The equivalent of 1 soccer pitch of soil erodes every 5 seconds?

Yet it takes 1 000 years to produce just a few centimetres of topsoil.

Soil is the life support of our food and agriculture, and we rely on soils for 95% of the food we consume.

#StopSoilErosion On this course, by 2050, 90% of all soils are set to be degraded.

This will put our ecosystems, our climate & food security in jeopardy.

Here are just 5⃣ ways in which @FAO's Global Soil Partnership is stopping soil degradation & improving soil management around the world🧵👇

Biodiversity is one of our planet’s most precious resources.

In fact, without biodiversity life as we know it wouldn’t exist.

Here are 9⃣ more things you may not know about #biodiversity 👇🧵

#COP15 1⃣ Mountains host most of the world’s species of amphibians, birds & mammals.

Plants, animals, insects, microbes & their environment...

Biodiversity is vital to global food production & essential for human well-being.

#COP15

Too many people are suffering the domino effects of challenges that know no borders. In the face of global crises, global solutions are needed.

Here are 🔟 ways you can take action for a world where no one is left behind on #WorldFoodDay & beyond 🧵👇 1⃣ Be better informed

If you want to do your part, the first step is to know what is happening in the world. You can read newspapers, listen to the radio, or search for news online, but make sure that your sources are #verified & reliable.

#WorldFoodDay

Enough food is produced today to feed everyone on the planet.

You read that right.

The problem is access & availability of nutritious food, which is increasingly impeded by multiple challenges.

🧵👇 These include #COVID19 pandemic, conflict, the #ClimateCrisis, inequality, rising prices & international tensions, & they are threatening our #FoodSecurity.

People around the world are suffering the domino effects of challenges that know no borders.