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In the framework of the 2023 Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership will present the work of NETSOB and the plans for GLOSOB to academia, policymakers, land users and private sector and will attract interested parties to contribute to the sustainable use and management of soil biodiversity.
A two-day regional event on sustainable soil management in the Near East and North Africa region was held on the 7 and 8 March 2023 in Muscat, the Sultanate of Oman.
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The objective of this webinar, framed in the series of seminars on soil governance carried out by the GSP since 2021, is to analyze in detail different legislative strategies for sustainable soil management and, taking as an example the development of the novel Chinese legislation on Black Soil protection, to discuss the importance of a multidisciplinary legislative development based on the best scientific evidence and knowledge.
A two-day regional event on sustainable soil management in the Near East and North Africa region will be held March 7-8, 2023 in Muscat, Oman. During the first day a declaration reaffirming the importance of sustainable soil management as well as soil health for the NENA region will be presented for endorsement. During the second day the regional NENA Soil Partnership meeting will be held partially in person for the first time since the pandemic. During this meeting, countries will be invited to review the progress made towards sustainable soil management in the region and to propose their action plan for 2030.
World Soil Day is a unique day that celebrates soils around the globe. This year, thanks to the University programme for interdisciplinary soil studies (PUEIS) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), a one-day celebration was held on-line on 7 December 2022. PUEIS, the national promoter of the Global Soil Doctors Programme in Mexico was successful in bringing together a group of farmers representing some of the leading Soil Doctors in the country. They enthusiastically joined the discussion and shared their experiences with the programme, challenges encountered, lessons learned, and their expectations for the coming months.