"We
now have adequate platforms to raise awareness on the importance of
healthy soils and to advocate for sustainable soil management. Let us
use them." Jose Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General...
The Rape of Mt Apo
Dust Bowl Images
The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion (the Aeolian processes) caused the phenomenon.
Acknowledgement: Internet photos
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