Increasing human demands on soil-derived ecosystem services requires reliable data on global soil resources for sustainable development.
Fact sheet: “Soil sealing”
THE EXTENT OF SOIL SEALING
Fact sheet: “Soil contamination”
EUROPE’S SOILS IN DANGER
Fact sheet: “Fertile soils”
FUNDAMENTAL IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HUNGER AND CLIMATE CHANGE!
IASS Dissertation: “Reforming Development Trajectories? Institutional Change of Forest Tenure in the Brazilian Amazon”
This study offers an analysis of forest tenure reform in the Brazilian Amazon.
Let’s Talk About Soil – Brazilian style! Vamos Falar Sobre Solos!
The animation film is now available in Brazilian Portuguese language. It emphasizes human dependence on soils and describes how sustainable development is threatened by trends in the management of soils and the governance of land . The film is also available…
IASS Book: “Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere”
This book describes comprehensively potential, co-benefits and drawbacks of carbon (C) sequestration for ecosystem services.
IASS Book: “Recarbonization of the Biosphere: Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle”
This book comprehensively describes the carbon (C) cycle process in global ecosystems and the potential and co-benefits of recarbonization of the biosphere.
SDG Agenda Setting- The Role of Soil and Land discussed at the IASS
The IASS discussed together with global players in the soil, land and sustainability governance communities on Friday, October 24, 2014, about how to effectively address the role of soils and land in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workshop hosted…
Can a small participatory research project make a difference?
An Usambara Landscape Approach by Judith Rosendahl . September 2014. I found myself in the West Usambara Mountains in North-Eastern Tanzania, a region characterized by high population density, farming on steep mountain slopes, intensive vegetable production in the valley floors,…