotrufo

Grazing land, hidden treasure: “Adaptive grazing management helps climate and soil”

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A research on the interactions between livestock, soil and the carbon cycle was just launched in the US. Francesca Cotrufo (Colorado State University): "We are already working at global scale, market participants have realized the importance of the issue". Carbon is crucial, "but accurate calculation methodologies are needed".
Contamination and plastic pollution in soils are even greater than those affecting the seas and oceans.

Pollution, there is more plastic in agricultural land than in the oceans

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FAO produced the first report on the use of plastics in agri-food systems. Pollution is pervasive, especially in Asia. The solutions revolve around the "6Rs": reject, redesign, reduce, reuse, recycle and recover. It is essential to invest in the search for alternative products
A National Guard soldier in LaPlace, Louisiana: Hurricane Ida was the costliest natural disaster of 2021 with its $65 billion in damage. Photo: Louisiana National Guard Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)Louisiana National Guard Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

The climate bill: 2021’s Top 10 natural disasters caused $170 bn damage

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Total damage caused by extreme climate events, however, would rise up to $250 bn. Deforestation-related CO2 emissions have been the crucial factor.
Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative

Africa, the Great Green Wall is an excellent economic investment too

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A cost-benefit analysis of the Green Great Wall project in the Sahel has been published in Nature Sustainability. Every dollar invested produces an average return of $ 1.2, peaking as high as $ 4.4. Despite the harsh climatic conditions
Deforestation in the Berau area of eastern Indonesia is contributing to rising temperatures and increased heat-related deaths. Photo: Erin Myers Madeira/CIFOR Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Erin Myers Madeira/CIFOR Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Deforestation-related deaths are rising in Indonesia

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Rising temperatures driven by deforestation are creating increasingly dangerous working conditions and raising mortality rates in Indonesia, study finds
Soil erosion near Debre Berhan, Ethiopia: Africa is the area most affected by soil degradation, a trend that increasingly reduces the availability of land for agriculture. Photo: 2015CIAT/GeorginaSmith Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)2015CIAT/GeorginaSmith Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

“Soil depletion in the last decade has been shocking and alarming”, FAO experts say

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The authors of the FAO Soil Report interviewed by Re Soil Foundation: "We have less and less land for agriculture". And there is no international body for the protection of land
Without new agricultural practices, the Yangambi territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at risk of increasing deforestation. Photo: Axel Fassio/CIFOR Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Axel Fassio/CIFOR Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Climate smart practices can fix Congo’s agricultural crisis

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Agricultural resilience strategies would be able to break the vicious cycle between global warming and deforestation that affects the lives of farmers in the African country. Here are the proposal of the researchers

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