FAO’s Global Soil Partnership is pleased to invite you to its first webinar on Soil Biodiversity as part of the annual campaign dedicated to soil biodiversity with the theme “Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity”.
This webinar aims to discuss the global status, gaps and multiple benefits of soil biodiversity as a key contributor in sustaining life in this planet.
Details of the event

Agenda

15:00 – 15:05 | OPENING REMARKS – Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, FAO

 

15:05 – 15:10 | OPENING ADDRESS – His Excellency Mohammad Hossein Emadi, Ambassador Permanent Representation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to FAO

15:10 – 15:20 | Is soil biodiversity a nature-based solution? Mr Wim van der Putten, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, The Netherlands

15:20 – 15:30 | Why should we care about soil biodiversity? Links to human-health and food security, Ms Daphne Miller, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, USA

15:30 – 15:40 | Soil Biodiversity: Current gaps and potentialities, Ms Monica Kobayashi, FAO

14:40 – 15:55 | OPEN SESSION – Discussion

15:55 – 16:00 | CONCLUSION – Mr Eduardo Mansur, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO
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