28 October 2013
Zukunftsstiftung Landwirtschaft: Global Soil Week richtet Blick auf Bedeutung der Böden
28 October 2013
WWF Deutschland: Bodenlose Verluste
28 October 2013
ENDS Europe: Soil Week looks to build on international goals
28 October 2013
European Environmental Bureau: Germany urged to stop blocking European action on Soil during Global Soil Week
28 October 2013
Stop the impervious coverage of the soil! Restore the fertility of our urban soil!

To launch the 2nd Global Soil Week (27-31 October 2013), IASS Executive Director Professor Klaus Töpfer, Volkert Engelsman from the “Save Our Soils” campaign and environmental activist Vandana Shiva broke up sealed soil at Potsdamer Platz and planted it with…
ZDFtivi – logo!: Bodenforscher treffen sich in Potsdam
27 October 2013
The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative: A global initiative for sustainable land management

The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) is an initiative for a global study on the economic benefits of land and land based ecosystems. The initiative highlights the value of sustainable land management and provides a global approach for analysis of…
IASS and Joint Research Center of the European Commission sign Collaboration Agreement

On the occasion of the Global Soil 2013, Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and Maria Betti, Director of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) of the European Commission, signed a 5-year Collaboration…
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems: The governance challenge of a land degradation neutral world
24 October 2013