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Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage.

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  Discover the inspiring efforts of the French Soil Science Society (AFES) , awarded the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award 2025 for its exceptional World Soil Day 2024 campaign. Under the theme “ Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage ,” AFES stood out with its creative and inclusive “ Soil Week in Normandy ,” a seven-day programme held from 29 November to 5 December 2024. The initiative featured over 20 events , brought together more than 100 speakers, and engaged over 950 participants both in person and online. Highlights included a full “ soil pit tour ” across Normandy and the launch of the school version of the game “The Soil Collage.” Throughout the week, activities showcased how soil data and information can support decision-making, planning and environmental action through practical workshops and engaging conferences .

How soils are shaping our cities today and tomorrow?

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Cities are expanding fast; already home to around 55% of the world's population, a figure expected to rise to 68% by 2050. As urban areas grow, so does the pressure to provide fresh, safe, nutritious food and to build spaces that can withstand a changing climate. The key to meeting these challenges lies right beneath our feet—soils, the often-overlooked foundation on which they are built. Soils in cities do far more than simply support buildings, roads and other infrastructure; they sustain resilient and green cities. Understanding this connection can enable us to design and build better homes and communities in the future. It also reinforces the One Health approach, which recognises that healthy soils support the health of people, animals, plants and the environment. Soils play an essential role in growing our food nutritious and keeping our environment healthy. They are also the basis for making cities sustainable and resilient. On this year’s World Soil Day , the Food and Agric...

To conserve Soils; Introduce and plant new and useful forest and rangeland species.

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Introducing and planting new and useful forest and rangeland species , encouraging tree planting . Seedling planting . Miyaneh (Iran), 05/12/2025 - 19/12/2025.

Celebración del día mundial del Suelo en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

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La Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca - CVC y Cenicaña, conmemoran una año más, el día mundial mundial del suelo este 5 de diciembre de 2025. Para ello han organizado con la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Agropecuario de Yumbo, una jornada con los estudiantes de la Institución Educativa Rosa Zarate de Peña y la comunidad representante del predio El Diamante en Dapa, municipio de Yumbo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Se llevará a cabo por lo tanto, una jornada técnica y se realizará una siembra de árboles donados por la CVC. Es necesario que se fortalezca el reconocimiento del suelo como un ecosistema estratégico en la producción de alimentos, captura de carbono, regulación hídrica, fuente de vida y todos los servicios ecosistémicos que hacen que la vida dependa del suelo, un lazo indestructible y permanente. Celebración del día mundial del Suelo en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Cali (Colombia), 05/12/2025 - 05/12/2025

Familiarize yourself with the methods of soil conservation.

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  This program, coordinated with the General Office of Education of West Azerbaijan Province , will be held simultaneously in all counties of the province on December 6th (15 Azar). The purpose of this program is to raise awareness among students, teachers, and learners at various educational levels about the importance of soil and to familiarize them with methods of soil conservation. World Soil Day 2025, “The symbolic and simultaneous ringing of the Soil Bell in all rural and urban schools of West Azerbaijan Province". ارومیه (ایران), 07/12/2025 - 07/12/2025 -  Registration .

Protect agricultural land in the face of climate and environmental challenges.

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It time to protect agricultural land in the face of climate and environmental challenges.

EU partnership to protect agricultural land in the face of climate and environmental challenges. Caring for future generation.

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The workshops are organized as part of the “EU partnership to protect agricultural land in the face of climate and environmental challenges. Caring for future generations” (ProLand) project , Program Erasmus+, project KA220-HED - Cooperation partnerships in higher education (2024-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000252809). It aims to increase awareness, knowledge, competence and develop management skills about soil management in agriculture . Celebrate World Soil Day with us! Join the celebrations organized by the ProLand  andErasmus+ project. Let's do something for the soil! See what our partners are doing! WORKSHOPS - PULS -1  - SUA -1  - UAL-1  - KNU-1  - ROMA -3 . Attachment Size proland-erasmus.pdf WORLD SOIL DAY at PULS #ProLand#Erasmus+ Poznań (Polska), 08/12/2025 - 08/12/2025