Global Soil Forum workshop “Using the Voluntary Guidelines to Secure the Commons” on tenure rights to common lands, fisheries and forests How can land tenure and property rights help us to achieve a world without hunger? To answer this question…
Smallholders can be agents of change
The Global Soil Forum at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development The IASS Global Soil Forum is attending the second meeting of theHigh-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). Our side event “Small food producers and family farmers…
IUSS a new partner for the GSW 2015
The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) will be a partner of the upcoming Global Soil Week in 2015. The partnership with the largest international soil science network of 55,000 members is a positive step towards the creation of transformative…
IASS invited to give input to European Communication on Land in Brussels
The IASS’ Alexander Müller, Jes Weigelt and Ariane Götz attend the European Commission’s conference on ‘Land as a resource’ in Brussels on 19 June 2014. The DG Environment’s Pia Bucella and Janez Potočnik invited key stakeholders from the land, soil,…
IASS’ Global Soil Forum emphasizes the need for cooperation at the World Congress of Soil Science: “Business as usual has the potential to undermine the basis for food security and to threaten human development”
Every four years, leading soil scientists from around the world meet at the World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS) to discuss new discoveries in basic and applied research. This year’s meeting under the motto “Soils embrace Life and Universe” marks the…
3rd Global Soil Week: Save the Date & Invitation for Proposals
The IASS is pleased to announce that the next Global Soil Week will be held from Sunday the 19th of April 2015 until Thursday the 23rd of April 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The Global Soil Week 2015 has been scheduled…
European soil topics climb up the agenda
The European Regional Soil Partnership was formed under the umbrella of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) in October 2013. The Steering Committee of the partnership will hold its first meeting on 19-20 February 2014 in Potsdam, Germany. The aim is…
“Let’s Talk About Soil” is being screened at the Italian parliament’s conference on soil protection law in new translation
The Global Soil Week’s award winning animated movie “Let’s talk about soil” is being translated into yet another language. After already being available in English, Spanish, German, French, Turkish and Arabic, we are proud to add a brand-new Italian version…
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…