Soil health in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Soil health is defined as “the ability to sustain productivity, diversity and environmental services of terrestrial ecosystems”, extending the significance of soil health far beyond the historically concepts of soil fertility and soil quality, including human health and sustainability goals for planetary health. Thus, it will significantly contribute to reaching the targets of the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 2 (zero hunger); SDG 3 (Health); SDG 6 (clean water and sanitisation); SDG 12 (sustainable consumption and production); SDG 13 (climate action) and SDG 15 (life on land). However, several issues have to be addressed to achieve such goals. For example: Defining soil health indicators, Dynamics and functional role of soil biodiversity, Harmonizing soil monitoring strategies, Soil pedodiversity and biodiversity, Soil legacy effects.
