Global Soil Week
Bridging Knowledge.
Empowering Transformation.
  • Contact
  • Imprint
  • Search
  • Home
  • RSS Feed
  • Search
  • Search
  • Link to our Twitter Page
  • Link to our Facebook Page

Menu

Global Soil Week
  • About
    • Why soil?
    • Global Soil Forum
    • Network
      • Partners
      • Funders
      • Steering Committee
      • National Support Group
    • Team
  • Thematic Areas
    • The 2030 Development Agenda
      • Sustainable Production and Consumption of Biomass
      • Soil and Land in Sustainable Development Agendas
    • Land Governance
      • Increasing the uptake of the Tenure Guidelines
      • Pro-Poor Resource Governance under Changing Climates
    • Sustainable Land Management
      • Pro-Poor Strategies against Soil Degradation
      • Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security
    • Transforming Cities
      • Critical Dialogues Series
      • Walking Debates
  • Events
    • GSW 2017
      • About
    • African Soil Seminar 2016
      • English
      • Français
    • GSW 2015
      • Outcomes
      • Sessions
      • Young Professionals Programme
      • Plenaries
      • Press echo
      • Gallery
    • GSW 2013
      • Outcomes
      • Press echo
      • Gallery
      • Land Rights Exhibition by Ekta Parishad
    • GSW 2012
      • Outcomes
      • Press echo
      • Gallery
    • Golden Grounds
  • Resources
    • Publications
      • Soil Atlas
    • Videos
    • Interactive
    • Press
  • News and Opinion

Author: Elisa Gaertner

Global Soil Week > Articles by: Elisa Gaertner
Global Soil Week 2015 - Opening Plenary

Opening Plenary: Soil. The Substance of Transformation.

Read more
Opinion, Sustainable Development Goals

Are the Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable?

Are the Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable?

2015 is going to be a pivotal year for sustainable development: a global climate agreement is due to be negotiated in Paris in December; under Germany’s presidency, the G7 Summit in June will address sustainable economic growth; and the 193…

Elisa Gaertner 12 March 2015 1 Comment Read more
News and Opinion, Opinion, Sustainable Land Management

Some Cautionary Tales for the International Year of Soils

Some Cautionary Tales for the International Year of Soils

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…

Elisa Gaertner 5 March 2015 2 Comments Read more
News

BodenWertSchätzen – Wettbewerb zum Schutz des Bodens

BodenWertSchätzen – Wettbewerb zum Schutz des Bodens

Der Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (RNE) veranstaltet gemeinsam mit der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) im Internationalen Jahr des Bodens 2015 den Wettbewerb „BodenWertSchätzen“, in dem innovative Ansätze und Praxisbeispiele zur Förderung eines nachhaltigen Umgangs mit Boden ausge-zeichnet werden. Weiterführende Informationen…

Elisa Gaertner 5 February 2015 Read more
Land Governance, News, News and Opinion, Policy Publications

Secure Land Rights in the Post-2015 Agenda: IASS and Partners Publish Recommendations

Secure Land Rights in the Post-2015 Agenda: IASS and Partners Publish Recommendations

The UN negotiations on new global Sustainable Development Goals got under way on Monday in New York. The fight against hunger and extreme poverty and the protection of the environment and biodiversity are among the main issues on the agenda….

Elisa Gaertner 21 January 2015 Read more
News

The Global Fight against Soil Loss: IASS and Partners Launch the International Year of Soils

The Global Fight against Soil Loss: IASS and Partners Launch the International Year of Soils

IASS Global Soil Forum Franziska Linz reports on the discussions at the German opening event of the International Year of Soils.

Elisa Gaertner 15 December 2014 Read more

Tags

2030 agenda Africa Land Conference African farmers AGORA Berlin biomass Blog Action Day carbon storage climate change adaption climate change mitigation commons FAO farmer fertiliser Food Security GLF Global Landscapes Forum global soil week 2015 governance human rights based approach Interactive Game International Year of Soils land degradation land governance land rights natural resource management Participatory research partnerships post-2015 development agenda resources SDG SDG implementation SDGs soil soil and land governance Soil Atlas sustainability governance sustainable development Sustainable Development Goal Sustainable Development Goals sustainable land management Tenure Guidelines transformation urban Zero draft

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

02_unequal_distribution
03_land_degradation
04_invisible_ecosystem
05_slm
08_climate_protectors

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.

Read more

  • Home
  • Search
  • Imprint
  • Contact

Co-hosts

Logo: IDDRI
Logo: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Germany
Logo: Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Germany
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Logo: World Agroforestry Centre

GSW Funders

Logo: Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany

A contribution to