67 percent of Africa’s land is subject to degradation. This has reduced crop yields and puts at risk food security and economic development. Poor rural populations are particularly affected as they largely depend on the land for their livelihoods. Climate…
BUND – Umweltmagazin Saar: Bodenlose Zukunft?
December 2013
EurActiv: African farmers face soil erosion, fertiliser puzzle
22 November 2013
Global Soil Week participants agree on common statement on land and soils for the Sustainable Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda process
Participants met on the last day of the GSW2013 to deepen the debate in the workshop titled “Targets and Indicators for Land and Soils in the SDGs and the Post-2015 Development Agenda” hosted by UNCCD – United Nations Convention to…
European Regional Soil Partnership established
European partners to the Global Soil Partnership, an initiative of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), met at the Global Soil Week 2013 in Berlin and decided to establish a European Regional Soil Partnership. Together with…
Ending soon: Exhibition “Soil speaks” displayed in Berlin until 15 November 2013
25 October -15 November 2013 Open: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Heinrich Böll Foundation, Schumannstr. 8 , 10117 Berlin free entrance If the soil could speak, it would recount the history of 1 Million landless Indians who are…
Let’s talk about soil in Saarbrücken: Lokaler Aktionstag “Bodenlose Zukunft?”
Let’s talk about soil in Saarbrücken! Anlässlich der internationalen Global Soil Week in Berlin veranstaltete das Netzwerk Entwicklungspolitik im Saarland e.V. (NES) am 26. Oktober 2013 den lokalen Aktionstag “Bodenlose Zukunft?”. Neben Mitmach-Veranstaltungen organisierte das NES gemeinsam mit zahlreichen Partnern…
kraut&rüben: Fruchtbare Böden erhalten
4 November 2013
Deutsche Welle: Fruchtbare Böden in Gefahr
2 November 2013
WWF Deutschland: Global Soil Week – Der WWF vernetzt zum Thema Boden
1 November 2013