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 Combat Desertification, GLOBALANDS Project (Ecologic Institute, IINAS, Öko-Institut), EC – European Commission, FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UBA – Federal Environment Agency, IASS – Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies.
Based on a proposal developed by a working group for discussion at the GSW 2013 participants discussed the opportunities to include land and soils in the SDGs and Post-2015 Development Agenda and which aspects should be prioritized. Participants agreed, in personal capacity, on the following common results of the discussion and called for their consideration in further discussions:
- By 2030 we have the same amount of biologically and economically productive land including soil and its ecosystem services as we had in 2000 (GLASOD-Report and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment).
- To achieve this, we have to reduce land and soil degradation and increase land restoration/rehabilitation, both through appropriate sustainable management practices.
- This needs to take place in the context of sustainable development and in support of the implementation of international environmental agreements, such as the Aichi targets and the Ramsar Convention (forests, protected areas, wetlands).
Participants of the workshop were:
| Alexander Müller | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) |
| Almut Jering | German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) |
| Andrea Koch | United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney |
| Bettina Rudloff | German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) |
| Charlotte Beckh | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) |
| Christine Priessner | Leuphana University, Lüneburg |
| Ciro Gardi | Joint Research Center, European Commission (JRC-EC) |
| Damien Field | The University of Sydney, Australia |
| Deborah Bossio | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
| Emmanuel Seck | Environment and Development NGO (ENDA) |
| Frank Glante | German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) |
| Franziska Wolff | Öko Institute |
| Heiner Benking | Council on Global Issues |
| Islam Sirajul | BRAC |
| Ivonne Lobos Alva | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) |
| Jaap Tuinstra | TCB Soil Protection Technical Committee, Netherlands |
| Jürgen Diekmann | Ausgleichsstiftung Landwirtschaft und Umwelt |
| Knut Ehlers | German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) |
| Laura Bertha Reyes Sanchez | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Lena Bloemertz | University of Basel, Switzerland |
| Luc Gnacadja | Former UNCCD Executive Secretary |
| Luca Montanarella | Joint Research Center, European Commission (JRC-EC), Chair ITPS |
| Maria de Lourdes Mondoca Santos | Embrapa Soils -The National Center of Soil Research |
| Patrice Burger | CARI-Drynet Network-ReSad Network |
| Peter Kuikman | Wageningen University, Netherlands |
| Richard Thomas | United Nations University |
| Ruta Landgrebe | Ecologic Institute |
| Sandra Naumann | Ecologic Institute |
| Sasha Alexander | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) |
| Sergio Zelaya | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) |
| Stephanie Wunder | Ecologic Institute |
| Thomas Caspari | ISRIC – World Soil Information |
| Uriel Safriel | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Uwe Fritsche | International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy (IINAS) |