by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
Soil degradation threatens the survival of the species<\/strong> that depend on it. A well-known phenomenon, but not easy to quantify due to the lack of data and sufficient knowledge. Contributing in this regard, however, is a new report<\/strong> by the NGOs Conservation International<\/strong> and IUCN<\/strong> (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the latter already author of the well-known Red List<\/a> which, for over sixty years, has classified species based on their risk of extinction. According to the study, in particular, at least one fifth of the 8,500 species<\/strong> of animals linked to the soil would today be at risk of extinction<\/strong>. Even if the real figure, the authors suggest, is almost certainly higher.<\/p>\n