SoilTribes: Glocal ecosystems restoring soil values, roles and connectivity This analysis explores how creativity, knowledge-sharing, and the empowerment of local communities can transform our understanding of soil value and protection, focusing on global and local ecosystems that restore soil’s values, roles, and connectivity. Soils are the living foundation of life on Earth. They sustain food production, regulate climate, harbour biodiversity, and provide vital ecosystem services. Yet, across Europe, a crisis is unfolding beneath our feet. Between 60% and 70% of soils in the European Union (EU) are degraded and unhealthy, affected by intensive agriculture, deforestation, urbanisation, pollution, and climate change. This degradation threatens the resilience and well-being of current and future generations at enormous environmental, social, and economic costs.
Brandao et al. (Fri,) studied this question.