Less than 20 days to go to World Soil Day 2020

World Soil Day (WSD) is the official United Nations Observance held annually on 5 December to draw attention on the importance of healthy soils and to advocate for the sustainable management of soil resources for a food-secure future. Under the motto “Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity” WSD 2020 urges us to focus our attention on the workers belowground - from tiny bacteria to agile millipedes and slimy earthworms - all of which contribute to processes that are indispensable to life on Earth.

In an effort to emphasize the critical role that soils play in major global issues, the GSP secretariat is happy to announce that the Regional trainings on mapping Global Soil Organic Carbon sequestration (GSOCseq) potential have been kickstarted in Latin America and will proceed in Eurasia in the coming week.

4 DECEMBER 2020 | Online on Zoom

Time: 13:00 - 14:30 CET

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The special issue entitled “Global approaches to assessing, monitoring, mapping, and remedying soil pollution” reflects some examples of the research presented during the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution (GSOP18) held at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome from 2 to 4 May 2018. 

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The animation gives a brief introduction on the main drivers, the key functions and challenges of soil biodiversity loss, indicating possible ways to enhance soil biodiversity as a nature-based solution.

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