Soil Erosion Management Training Course.
world soil day 2025 , Soil Erosion Management Training Course. Chabahar (Iran), 30/12/2025 - 01/12/2025. Training Course. Register to participate!
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Challenges to Reducing Urban Soil Sealing.
Reducing urban soil sealing isn’t without challenges: High investment costs : Building green infrastructure and retrofitting cities with permeable surfaces requires upfront capital, which can be a major barrier for municipalities with tight budgets. Resistance from developers : Construction companies often default to traditional materials and methods. Changing this habit demands new training, incentives, and updated building regulations. Limited public awareness : Many citizens are unaware of the direct link between impermeable surfaces and water shortages, floods, and overheating. Without public support, political momentum remains weak. Fragmented policies : Soil sealing is often regulated locally, without national coordination. This creates patchy efforts and missed opportunities for large-scale impact. Lack of green urban space : Densely built cities may lack room to implement nature-based solutions, requiring creative approaches like vertical greening or depaving underused areas. ...
Rethink the role of soils in shaping healthier, more resilient cities.
Paved roads, parking lots, and high-rises are the visible symbols of urban growth. Yet beneath them lies an often-forgotten foundation of city life: soil . When soils are permeable and vegetated, they can play a key role in cities, absorbing rainwater to reduce flood risks, regulating temperature to ease heat islands, storing carbon, and supporting vegetation that improves air quality and provides food. But when soils are sealed under concrete and asphalt, these life-supporting functions are disrupted, leaving cities more vulnerable to floods, overheating, and pollution. It is against this backdrop that the Global Symposium on Soil Sealing and Urban Soils will take place in Pisa, Italy, on 6–7 October 2025. Co-organized by FAO, its Global Soil Partnership , the FAO Green Cities Initiative , and the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) through its SUITMA Commission , the event will bring together scientists, policymakers, and practitioners to rethink the role of soils in shapi...
Soil Science: Beyond food and fuel.
Healthy soils are essential to achieve ‘ Zero Hunger ’ – and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – peace and prosperity, the United Nations agriculture agency chief underscored in Brazil at the World Congress of Soil Science . On Sunday, more than 2,000 scientists gathered in Rio de Janeiro under the theme “Soil Science: Beyond food and fuel,” for a week of exploring the increasingly complex, diverse role of soils; grappling with resilient agriculture practices to address environmental and climatic changes; and confronting threats to food security and sovereignty. “Soil degradation affects food production, causing hunger and malnutrition, amplifying food-price volatility, forcing land abandonment and involuntary migration-leading millions into poverty,” said José Graziano da Silva, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organizaation ( FAO ), in a video message noting that approximately one-third of the Earth’s soil is degraded The FAO The Status of the World's...
Analyzing the Chemical, Physical and Biological Status of a soil sample.
The Chemical, Physical and Biological Status of a soil.
