GSBI Speaks: 

First Global Soil Biodiversity Assessment: From science to policy

PART II

January 21, 2021

8am - 9:30am MT; 3pm - 4:30pm GMT; 4pm - 5:30pm CET; 11:00pm - 12:30am CST

Moderated by Kate Scow, USA

Some of the more than 300 scientists who contributed to the UN-FAO Report, “State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity: Status, Challenges, and Potentialities” will present their views on why they think it is important to provide scientific knowledge to policy and their thoughts on the importance of this report for the future of research and policy. On December 4, 2020, the Report will be launched in conjunction with World Soil Day (5 December 2020). The Report was called for by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and was coordinated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and their partners: the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Global Soil Partnership, the European Commission, and the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative.