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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India among nations that face grave danger to soil biodiversity: WWF -Jacob Koshy

India among nations that face grave danger to soil biodiversity: WWF -Jacob Koshy

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published Published on Nov 1, 2018   modified Modified on Nov 1, 2018
-The Hindu

Country’s high population makes it vulnerable to an ecological crisis, says World Wide Fund for Nature

India’s soil biodiversity is in grave peril, according to the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas prepared by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

The WWF’s ‘risk index’ for the globe — indicating threats from loss of above-ground diversity, pollution and nutrient over-loading, over-grazing, intensive agriculture, fire, soil erosion, desertification and climate change — shows India among countries whose soil biodiversity faces the highest level of risk. Coloured red on the Atlas, these include Pakistan, China, several countries in Africa and Europe, and most of North America.

Soil biodiversity encompasses the presence of micro-organisms, micro-fauna (nematodes and tardigrades for example), and macro-fauna (ants, termites and earthworms).

The findings were part of the bi-annual Living Planet Report 2018.

“A key aspect of this year’s report is the threat to soil biodiversity and pollinators [such as bees],” Ravi Singh, CEO, WWF-India, told reporters at an event marking the report’s release.

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The Hindu, 30 October, 2018, https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/wwf-sees-grave-danger-to-indias-soil-biodiversity/article25372875.ece?homepage=true


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