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 06 Jan. 2020 



 

 

 

## Soil remediation: an issue for feeding the planet and addressing climate change.



 

 

 

 

 

 





### In a context of global warming, unprecedented demographic growth, and reduced and impoverished arable land, Humanity will have to meet the twofold challenge of food and housing.

#### Find out more in Planet, with Eduardo Mansur and Antoine Frérot in conversation.

*Land take due to urbanization represents one of the leading global threats to soil. We find this phenomenon in both developed and developing countries.*

**Eduardo Mansur**

**Also in this issue of Planet magazine:**

- **Frontline**  
     Remediating highly sought-after brownfields
- **Outfront**  
     Reconquering land
- **Explainer**  
     When soil changes use...
- **Futurist**  
     Aquaponics: a budding solution to feed cities



 

 

 



 

 

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