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The business case for soil

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Action on soil sustainability must move beyond the farm and into the boardroom, urges Jess Davies.

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  1. Jess Davies is lecturer in sustainability at the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK.,

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