{"id":76529,"date":"2025-12-05T13:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=76529"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:41:23","slug":"world-soil-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-soil-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World Soil Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>World Soil Day Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Soil Day 2025 underscores the urgent need to restore and protect soil health as cities expand and environmental threats intensify.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About World Soil Day<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is held annually on <\/span><b>5 December<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a means to focus attention on the <\/span><b>importance of healthy soil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>idea <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of dedicating a day to soil conservation <\/span><b>first emerged in 2002<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when the <\/span><b>International Union of Soil Sciences proposed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the observance to create global awareness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>With support from<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/food-and-agriculture-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Food and Agriculture Organisation <\/strong><\/a><\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/food-and-agriculture-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">(FAO)<\/a> and guidance from t<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he Kingdom of <\/span><b>Thailand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the initiative gained momentum.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>In 2013, the United Nations General Assembly officially declared December 5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as World Soil Day, with the first celebration held in 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>WSD 2025 Theme: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It carries the theme \u201c<\/span><b>Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shifting attention from rural farmlands to the often-overlooked soil beneath urban landscapes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehansindia.com\/life-style\/environment\/world-soil-day-2025-theme-significance-and-why-soil-health-matters-more-than-ever-1028637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HANS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Soil Day is held annually on 5 December as a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil. 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