International Year of Soil
2015 UN theme year / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The International Year of Soils, 2015 (IYS 2015) was declared by the Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2013, after recognizing December 5 as World Soil Day.[1][2]
The purpose of the IYS was to raise awareness worldwide of the importance of soils for food security,[3] agriculture,[4] as well as in mitigation of climate change, poverty alleviation, and sustainable development.[5]