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10.6 Summary

In summary, this report finds that:

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  Efforts by farmers, graziers and governments since the 1970s have achieved many improvements in soil condition.
  
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  Not only farmers, but all people stand to receive major financial and social gains from better management of soils.
  
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  There is a great potential to achieve further benefits from improving soil condition and the quality of ecosystem services.
  
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  Each of the four main indicators of soil condition—soil acidity, soil carbon, wind erosion and water erosion—can be improved by wider adoption of best-practice soil management.
  
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  Appropriate practices do exist, and the benefits of greater adoption are significant to those involved in agriculture and to the wider public.
  

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