The protection of land and soils will contribute to the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is therefore necessary to develop an appropriate monitoring and accountability framework to track the state of these resources. Finding appropriate indicators is…
Apply until 08 March 2015! Call for the Young Professionals Programme at the Global Soil Week 2015 at the International Conference: Global Soil Week 2015 (18.04.-23.04.2015) in Berlin, Germany The United Nations declaration of the International Year of Soils in…
Many countries regard bio-energy as an important element of sustainable energy production and climate change mitigation. This kind of energy is produced from agricultural products and wastes, domestic and industrial waste, and from organic materials such as rapeseed and sunflowers,…
A look at the most common current approaches to tackle environmental problems and why they are not leading to transformation from IASS researcher Katleen de Flander
Germany addresses soil and land within and beyond its borders at the opening of the International Year of Soils. The impact of German and European demands on soils and land in a local and international context, and the resulting political…