2015 | Global Soil Week

Natural resources are coming under increasing pressure in the face of climate change and growing global demand for raw materials.

The protection of land and soils will contribute to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is therefore necessary to develop an appropriate monitoring and accountability framework to track the state of these resources. Finding appropriate indicators is…

First in series of guest Blogs from Ian Scoones You may not know, but 2015 is the International Year of Soils. Soils are of course vitally important for agriculture and livelihoods, but they often go unsung and are routinely uncared…

Year: 2015

Combating Poverty through Better Use of Natural Resources: IASS, IFAD and Partners Publish New Study

IASS and Partners Propose Shortlist of Global Land and Soil Indicators to Support SDGs

Some Cautionary Tales for the International Year of Soils

4.8 Open-Space Session – Soil management – it’s about livelihoods

4.7 Open-Space Session – Legal means for the national implementation of sustainable development goals related to soil – with a focus on the objective of a “land degradation neutral world”

4.6 Open-Space Session – Discussion on European soil data base update in light of the revision of the Soil Atlas of Europe: examples from Finland and Central European countries

4.5 Open-Space Session – Brave farmers, green belts and wrong debates

4.4 Open-Space Session – Sprouting new ideas, rooted in old wisdom: intergenerational dialogue on sustainable land management

4.3 Open-Space Session – Soil quality and agricultural sustainability indicators for the environmental performance index

4.2 Open-Space Session – Sustainable land use and human habitats: the role of cities and rural development in achieving global sustainable land use