🍀 Only One Week Left! 🇪🇺 The EU Parliament will cast the last vote on the Soil Monitoring Law on 23 Oct. Help reach 5,000 signatures! Pledge your support now & share this with everyone. Let us make healthy soil a reality. 🥳 Sign here: consciousplanet.org/en/save-…

The relationship between humans and the soil is as old as civilization itself. From the first farmers who dug their hands into rich earth to the millions of growers who feed our world today, soil has always been our greatest ally. Yet today, we're losing this precious life-making material at an alarming rate. The United Nations warns that we may have only about 60 years of harvests left before the cultivable soil in the world becomes infertile. Together, we can change this story. Join the global movement to #SaveSoil and help ensure food security for future generations.

⚠️ Droughts are intensifying, threatening lives, ecosystems, and livelihoods worldwide. To tackle drought risks, we need a systemic view of the drivers and sustainable solutions for water resilience. 💦 📘 Explore the World Drought Atlas: ow.ly/m8Ls50Uk6FW via @UNDRR

What if cities could heal the planet? Cities can regenerate by restoring biodiversity, using sustainable materials, harvesting rainwater, rewilding spaces, and empowering communities. It’s time for change. 📷: SPHERA Sustainability Consulting via @UNHABITAT

Essential Ways #Trees Help 🌍 🌳Trees provide food 🌳Trees protect the land 🌳Trees help us breathe 🌳Trees provide shelter and shade 🌳Trees encourage biodiversity 🌳Trees provide sustainable wood 🌳Trees conserve water Reverse #deforestation👇 via @1TrillionTrees

Forest and landscape restoration is key to addressing #ClimateChange by 🌲 Capturing carbon 🟢 Increasing climate resilience & ⬇️ Reducing disaster risks See this @theGCF project in Kyrgyzstan 👉fao.org/countryprofiles/news… via @FAOclimate

We all depend on land for our survival but every year 100 million hectares of healthy land is degraded with dire consequences for people, nature and climate. We must protect and restore land #ForPeopleForPlanet. via @UNDP

🌳 Rainforests: Layers of life 🌿 From the forest floor to the tops of the tallest trees, #rainforests are true wonders of nature. Explore how each layer plays a unique role. 👇 via @globalforests, @WorldResources

🌿 Ecology, as a science, has a central role in identifying sustainability problems and searching for solutions to face them. Ecologists recognize 4 different types of ecosystem services that benefit people 👇 via @NbsPlatform

🚨Once again, we are sending out a Red Alert. 📈The #StateOfClimate update confirms that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record—hotter even than 2023, which smashed all previous records. 🔗 Full update: wmo.int/publication-series/s… via @WMO

💧Did you know that only 6% of cultivated land in sub-Saharan Africa is currently irrigated? Investing in efficient irrigation means⤵️ 👨‍🌾Growing more food on less land 🌱Longer growing seasons 🌾Higher yields of diverse and better quality crops via @IFAD

🎶 At UNCCD #COP16, Baaba Maal, UNCCD Goodwill Ambassador, moved hearts with a powerful song about everyone's shared responsibility to care for the land and all life that depends on it. Music speaks louder than words—watch this soulful performance that calls for action and connection. 💚 @UNCCD @baabamaal #SaveSoilSecureFuture #COP16Riyadh #SaveSoil

🌱 How can we make regenerative agriculture thrive when destructive practices earn 80 times more? At UNCCD COP16, panelists explored critical solutions to address land restoration. Key insights included: 🔹 Restoring slightly degraded agricultural lands is as important as addressing desertification. 🔹 Scaling up best practices worldwide is crucial. 🔹 Creating new financial models to support farmers can make land restoration viable. 🔹 Ensuring funding flows into land restoration is an urgent priority. 🌍 Panelists also shared inspiring work from West Africa and beyond. @nature_org @ElenaDoms @Cheriheri #SaveSoil #COP16 #SaveSoilSecureFuture #COP16Riyadh

🌱 Youth perspectives shaping solutions for a sustainable future! At UNCCD #COP16, Save Soil’s Lu Yu, Technical and Policy Researcher, shared insights during the session: "Groundbreakers: Youth Perspectives on Land, Drought, and Agri-Food Resilience." #SoilFirst #COP16Riyadh #SaveSoil #SaveSoilSecureFuture

‼️Globally, up to 40% of all land area is degraded, driving forced migration, hunger, and biodiversity loss. 🌳Trees and forests are our greatest allies to restoring our planet. 🔗: bit.ly/3VKxLs7 #Trees4Resilience via @CIFOR_ICRAF

This is the time to work towards saving our soil the apple of our eye so that we can have nutritious apple in our plates. #SaveSoil #WorldSoilDay #SoilFirst

It is important to spread awareness about the need to regenerate the soil if we want life to continue on this planet. Let's come together to make this happen! #SoilFirst

⚖️ Balance is fundamental, also for #SoilHealth. Judicious use and management of fertilizers is essential to soil health and food security. #WorldSoilDay @FAO

📢 Save Soil's Praveena Sridhar asks a pivotal question: 🧩 "Why not look at the puzzle pieces we have figured out and start moving?" 🌱 Why stall on solutions we know work? Soil restoration and sustainable farming are proven climate answers. As agriculture faces climate extremes, this AP feature explores why investing in soil is crucial for a sustainable future. 🌍 👉 Read the full story: apnews.com/article/cop29-cli… #SoilFirst #SaveSoil