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In Chile some 1,5 million indigenous Mapuche people make up 10 percent of the population. Each new Chilean government promises, but fails, to improve the relationship with the Mapuche. Now a group of Mapuche athletes say if politicians want to be on their team, the politicians first need to understand Mapuche culture – starting with a game called Palin.

Land erosion and soil salinity forces people to leave their villages in the Sundarbans -- In Turkey, people learn about the forgotten past of their Armenian grandmothers -- And a Chinese entrepreneur is building a casino extravaganza on the Mekong River

The UN has declared 2015 the International Year of Soils. Now, the third global soil week is in full swing in the German capital, Berlin. The take-away message here: Soils are essential if we plan on feeding the world's 9 billion people by 2050. And the world needs to take better care of its soils.