We would like to invite all congress participants of EUROSOIL 2025 to drop by and connect with us at FAO’s Global Soil Partnership booth and join our session “Status of soils worldwide: state of the art and future prospects” on 10 September 2025 at 9.45 at Al’Andalus Auditorium and via Zoom.

If you have organized an outstanding World Soil Day (WSD) event for the 2024 campaign ‘Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage’, don’t miss the chance to win the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award, edition 2025.  The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) is pleased to invite all participants to last year campaign to apply.

The entries for the Glinka World Soil Prize are officially open.

The nomination is available to all—individuals or organizations. The Glinka honors individuals and organizations whose leadership and activities have contributed or are still contributing to the promotion of sustainable soil management and the protection of soil resources. The Glinka World Soil Prize is named after Konstantin Glinka, an eminent Russian soil scientist known for his work on the geographical distribution of soils. The prize honors distinguished individuals or organizations that promote sustainable soil management and the protection of soil resources, which have a direct impact on people’s well-being.  It aims to encourage interested stakeholders and soil practitioners to engage in field-oriented work, with direct contributions to food security, the preservation of the environment, and poverty alleviation.

Durante los días 9 y 10 de julio de 2025, se celebró de forma virtual la 12ª Asamblea Plenaria de la Alianza Regional por los Suelos de América Latina y el Caribe (ASLAC), constituyéndose en un espacio clave para consolidar esfuerzos regionales en favor del manejo sostenible de los suelos. Más de 102 socios y puntos focales de 20 países participaron en este importante encuentro, que fue coordinado y moderado por Carolina Olivera Sánchez y Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, coordinadoras de ASLAC desde la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo (AMS) de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO).

Harare - Two transformative initiatives were officially launched in Zimbabwe, aimed at empowering the country to sustainably manage its soil and water resources. The two projects: “Capacity Development on Sustainable Soil Management in the Global South” and “National Water Roadmap towards 2030 Sustainable Development Goals” focus on sustainable soil management and water governance and are designed to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through enhanced technical capacity, inclusive governance, and South-South cooperation.