Soils are essential to life on Earth. It is a key provider of ecosystem services, such as regulating climate change and water flows, providing clean water, food, feed, and fuel, supporting human infrastructure, and buffering and filtering contaminants. Their protection and sustainable management is of the utmost importance to ensure the future of agrifood systems and sustainable development. Yet, soils are under growing pressure due to unsustainable agricultural practices, urban expansion, land use change and conflicts which effects are exacerbated by climate change. 

The aim of this event is to examine the status, knowledge gaps and future prospects on the state of soils and how better knowledge can guide global policies to ensure healthy and productive soils for all.

Draft agenda

• 09:45–09:55: Opening remarks by Ms Þórunn Wolfram, Secretary of the FAO Global Soil Partnership
• 09:55–10:15: Keynote on the World’s Soil Resources by Ms Rosa Poch, outgoing Chair of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils
• 10:15–10:45: Interactive panel moderated by Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio (GSP Secretariat, FAO), featuring:
• Panos Panagos (EC Joint Research Centre, SWSR)
• Alex McBratney (University of Sydney & Aroura, Soil Security Think Tank)
• Adriana Monteiro da Costa (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
• Aimé Jean MESSIGA (Agriculture and AgriFood Canada)
• Bonginkosi Vilakazi (North-West University, South Africa)
• Shin-ichiro Mishima (Japan) — TBC
• Imene Dridi (Faculty of Sciences of Tunis)
• 10:45–10:55: Audience Q&A
• 10:55–11:00: Conclusions and closing remarks

EUROSOIL 2025 is the seventh international gathering organized by the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS). It is taking place in Seville, Spain, from 8 to 12 September 2025, at the FIBES Seville Congress Palace. This congress stands as one of Europe’s foremost soil science forums, drawing over 2,500 experts across numerous thematic sessions, workshops, and exhibitions.