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The Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (PA) constitutes the main venue where all GSP partners come together to make important decisions about the global soil agenda. The 6th PA of the Global Soil Partnership will take place at FAO headquarters in Rome from 11 to 13 June 2018.
FAO, through its Global Soil Partnership, leads the celebration of the World Soil Day each year on 5 December to advocate for the sustainable management of our finite soil resources. 95% of our food comes from soils and across the globe, people are talking about how to tackle hunger and give everyone a decent diet. Healthy soils are often taken for granted, but they are the foundation of food production and indispensable ecosystem services.
This year, people gathered at 201 events in over 70 countries around the world, from Canada to India, and Brazil to Micronesia to raise awareness and increase responsiveness from governments and policy makers.
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Representatives from 15 countries of the region analysed in Panama the key achievements of the Regional Soil Partnership and strengthened its engagement to implement their regional Plan
Share with us your #SoilPollution story in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution (#GSOP18) this coming May.
The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) invites its Partners to nominate experts from their regions as candidates for appointment to the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS). (See also Rule VI of the agreed Rules of Procedure of the GSP at http://www.fao.org/3/AZ895E/az895e.pdf)