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Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.
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<blockquote data-quote="holwellcourtfarm" data-source="post: 5971474" data-attributes="member: 42914"><p>Let's see if this gets the wider response that it should? Sounds about right to me.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47203344" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47203344</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>What issues are being under-played?</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Topsoil is being lost 10 to 40 times faster than it is being replenished by natural processes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since the mid-20th Century, 30% of the world's arable land has become unproductive due to erosion</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">95% of the <a href="https://www.ipbes.net/system/tdf/spm_3bi_ldr_digital.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=28335" target="_blank">Earth's land areas could become degraded</a> by 2050</li> </ul><p>These matters are close to home for British politicians, the authors argue, with the average population sizes of the most threatened species in the UK having <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729713/UKBI_2018v2.pdf" target="_blank">decreased by two-thirds since 1970</a>.</p><p></p><p>The UK is described as <a href="https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/conservation-projects/state-of-nature/state-of-nature-uk-report-2016.pdf" target="_blank">one of the most nature-depleted countries</a> in the world.</p><p></p><p>Some 2.2 million tonnes of <a href="http://www.adlib.ac.uk/resources/000/030/045/stateofsoils_775492.pdf" target="_blank">UK topsoil is eroded annually</a>, and over 17% of arable land shows signs of erosion.</p><p></p><p>Nearly 85% of fertile peat topsoil in East Anglia has been lost since 1850, with the remainder at risk of being lost over next 30–60 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="holwellcourtfarm, post: 5971474, member: 42914"] Let's see if this gets the wider response that it should? Sounds about right to me. [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47203344[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]What issues are being under-played?[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]Topsoil is being lost 10 to 40 times faster than it is being replenished by natural processes [*]Since the mid-20th Century, 30% of the world's arable land has become unproductive due to erosion [*]95% of the [URL='https://www.ipbes.net/system/tdf/spm_3bi_ldr_digital.pdf?file=1&type=node&id=28335']Earth's land areas could become degraded[/URL] by 2050 [/LIST] These matters are close to home for British politicians, the authors argue, with the average population sizes of the most threatened species in the UK having [URL='https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729713/UKBI_2018v2.pdf']decreased by two-thirds since 1970[/URL]. The UK is described as [URL='https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/conservation-projects/state-of-nature/state-of-nature-uk-report-2016.pdf']one of the most nature-depleted countries[/URL] in the world. Some 2.2 million tonnes of [URL='http://www.adlib.ac.uk/resources/000/030/045/stateofsoils_775492.pdf']UK topsoil is eroded annually[/URL], and over 17% of arable land shows signs of erosion. Nearly 85% of fertile peat topsoil in East Anglia has been lost since 1850, with the remainder at risk of being lost over next 30–60 years. [/QUOTE]
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