Plus d’interfaces Science-Société pour une sécurité globale des sols / More Science-Society Interfaces for a Global Soil Security
Before the 2nd Global Soil Security conference
In May 2015, the First Global Soil Security Symposium brought intention on the role of soils security for health and highlighted the wealth of soils. The Symposium was jointly organized by Texas A&M University, the University of Sydney, the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, the Soil Science Society of America and represents the International Union of Soil Science’s contribution to the International Year of Soils. The meeting was followed by the publication of the “Global Soil Security” book.
The 2nd Global Soil Security conference
The 2nd Global Soil Security Conference – co-organized by the Afes, the Ineris and the Irna – aims to demonstrate that soil, this highly pressurized and crucial resource, is indispensable partner to meet sustainable development goals. The demonstration will be done by linking businesses, practitioners, policymakers and researchers on soil security dimensions through good working practices, business solutions, scientific outcomes and international initiatives that enhance protection and sustainable management of soils. The participants were invited to join us to learn from and share your experiences from land management, business, policy and local practice.
Synthesis
We had a very large audience from all continents by people representing all societal levels of good practices for securing soil.
Key messages were:
- From the soil management perspective, there are several simple and low-cost solutions: increasing crop rotation, improved tillage, better irrigation systems, bringing crops on contaminated bare soils…
- The need for soil security should be handled by everyone, for that:
- need awareness raising toward all public (Italian schools, People4Soil…)
- co-practice, co-management of soil (Soil Health Partnership, Global Soil partnership, BASE Association…).
- The communication can be directed toward ecosystem services, environmental and economic benefits felt by the whole society.
- There are more and more existing soil information systems that all kinds of potential users should be able to manage. This deals with a value of soil data which could lead also towards a soil value.
- Need a value for soil security which can be provided by indicators and valorized by a label, a certificate
- Soil research is not dead (INSPIRATION Project); we need further understanding on soil functions, on the soil-water-air-biome nexus to better understand soil capacity, conditions and resilience to environmental stressors such as climate change, pollution, land grabbing…and to better characterize the central role soil plays for ensuring environmental and human security with new measurement and monitoring tools
A book to be published
The 2nd Global Soil Security conference, as for the 1st Symposium of the Global Soil Security, will be followed by a book publication. Further information will be available soon!
After the 2nd Global Soil Security conference
The 3rd Global Soil Security conference will take place at the University of Sydney in Australia, the 4-6 Decembre 2018. This third meeting on soil security will be carried by yhe partnership between the Sydney Institute of Agriculture and the Planetary Health Platform. Registration and Call for papers will open at the end of March 2018.
Programme
Discours d'ouverture de M. Stéphane Le Foll, Ministre Français de l'Agriculture, l'Agroalimentaire et des Forêts, porte-parole du gouvernement / Opening address by Mr Stéphane Le Foll, French Minister of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry, French Government Spokesperson
| Monday 5 December 2016 | ||||
| 08.30-09.00 | Registration | |||
| 09.00-09.30 | R. Cointe (CEO, INERIS), P. Mauguin (CEO, INRA) | Welcome address | ||
| 09.30-10.30 | Introduction to Global Soil Security 2016 (Moderator: Cristine Morgan, TAMU) | |||
| 09.30-09.55 | A.B. McBratney (Univ Sydney) | Introduction about Concept of Soil Security | ||
| 09.55-10.20 | J. Bouma (Wageningen UR) | How soil security concept can pave the way to achieve some of the Sustainable Development Goals | ||
| 10.20-10.30 | Discussion | |||
| 10.30-12.40 | Session 1: Scientific and Political framework of Soil Security (Moderator: Cristine Morgan, TAMU) | |||
| 10.30-10.45 | V. Castillo (Managing Director of the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD) | The Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting | ||
| 10.45-11.00 | R. Creamer (WUR) | Soil and Ecosystem relationships, critical factors to soil | ||
| 11.00-11.15 | C. Chenu (AgroParisTech) | Soil functions and ecosystem services | ||
| 11.15-11.30 | B. Bessagnet (INERIS) | The soil-air nexus: an important aspect of global soil security | ||
| 11.30-11.45 | J.F. Soussana (INRA) | The 4p1000 initative | ||
| 11.45-12.00 | D. Laird (Iowa State University) | The Role of Soil Security in the Food-Energy-Water-Climate Nexus | ||
| 12.00-12.05 | P. P. Roggero (Univerfsity of Sassari) | Long term agroecosystem experiments to foster | ||
| 12.05-12.30 | Discussion | |||
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch | |||
| 14.00-16.00 | Session 1: Scientific and Political framework of Soil Security (Moderator: D. Field, Sydney University) | |||
| 14.00-14.15 | H.M. Van Es (Cornell University) | Advancing Soil Security in the USA: The Issues, the Players, the Science. | ||
| 14.15-14.30 | R. Herintsitohaina (Antananarivo University) | Agro-ecology in Madagascar: a solution for sustainable Agriculture production and Soil management | ||
| 14.30-14.45 | J. Faber (WUR) | Using nature-based solutions to promote Soil Security | ||
| 14.45-15.00 | C. Collins (Reading University) | The UK Soil Security Programme | ||
| 15.00-15.15 | A. Kruszel (Canadian Soil Conservation Council) | Perspective of Soil Security in Canada | ||
| 15.15-15.20 | J. Mathieu (UPMC) | Factors driving soil macrofauna biodiversity at global scale | ||
| 15.20-15.40 | Discussion | |||
| 15.40-16.00 | Coffee break | |||
| 16.00-18.00 | Session 2: Operationalising or Implementing Soil Security (Moderator: F. Carré, INERIS) | |||
| 16.00-16.15 | M. C. Morgan (Texas A&M University) | Capturing value of soil: a multi-faceted approach | ||
| 16.15-16.35 | G. Pérès (INRA) & S. Houot (INRA) | SUSTAIN (Soil functional Biodiversity and Ecosystem services, A Transdisiciplinary Approach) & ECOSOM (Soil Organic matter as a key factor in provision of soil ecosystem services) | ||
| 16.35-16.50 | M. Bardy (INRA) | An assessment of the societal impacts of French soil databases | ||
| 16.50-17.05 | D. Arrouays (INRA) | The International GlobalSoilMap Project | ||
| 17.05-17.20 | T. Hengl (ISRIC) | Spatio-temporal modelling of global SOC stock: limitations, challenges and opportunities | ||
| 17.20-17.25 | L. Poggio (The James Hutton Institute) | DSM for soil functions (in Scotland) | ||
| 17.25-17.30 | M. P. Robotham (USDA) | Haiti Soil Survey and Natural Resources Conservation | ||
| 17.30-17.35 | M. P. Robotham (USDA) | Healthy Soil Systems - a Soil Survey Approach to Soil Security | ||
| 17.35-17.50 | Discussion | |||
| 18.00-19.00 | Transfer to conference dinner | |||
| 19.00-23.00 | Conference dinner | |||
| Tuesday 6 December 2016 | ||||
| 08.30-11.00 | Session 2: Operationalising or Implementing Soil Security (Moderator: Yvonne Ohlsson, Swedish Geological Institute) | |||
| 08.30-08.40 | D. Bagnall (Texas A&M University) | Linking indicators for soil security | ||
| 08.40-08.55 | B. McKenzie (Hutton Institute) | Towards soil security – examples of what can be achieved by working with other professionals | ||
| 08.55-09.10 | V. Bert (INERIS) | Enhancing ecosystem services of contaminated soil | ||
| 09.10-09-20 | Par-Erik Back (SGI) | Does soil have value beyond what it provides humans? | ||
| 09.20-09.25 | E. Beauregard (Quebec University) | Valorisation of urban soils: a key issue for enhancing urban ecological services | ||
| 09.25-09.30 | O. Afolabi (Coordinator Climate Change Network Nigeria) | Climate smart agriculture (CSA) project in urban and peri-urban settlements in Nigeria | ||
| 09.30-09.50 | Discussion | |||
| 09.50-10.00 | N. Denieul (farmers, BASE Association) | Examples of good French farming practices | ||
| 10.00-10.05 | J. Yang (Korea Environment Institute) | Strategic environmental impact assessment for development basic plan considering complex characteristics of soil | ||
| 10.05-10.10 | A. S. Mangrich (Federal University of Paraná) | An Integration Project for Improved Water Retention Capacity in Soils of the Brazilian Northeast Region | ||
| 10.10-10.15 | I. Virto (Universidad Pública de Navarra - Pampelune) | Extension of Irrigation in Semi-arid Regions: What Challenges for Soil Security? Perspectives from a Regional-Scale Project: Life Regadiox | ||
| 10.30-10.35 | Z. Libohova (Purdue University) | Soil Security for managing and protecting water resources: The example of Central America Dry Corridor Initiative | ||
| 10.20-10.40 | Discussion | |||
| 10.40-11.00 | Coffee break | |||
| 11.00-13.00 | Session 3: Towards more citizen soil science for achieving Soil Security (Moderator: I. Feix, ADEME) | |||
| 11.00-11.15 | D. Field (USYD) | Soil Security to Connectivity: The What, So What and Now What. | ||
| 11.15-11.30 | L. Montanarella (JRC) | The Global Soil Partnership | ||
| 11.30-11.45 | S. Demonet (FNE) | People4soil: a European Citizens Initiative for soil | ||
| 11.45-12.00 | L. Maring (DELTARES) | BALANCE 4P (Balancing decisions for urban brownfield regeneration – people, planet, profit and processes) | ||
| 12.00-12.15 | N. Bale (OVAM) | The soil certificate – a Flemish tool in raising awareness about soil contamination | ||
| 12.15-12.35 | N. Goeser and farmers | The Soil Partnership | ||
| 12.35-12.45 | W. Honeycutt (SHI) | The Soil Health Institute | ||
| 12.45-13.00 | Discussion | |||
| 13.00-14.30 | Lunch | |||
| 14.30-14.35 | F. Bampa (TEAGASC) | What is your prioritized soil function? Harvesting stakeholders´ knowledge from 5 EU countries | ||
| 14.35-14.40 | M. C. Moscatelli (University of Tuscia) | Soil awareness in Italian high schools: a survey to understand soil knowledge and perception among students | ||
| 14.40-14.45 | M. C. Dictor (BRGM) | Which R&D needs for a sustainable soil management and land use? | ||
| 14.45-15.00 | Discussion | |||
| 15.00-16.00 | Panel discussion: further steps to achieve Soil Security : M. Robotham (USDA), A. McBratney (Univ Sydney), J. Bouma (WUR), L. Montanarella (JRC) - Moderator: C. Chenu, AgroParisTech | |||
| 16.00-16.20 | F. Carré (INERIS) & D. Arrouays (INRA) | Conclusions of the conference | ||
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