Event
Rooted in Resilience: Unearthing the importance of soil in Sustainable Development
Soils support 95-98% of the global food supply. They also play many other key roles in climate regulation and carbon sequestration, the water cycle, and the development of traditional knowledge for landscape management. Soil quality and soil health are thus at the heart of sustainable development and their goals.
UNESCO is convening experts on 1 July 2024 in Agadir, Morocco, to identify key knowledge gaps in soil sciences that would lead to pilot projects aiming to improve sustainable development and the rehabilitation of soils.
Programme of the Conference
Follow the Conference live from Agadir
Speakers
Senior Scientist INRA – ICARDA Morocco and Chair of the Global Soils Partnership MENA region
UNESCO Global Chair in Biodiversity and Conservation for Sustainable Development, MAB ICC Council, University of Coimbra
Portugal
UNESCO Chair in Community Sustainability: From Local to Global, Brock University
Canada
Global Soil Partnership, Food and Agriculture Organization
Italy
President of International Union of Soils Sciences
Italy
Research Associate at the Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry
Kenya
TERRA.vita UNESCO Global Geopark
Germany
Head of World Soil Museum, ISRIC World Soil Information
Kingdom of the Netherlands
FAO Soil Doctors programme
Mexico
Head of Research Support, ANDZOA
Morocco
Outgoing MAB ICC Chair, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Nigeria
Project Officer Science, UNESCO
Italy
Participants
Dr. Tobias Fischer, TERRA.vita UNESCO Global Geopark, Germany
Prof. Liette Vasseur, UNESCO Chair in Community Sustainability: From Local to Global, Brock University, Canada
