{"id":35425,"date":"2025-04-25T09:14:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/?page_id=35425"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:42:01","slug":"good-soil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.swecobelgium.be\/en\/expertise\/good-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"Good soil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Good soil<\/h1>\n

All of our activities rely on the land and soil under our feet. Healthy soil is essential for growing crops; it also purifies our drinking water, stores renewable energy and helps retain water, nutrients and carbon. It is the foundation on which our homes, businesses and infrastructures are built. Most importantly, perhaps, resilient soil is a treasure trove of biodiversity. It is home to millions of teeming insects and the place where billions of organisms work together, forming an abundance of life and a rich ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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Smart and sustainable use of space to promote resilient soil<\/h3>\n

We are becoming increasingly aware of exactly how essential soil is for us. Due to high population density and the fragmentation of the public space, families, businesses, governments, farmers are all competing for space in a limited number of square kilometres, compromising our ecosystem services and biodiversity as a result. At the same time, cities need to allocate enough space for clean and permeable soil to combat heat islands and maintain liveability. Unpaved surfaces allow rainwater to infiltrate and replenish our groundwater reserves, forming a vital savings account for the water that is so indispensable to our lives.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Soil Remediation<\/a><\/h3>