21st World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 - 17 August
Symposium 1: Global Soil Partnership, promoting sustainable soil management
Date: 14 August 2018/ Time: 14:00 – 18:00
- Opening – Eduardo Mansur (Moderator)
- Introduction to the GSP and sustainable soil management - Eduardo Mansur
- Launch of the Portuguese Version of the Soil Atlas of Latin America - Panos Panagos-EU/Eduardo Mansur - FAO
- Unlocking the potential of soil organic carbon - Ronald Vargas
- Soil pollution: an agenda for action - Natalia Rodriguez
- Global Soil Information System (GloSIS) - Yusuf Yigini
- Putting soils in the global agenda: awareness raising on soils - Isabelle Verbeke
- Interactive Session
Symposium 2: Soil information, a prerequisite for sustainable soil management
Date: 17 August 2018/ Time: 10:30 – 12:30
- Opening – Isabelle Verbeke (Moderator)
- Introduction to the Global Soil Information System (GLOSIS) - Yusuf Yigini | FAO/GSP
- GLOSIS vision | GSP Soil Data Facility, ISRIC - Bas Kempen
- Soil Information System for Latin America and the Caribbean SISLAC - Guillermo Olmedo | INTA
- GSOCmap - Yusuf Yigini, Guillermo Olmedo INTA & FAO
- Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) - Natalia Rodriguez | FAO
- Interactive Session
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