On the occasion of the Global Soil Week 2013 in Berlin, locals give insights to their individual links to soil. Each of them raises a call to decision-makers in the field of soil and land governance.
Video: Berlin talks soil
Video: 90 Seconds For Soils
A series of interviews with participants of the Global Soil Week 2012 issues of sustainable land and soil management
Video: The value of soil
This film by the The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative depicts the value of productive land in provision of ecosystem services. It depicts the current trends leading to the depletion of this valuable non-renewable resource, which costs us dearly….
Implementing the Nexus: managing tradeoffs for soil and land in the SDGs
At the Nexus 2014 Conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, IASS and UNCCD made the case for considering soil as underpinning resource for water, energy and food security. In their side-event, which took place on 5…
International Year of Soils 2015
Get involved and submit your ideas The International Year of Soils 2015 (IYS) will serve as a platform for raising awareness on the importance of sustainable soil management as the basis for food systems, fuel and fibre production, essential ecosystem…
Deutschlandfunk: Mehr Fachwissen für Kleinbauern
10 January 2014
IASS takes a stake in the development of pro-poor strategies in land management
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…