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Sustaining soil for advancing peace: World is one family

V asudhaiva Kutumbakam from the ancient Hindu text the Maha Upanishad means “world is one family” (Sanskrit, from vasudha, the earth; iva, is, and kutumbakam, family). This phrase is more relevant now than ever before because humanity is at both political and environmental crossroads. The Sanskrit phrase also implies that peace must be universal rather than only in some parts of the globally “joint family.” Global issues with several adverse impacts on human wellbeing and planetary processes include climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and conflicts leading to political unrest and refugees. Violent conflicts affecting a large number of people have global economic ramifications, and the gross domestic product and family income can be drastically reduced for even up to four years after the end of a conflict (De Groot et al. 2021). Because of numerous global conflicts, there were 79.5 million refugees worldwide by the end of 2019 (Augustinus and Tempra 2021) and 82.4 million refugees worldwide who were internally displaced (UNHCR 2021). The crisis in eastern Europe has created another 5.26 million refugees as of April 25, 2022, along with an estimated 7.7 million internally displaced persons. With eviction from land linked to violent conflicts, protecting people and their land rights, and addressing historical justices and political exclusion through judicious land governance, are critical to accomplishing peace and harmony (Augustinus and Tempra 2021). In the present era of degrading soils and warming climate, it is important to consider how can peace be climate-resilient and advanced simultaneously along with environmental sustainability (Brauch et al. 2019; Barnett 2019; Nicoson 2021), in which restoration and conservation of global soil resources can play a critical role. Therefore, the objective of this article is to discuss how can peace be made resilient to climate change, soil degradation, drought and water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, low agronomic productivity, and poor nutritional quality. Simply put, the goal is to deliberate how peace can be achieved through sustainable management of soil and other natural resources while also restoring the environment and mitigating climate change. Soil and environmental degradation, leading to social conflicts and war, are related to the concept of economic growth (Lal 2015). An attempt is also made to assess the impact of military activity on soil quality, and necessity to heal both the land and people adversely impacted by war.