Welcome to the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
Seeking to promote expert knowledge on soil biodiversity in environmental policy and sustainable land management to protect and enhance ecosystem services
Seeking to promote expert knowledge on soil biodiversity in environmental policy and sustainable land management to protect and enhance ecosystem services
The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative celebrated by highlighting the importance of soil biodiversity as a part of all biodiversity on Earth in video spotlights.
Mites: Grappling with a hyperdiverse taxon in soil with Valerie Behan-Pelletier.
Soil Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture with Gerlinde de Deyn, Stuart Grandy, and Sara Sanchez Moreno.
Soil Biodiversity and the Stabilisation of Carbon in the Soil with Gerrit Angst, Colin Averill, Kate Buckeridge, and Cynthia Kallenbach.
A new paper in the recent issue of Science by W. van der Putten, R. Bardgett, M. Farfan, L. Montanarella, J. Six, and D. Wall highlights the importance of soils and soil biodiversity science for soil health the challenges and promises of new regional and international policies for soil protection and sustainable management.
Read the first-ever report on the State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity!
Produced in conjunction with the UN-FAO, ITPS, GSBI, SCBD, the European Commission (EC), and 300+ contributing-scientists, this report is the primary science and policy guiding-document in the world for connecting science to policy recommendations for the conservation and monitoring of soil biodiversity.
Citation: FAO, ITPS, GSBI, SCBD, and EC. 2020. State of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities, Report 2020. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1929en
Soil biodiversity affects our environment and our wellbeing. Learn about soil organisms around the world in the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas jointly published by the European Commission Joint Research Centre and the GSBI.
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