Soil Health, Sustainable Land Management and Land Degradation in Africa: Legal Options on the Need for a Specific African Soil Convention or Protocol

Kibugi, Robert

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68885-5_21

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“…At the regional level the Algiers Convention was revised in 2003 to become the Revised African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Maputo Convention), but only entered in force in 2016 [ 230 ]. In 1998, the Alpine Soil Protocol was the first legally binding treaty expressly devoted to the soil, entering in force in 2006 [ 231 ].…”

Section: The Modern Governance Of Soil Resources Worldwidementioning

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Saving the ground beneath our feet: Establishing priorities and criteria for governing soil use and protection

Peake

Robb²

2021

R. Soc. open sci.

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The continual loss and impairment of soil ecosystem services (SES) across the globe calls for a fundamental reconsideration of soil governance mechanisms. This critical synthesis charts the history and evolution of national and international soil law and seeks to unravel certain challenges that have contributed to this failure in governance. It describes and categorizes law and policy responses to different soil threats, and identifies a worrying widespread absence of legislation for oversight and protection of agricultural soils from urbanization, as well as a lack of clear legal mechanisms to determine national priorities for soil protection. A reduction in the world's prime farmland threatens SES, including food security, carbon storage and biodiversity. Falling between the stalls of agricultural and environmental law, the fate of farmland is often left to planners who do not see themselves as responsible for soils. Consequently, legal instruments with the greatest power to affect soil, sometimes irreversibly, are often framed and worded with little or no reference to the soil. Nevertheless, emerging conceptual frameworks might offer positive outcomes. The authors advocate robust holistic policies of soil governance and land use planning that place SES and natural capital at the heart of decision making.

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Section: The Modern Governance Of Soil Resources Worldwidementioning

confidence: 99%

Saving the ground beneath our feet: Establishing priorities and criteria for governing soil use and protection

Peake

Robb²

2021

R. Soc. open sci.

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“…Amidst the rapid population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, the need for strategies that boost crop production while preserving environmental integrity is pressing. Achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal Number 2, aiming for zero hunger, faces a significant challenge in the form of soil degradation [ 43 ]. Inefficiencies in nutrient use, declining crop yields, and issues like low organic matter, micronutrient deficiency, and soil acidification threaten agricultural systems relying solely on chemical fertilizers [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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Influence of organic fertilization on growth and yield of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) in Kabete and Mbooni areas, Kenya

Ombita,

Mwendwa,

Mureithi

2024

Heliyon

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Assessment of the African Union, FAO, and UNCCD Roles in Enhancing Soil Governance in Africa Through the Lens of Agriculture Policy Actions

Kibugi

2022

International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2020/2021

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Soil Health, Sustainable Land Management and Land Degradation in Africa: Legal Options on the Need for a Specific African Soil Convention or Protocol

Cited by 5 publications

References 1 publication

Saving the ground beneath our feet: Establishing priorities and criteria for governing soil use and protection

Saving the ground beneath our feet: Establishing priorities and criteria for governing soil use and protection

Influence of organic fertilization on growth and yield of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) in Kabete and Mbooni areas, Kenya

Assessment of the African Union, FAO, and UNCCD Roles in Enhancing Soil Governance in Africa Through the Lens of Agriculture Policy Actions

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