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Month: October 2015

Global Soil Week > 2015 > October
Land Governance, Opinion, Sustainable Development Goals

The UN’s most inclusive body at a crossroads

The UN’s most inclusive body at a crossroads

Authors Matheus Zanella and Jessica Duncan comment on the change direction at the recent UN Committee on Food Security (CFS) meeting. Has the organization once at the vanguard of inclusiveness lost its ambition?

Amy Green 23 October 2015 No Comments Read more
News, Sustainable Land Management

ONE HECTARE Exhibition opens in Dresden

ONE HECTARE Exhibition opens in Dresden

  Soil and Land on 10 000 m²  – the biggest outdoor info-graphic in Germany opens in Dresden’s oldest city square! Global Soil Week’s multimedia ONE HECTARE exhibition can be viewed in the German city of Dresden daily from 12-7pm…

Amy Green 15 October 2015 Read more
Opinion, Transforming Cities

Unusual Suspects- Reflections on our LAB on “Different Urbanisations”

Unusual Suspects- Reflections on our LAB on “Different Urbanisations”

Katleen De Flander, IASS Global Soil Forum Five days of intense action and discussions with a group of about 15 critical urban minds from all over the world – our first urban LAB took place from September 14-18, 2015 in…

Amy Green 8 October 2015 No Comments Read more

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Follow the discussions of 600 participants from 80 countries!

Diverse summary reports, Chairman's conclusions, videos, Rapporteurs' reports and presentations can be found here.

Soil Atlas Animated Graphics

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Facts and Figures about earth land and fields:

Depicting the worldwide significance and the state of land, soil and agriculture.

Illustrating why we should fight for a just and sustainable soil and land policy.

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