19/04/2021
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.
Closeup of worm culture. Worms are used to improve soil quality.
ROME, 20 April 2021 (FAO)
–– The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 19 April 2021 kicked off with a call to preserve this vast community of living soil organisms and the vital ecosystem services they provide.
Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity. They host more than 25 percent of the world’s supply of this valued resource from where 95 percent of the food we eat is produced. In addition, more than 40 percent of living organisms in terrestrial ecosystems are connected with soils during their life cycle.
FAO-hosted Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity kicks off
20 April 2021, Rome - The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) kicked off yesterday with a call to preserve this vast community of living soil organisms and the vital ecosystem services they provide.
Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity. They host more than 25 percent of the world s supply of this valued resource from where 95 percent of the food we eat is produced. In addition, more than 40 percent of living organisms in terrestrial ecosystems are connected with soils during their life cycle.
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FAO will hold Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity
FAO will hold Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity
Rome, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will hold via videoconference the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI21), from today until next Thursday.
The UN agency will host the event, organized in conjunction with its Global Soil Partnership and the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils.
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Initiative on Soil Biodiversity and the Science-Policy Interface of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification are also involved.
The meeting will bring together government officials, international organizations, land users, and experts in soil science and biodiversity.