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A 5 page overview of the implications of the 'World Scientists' Warning to Humanity' to soils. Recounts the havoc agriculture and modern and historic subsistence practices have dealt on the world's soils. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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would bring recognition to many that human beings were wreaking havoc on many different aspects of the natural world (Foster, 1998). Not only is the worlds intricate balance being
significantly altered by mankind, these alterations are many times irreversible and if not checked may result in the end of the living world as we know it (Foster, 1998).
The "Warning to Humanity" proclaims: "The environment is suffering critical stress" in such areas as the atmosphere, the oceans, water resources, soil, forests, and living species. The irreversible loss
of species, which by 2100 may reach one-third of all species now living is especially serious...We the undersigned, senior members of the worlds scientific community, hereby warn all humanity of
what lies ahead. A great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required if vast human misery is to be avoided and our global
home on this planet is not to be irretrievably mutilated."(Foster, 1998, PG). The impacts of human impact on the worlds soils are not difficult to ascertain.
Between one-third and one-half of the earths surface has been changed by human activities ranging from small-scale slash and burn agriculture to surface mining to complete coverage with buildings and
pavement (Foster, 1998). Humankind has, interestingly, been aware of potential impacts to the worlds soils for some time. Even the more primitive cultures were aware that their agricultural
activities resulted in soil depletion (Stafford, 1996). After one or two seasons in an area these cultures would move on to new ground and allow the tilled areas to
replenish themselves (Stafford, 1996). Between 1830 and 1870 capitalists in both Europe and North America began to identify the depletion of soil fertility as one to the key
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