Soil Conservation
Soil Conservation
Soil is an indispensable foundation of life for humans, animals and plants. It provides foodstuffs and raw materials, stores and filters water and decomposes contaminants. It offers areas for settlement, transport and leisure activities and is an archive of natural and cultural history. However, soil cannot fulfil all these functions at the same time. In addition, some of these functions are hampered by pollution, erosion, decreasing humus layers and compaction.