Agricultural land is an important natural resource and it is vital for man and his activities. Due to the importance and the limited area of agricultural land, it is essential that we strive for protecting agriculrual land on global and national level. As a member of the United Nations, Slovenia has committed itself to achive the goals of the Agenda 2030 adopted in 2015. The Agenda 2030 aims at sustainable development at the social, economic and environmental levels. National interpretation of sustainable development goals was presented in the Slovenian Development Strategy 2030. It has set the protection of agricultural land as one of primary goals in order to ensure a higher level of food self-sufficiency and healthy living space. Despite the constitution, laws, local documents and the adoption of the Agenda 2030, which are protecting agricultural land from unsustainable practices, Slovenia is facing the problem of losing agricultural land, especially at the expense of soil sealing and overgrowing. Only in the period from 2000 to 2016 we lost 7.3 ha of agricultural land per day. The state is additionally adopting actions and laws that operate in contradiction with the adopted development plans. The state's efforts to protect agricultural land are thus not reflected in practice.
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