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Does soil erosion happen faster than soil can form?
Often, when erosion is accelerated by land use. Soil erosion is the removal of topsoil by water, wind or tillage. It also happens naturally, but unsustainable human activity can increase the rate. The distinction matters: the headline is about accelerated losses, not the claim that all erosion everywhere exceeds soil formation.
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In its 2015 Status of the World’s Soil Resources report, FAO and ITPS estimated erosion rates on arable or intensively grazed land at 100–1,000 times natural background erosion rates. The same report put typical soil-formation rates well below 1 tonne per hectare per year, with a median near 0.15 tonnes per hectare per year. These are 2015 estimates and historical scientific context; the 2026 assessment does not establish a new global erosion-to-formation ratio. Read the FAO/ITPS 2015 report.
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What does the 2026 FAO soil report say about erosion?
FAO launched the 2026 Status of the World’s Soil Resources at UNCCD COP17 on 27 August 2026. It complements the first global assessment published in 2015 and draws on scientific literature from 2015–2025 and expertise from 75 countries. The assessment is organized around seven regional reports; the Global Soil Partnership overview describes contributions from 293 experts in 76 countries, 12 senior editors and 37 expert reviewers. See FAO’s report overview.
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FAO’s launch release reports that, across seven regions, 81 percent of assessments judge erosion management poor or very poor, and 65 percent report a deteriorating erosion-management trend since 2015. Separately, 58 percent of reviewed regional and subregional assessments report a deteriorating sustainable soil-management trend since 2015, while around 10 percent report improvement. These are findings about the assessments reviewed, not measurements showing that erosion itself increased by those percentages. Read FAO’s 27 August 2026 release.
Why erosion matters beyond the lost soil
Topsoil supports plant growth. When erosion strips it away, it can reduce rooting depth, deplete nutrients and soil organic carbon, and make it harder for water to infiltrate. More runoff can increase vulnerability to floods, while the loss of soil water and productive capacity can compound drought risks. The impacts vary by place and land use. FAO’s 2026 report overview explains erosion’s effects.
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Which practices can help limit soil erosion?
FAO identifies reduced tillage, integrated nutrient management, crop diversification, cover crops, organic amendments and agroforestry as practices that can mitigate soil threats while sustaining or improving agricultural productivity. They are options to evaluate, not a universal prescription or guarantee: suitability depends on local environmental, climatic, economic and social conditions. FAO’s release lists these practices.
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- Local soil and climate, plus slope and exposure to water or wind.
- The crop rotation and production system already in use.
- Which soil threat the practice is intended to address.
- Whether local evidence, equipment, knowledge and farmer capacity support implementation.
FAO’s regional framing is important because a practice that suits one setting may not be suitable or practical in another. See the Global Soil Partnership overview.
Why proven soil practices are not being adopted more widely
The 2026 assessment points to a gap between available approaches and their adoption. FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol said the solutions are proven, but “still not being adopted at the pace and scale required,” and stressed the need for knowledge, capacity and incentives for countries, farmers and other land users. The regional findings on weak or deteriorating management show the scale of the implementation challenge, without implying that every region or farm faces the same conditions.
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What the headline’s warning does—and does not—establish
The warning is supported by a long-standing comparison: on arable or intensively grazed land, the FAO/ITPS 2015 estimate put erosion rates far above natural background rates, while typical soil formation was slow. The 2026 report adds a current warning about poor and worsening erosion management across many regional assessments. It should not be read as publishing a newly measured global ratio between erosion and soil formation.
Isaac Larsen, a lead author of the 2026 report and an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, summarized why the issue extends beyond farming: “The way we treat soils impacts our health, water, climate, jobs and our ability to feed ourselves—the future of food depends on the future of soil.” Read the Phys.org report.
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