By:

Juan Jose Peñaranda Arregocés

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), he said 2015, as the International Year of Soils, for being an important resource that constitutes the basis for food, fuels, fibers and medical products; They are also essential for ecosystems, playing a fundamental role in the carbon cycle, storing and filtering water, and improving resilience to floods and droughts.

Different studies have indicated that a third of all soils are degraded due to erosion, compaction, obturation, salinization, depletion of organic matter and nutrients, acidification, pollution and other processes caused by unsustainable practices.

From now on, Corpoguajira joins this declaration that aims to raise awareness and promote a more sustainable use of soils, to keep them healthy and productive, taking into account that human pressure on them is reaching critical levels, reducing, and sometimes eliminating, its essential functions.