King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award: Call for applications is open! Deadline: 10 September
If you have organized an outstanding WSD event for the 2020 campaign ‘Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity’, don’t miss the chance to win the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award, edition 2021. The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) is pleased to invite all participants to last year campaign to apply: individuals, institutions, NGOs, academia, universities & colleges, private companies, or other entities.
Launched in 2018, the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award acknowledges individuals or institutions that raise public awareness of soils by organising successful and influential World Soil Day celebrations. The award, sponsored by the Kingdom of Thailand, is named after King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand for his lifelong commitment to raising awareness of the importance of sustainable soil management and rehabilitation for food security, poverty alleviation and more.
The award consists of a medal, a USD 15 000 check and a trip to Thailand. The Award Laureate will be honored in Bangkok, Thailand (if feasible), in conjunction with the World Soil Day, 5 December 2021 celebration. This award was created with the purpose of honoring and encouraging organizers of WSD events at all levels.
The call for application 2021 should be submitted by 10 September 2021 to the GSP Secretariat ([email protected]) in any of the official UN languages. Along with the application form, you are invited to complete and send the following to the GSP Secretariat:
- High quality photographs (preferably accompanied by captions)
- Videos (showing the work in progress and the results)
- Communication material or any related publications
- Digital coverage (website/web stories/ blog/social media)
- Demonstrated wide appeal in the media (i.e. media coverage and press release)
Organizers must submit testimony or proof of the success and the impact their WSD celebration had in communities as well as their power in raising awareness for the cause of healthy soils.
Last year, the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award was conferred to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its commitment to raising awareness of the importance of healthy soils. Particularly during 2019 World Soil Day celebration, which addressed soil erosion under the motto "Stop soil erosion, save our future". Her Royal Highness, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand, will give the award. The ceremony will take place in Bangkok in January 2021 where the Princess will officially offer the prize to ICAR, India.
Former winners of the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award include also Practical Action in Bangladesh in 2018 and the Costa Rican Soil Science Society (AACS) in 2019.
For more information, please check the dedicated brochure here. Apply now!