Soil is our life support system. It provide anchorage of roots, hold water and nutrients. Soils are myriad home to microorganisms that fix nitrogen and decompose organic matter. It plays a vital role in the Earth's ecosystem; it provides man with some essential construction and manufacturing materials and it also presents a record of past environmental conditions.
LAND DEGRADATION
However, land degradation affected the people and ecosystems throughout the planet and is both affected by climate change and contributes to it.
Hey there! Did you know about the recent issue regarding land degradation that circulate about the entire community? I just knew it a while ago.
Yes! I knew about it, and guess what? They say there are many activities that causes land degradation.
DEFORESTATION
Forests play an important role in maintaining fertility of soil by shedding their leaves which contain many nutrients. Therefore, cutting forests will affect the soil adversely.
EXCESSIVE USE OF FERTILIZER & PESTICIDES
The excessive use of fertilizers is causing an imbalance in the quality of certain nutrients in the soil. This imbalance adversely affects the vegetation.
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