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Environment

Mission to improve soil health

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Soil and agriculture scientist Jacopo Orazi spends a lot of his time looking into a microscope at soil samples but he says it’s vital work when it comes to understanding the biodiversity and life that resides in soil.Picture by Rebecca Grunwell

Raising awareness of what is happening in the soil and why it’s so important The decline of soil quality is one of the biggest invisible challenges to human and overall environmental wellbeing.

Soil helps put food on our plates, purifies our water, protects us against flooding and combats droughts.

The latest data provided by crown research institute Manaaki Whenua — Landcare Research...

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