The World Soil Day (Dec 5th) was established in 2012 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), under the leadership of the Kingdom of Thailand and within the framework of the Global Soil Partnership, as a global awareness-raising platform. World Soil Day allows us to celebrate the importance of soil as a critical component of the natural system and as a vital contributor to human wellbeing.
To build on initiatives started during the 2015 International Year of Soils and to continue with raising awareness about the importance of soil, they organized a coordinated World Soil Day edit on Dec 5, 2017, where scientists, professionals and students work simultaneously to edit and update soil science information