20 May 2021 | Virtual (Zoom platform) | 11:00 - 16:45 GMT+3*

*Moscow time

The Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum, established in 1934 in Moscow, is one of the largest soil museums of the world. The Museum is located at the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. The Museum exhibits the diversity of soil samples across the globe from the Arctic to tropical regions, agricultural use and preservation of the soil, geneses and anthropogenic soil changes. It has one of the richest collection of soil monoliths assembled throughout the 20th century, with about 900 monoliths displayed and 2,500 monoliths preserved in the storage room that provide a unique full-scale data and a knowledge base on soils.

FAO Deputy Director to Re Soil Foundation: "Sustainable soil management is a turning point to ensure agricultural production and food sovereignty. I hope that the EU will soon adopt the Soil Directive".

Interview conducted by Emanuele Isonio for the ReSoil Foundation

The Global Soil Partnership is recruiting professionals with different profiles and relevant expertise on Sustainable Soil Management and soil data and information. The candidates will be supporting the development, quality control and effective implementation of FAO’s soil portfolio including the Global Soil Partnership work plan through the provision of expertise in relevant technical areas including project formulation and implementation to support member countries.

The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) drew to a close with a call to recognize and enhance the role of soil organisms in sustaining life on Earth.

FAO-hosted Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity kicks off