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World Topsoil Gone in 60 Years; NOAA Cuts Seafood Investigators; Rufiji Illegal Logging Skyrockets
Top Soil Could Be Gone In 60 Years If Degradation Continues, UN Official Warns. Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world’s top soil could be gone within 60 years. About a third of the world’s soil has already been degraded. The causes of soil destruction include chemical-heavy farming techniques, deforestation which increases erosion, and global warming. Ninety five percent of our food comes from the soil.
Seafood fraud cases plummet as NOAA cuts investigators. Despite calls in Washington for a crackdown on seafood fraud — to protect consumers as well as law-abiding American companies and fishers — NOAA has been slowly whittling down the team of agents that handles complex investigations.
Rufiji illegal logging at alarming proportions. Illegal trade in timber in Rufiji District, Coast Region has reached alarming proportions with 80 per cent of the total volume of wood products traded being unaccounted for, district authorities have revealed.
