This video message was shown at the Global Soil Partnership Plenary (23 May 2022). At the closing of the opening session, Grammy Award and Golden Globe winning Artist, Laura Pausini delivered a strong message for soil protection and greeted the GSP Plenary on its tenth anniversary”.

GSP conducted an online interview Dr Diana Wall, a renowned soil ecologist and environmental scientist, and the keynote speaker for the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI20). Dr. Wall addressed the main constraints and obstacles in considering soil biodiversity as a nature-based solution to today’s global challenges, provided some key methods to address these obstacles, and the implementation methods. Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity

The animation gives a brief introduction on the main drivers, the key functions and challenges of soil biodiversity loss, indicating possible ways to enhance soil biodiversity as a nature-based solution.

Authors: Bulent Sonmez; Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, Konya Soil Water and Combating Desertification Research Institute. This video tells the story of the Karapınar Region of Turkey, a region that experienced severe wind erosion due to deforestation.

Producers: Alejandro Gallego Barrera; SLU (Tekieroverde). The cultivation of olive trees in the Mediterranean basin occupies approximately 7.5 million hectares affecting the quality of soils in the region.