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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Once lost, it is gone forever: the soil beneath our feet. Each year, billions of tonnes are lost due to erosion, indiscriminate environmental exploitation and poor political decisions. One quarter of the surface of the Earth has already been destroyed, and together with the soil the largest terrestrial biospheres are also disappearing. Without soil, mankind has no future. Hunger and the intensification of conflicts over land rights are some of the devastating results of this loss. This situation must be reversed.
For the second time stakeholders representing political, scientific and civil society communities from all over the world will meet at the Global Soil Week to draw attention to the limited but often forgotten natural resource, soil, and highlight the need to manage this resource in a sustainable manner. In accordance with this year’s motto ‘Losing Ground?’ we will discuss the changes that must be initiated to encourage responsible political actions in land management. Since the result of this international multi-stakeholder event is an action plan, approaches to solutions for the following questions will be developed:
- How can soil and climate protection, as well as food security be effectively integrated? How can sustainable and responsible political actions in land management be implemented?
- How do we achieve the establishment of soil protection as a global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)?
- How do we fight against soil contamination and achieve large scale soil revitalization?
- How can civil society be integrated systematically into the relevant decision making processes?
The Global Soil Week is organized by the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies with our partners, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the European Commission, the Federal Environment Agency, the German Society for International Cooperation and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Information on participating / attending:
Please register for the conference via http://globalsoilweek.org/gsw-2013/registration/
Media representatives please register via media@iass-potsdam.de
Date:
10/27/2013 16:30 - 10/31/2013 16:30
Event venue:
Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz
Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade 19
Phone: +49 (0)30 700 779 0
Fax: +49 (0)30 700 779 2211
berlin@scandichotels.com
http://www.scandichotels.com
10963 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Environment / ecology, Nutrition / healthcare / nursing, Politics, Social studies, Zoology / agricultural and forest sciences
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
10/17/2013
Sender/author:
Sabine Sämisch
Department:
Presse und Kommunikation
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event45178
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