Healthy soil for healthy humans and a healthy planet

Soil provides multiple, diverse functions, with these underpinning both planetary and human health. For health, soil contributes to multiple critical processes, including through biomass production, by regulating the carbon pool, providing a habitat for 25% of global biodiversity, cycling nutrients upon which terrestrial systems depend, water. also underpins health; humans use provide 98.8% our food sustain nutrition, regulate pathogens, supply medicines. However, have tended focus on almost solely producing (food, fiber, energy) intensive agriculture, this narrow now causes rapid degradation, loss organic matter, erosion, salinization. This degradation directly harms health reduces ability support future generations. We argue that healthy is multifunctional capable Using definition, broad conceptual framework provided quantifying such an approach enabling shift in way we think about, plan, manage ensure ongoing