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19/04/2021 Soils are essential to life on Earth. Their protection is of the utmost importance to ensure the future of agri-food systems and the provision of key ecosystem services. While there is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity. The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (19–22 April 2021) ...

Closeup of worm culture. Worms are used to improve soil quality. ROME, 20 April 2021 (FAO)* –– The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 19 April 2021 kicked off with a call to preserve this vast community of living soil organisms and the vital ecosystem services they provide. Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity. They host more than 25 percent of the world’s supply of this valued resour...

FAO-hosted Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity kicks off 20 April 2021, Rome - The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) kicked off yesterday with a call to preserve this vast community of living soil organisms and the vital ecosystem services they provide. Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity. They host more than 25 percent of the worlds supply of this valued resource from where 95 percent of ...

FAO will hold Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity FAO will hold Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity Rome, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will hold via videoconference the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI21), from today until next Thursday. The UN agency will host the event, organized in conjunction with its Global Soil Partnership and the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils. The UN Convention on Biological Diversit...

Symposium keynote speakers Daphne Miller, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, USA "Whether we are talking about microbes, plants, insects, animals, or humans, there is an abundance of evidence that diversity promotes health and resilience"   Felipe Pasini| Farmer, Brazil "Sustainable agriculture directly depends on the biodiversity in the soil. The more we understand about the magnificent organisms that live under our feet, the greater the urgency to drastically rethink t...