Last week, Panama City hosted the 27th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-27) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The meeting set the stage for the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025, and COP17 of the CBD in Armenia in 2026, understanding that biodiversity conservation and protection is essential to climate resilience, ecosystems health and human well-being. 

FAO has launched a new project in Zimbabwe aimed at improving sustainable soil management. The project, “Capacity Development on Sustainable Soil Management in the Global South” seeks to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), enhance national expertise in soil mapping, testing and data-driven management and promote technical collaboration among developing countries through South–South cooperation. The project also includes Cambodia, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.

FAO through its Global Soil Partnership (GSP) actively participated in the VII EUROSOIL 2025 held in Sevilla (Spain) from 8 to 12 September 2025.

Experts, policymakers and practitioners from across the world gathered in Pisa on 6 and 7 October to shine a light on one of the least visible yet most essential foundations of urban life: soils.

World Soil Day (WSD) 2025

Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities

In celebration of World Soil Day (WSD) 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the European Union through its EU Mission, “A Soil Deal for Europe” and the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) are launching the“Tiny soil detectives” contest.