'Urgent need' for national soil monitoring as lack of investment is revealed

Just 0.41 per cent of money invested into environmental monitoring in England is dedicated to soil health, a Freedom of Information request by the Sustainable Soils Alliance (SSA) has revealed.

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'Urgent need' for national soil monitoring as lack of investment is revealed

"In order to deliver this, we are developing a healthy soils indicator to set these new soil health targets and our landmark Agriculture Bill specifically details how farmers will be supported to protect...

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