Representatives of more than 500 partners, including members of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, are gathering this week for the 10th Plenary Assembly of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP), which since inception .
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The Global Symposium on Salt-affected Soils (GSAS21) “Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity” will be held in a virtual format from 20 to 22 October 2021. This science-policy meeting is organized by FAO’s Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), together with the Science Policy Interface of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (SPI-UNCCD), the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), the International Center on Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the International Network of Salt-Affected Soils (INSAS), and the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG).
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Soils are essential to life on Earth. Their protection is of the utmost importance to ensure the future of agri-food systems and the provision of key ecosystem services. While there is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity.
The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (19–22 April 2021) is an opportunity to strengthen FAO’s work on maintaining healthy ecosystems and ensuring human well-being by addressing the growing challenges of sustainable soil management.
This book – a collection of the ten best soil biodiversity stories from the contest held on World Soil Day 2020 – aims to help spread the word among the young people on the fragility of our planet and the need to protect soil organisms.