Implementation of the recommendations from the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon | GSOC17
The Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon (GSOC17) was held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, on 21–23 March 2017 and attended by 488 participants from 111 countries, including representatives of FAO member states, organizing institutions, the private sector and civil society, as well as scientists and practitioners working on soil organic carbon (SOC) and related fields.
The recommendations presented in the outcome document are aimed at supporting the development of policies and actions to encourage the implementation of soil and land management strategies that foster the protection, sequestration, measurement, mapping, monitoring and reporting of SOC. The recommendations are structured around three main themes focusing on the assessment of SOC, the maintenance and increase of SOC stocks, and SOC management in specific types of soil.
Recommendation 5: Identify and specify the tangible short-term and long-term benefits for farmers of management practices for SOC sequestration to trigger their adoption, and introduce mechanisms to incentivize the adoption of such practices. | |
Recommendation 8: Support land-users sufficiently to implement and sustain appropriate soil and land management practices to protect and enhance SOC under local conditions for long-term benefit. |