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

BACKGROUND

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) and the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), together with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) and the Science-Policy Interface of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (SPI- UNCCD) are pleased to invite you to the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI) "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity". The event will be a fully virtual science-policy meeting held on 19-22 April 2021. 

OBJECTIVES

GSOBI21 will bring together over three thousands international experts with the aim of reviewing the role of soil biodiversity in the context of food security, climate change and ecosystem restoration.  It will also collate scientific evidence that could be assessed in the framework of the Agenda 2030 (SDGs).

JOIN THE WEBCAST HERE

Check out the dedicated website and get involved on social media using the hashtag #SoilBiodiversity!