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Soil health research seen skewed to rich nations, leaving capacity “blind spots” in Global South

Published 11:08 on August 11, 2025 / Last updated at 11:08 on August 11, 2025 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS)

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Research into the health and carbon sequestration of global soil has improved over the past decade but remains heavily concentrated in a handful of affluent countries, leaving vast swathes of environmentally vulnerable regions with “blind spots” in little local scientific capacity to address worsening land degradation.
Research into the health and carbon sequestration of global soil has improved over the past decade but remains heavily concentrated in a handful of affluent countries, leaving vast swathes of environmentally vulnerable regions with “blind spots” in little local scientific capacity to address worsening land degradation.


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