Governing black soils for food and climate security
Black soils feed the world yet remain undervalued in food and climate governance frameworks. A policy package, including global monitoring as public infrastructure, co-designed and place-based solutions based on tailored tools, planning that fits land and people, mobilizing alliance with finance and force, and mainstreaming black soils in global pacts, can contribute to improving land quality and stabilize yields where it matters most.
Authors
- Guoyong Leng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6345-143X)
- Zehong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7663-3515)
- Jianjun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7039-7136)
- You Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0367-2844)
- Jie Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-7724)
- Ruixing Hou
- Xiaoxu Jia
- Q. G. Yao
- Xiaoyong Liao
- Jinwei Dong
- Yitao Zhang
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69018-7
- Primary Topic
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences