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DocumentOther documentAgenda Taking care of soils since 1924: introducing the IUSS Centennial Celebration
Friday, May 3rd, 2024
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No results found.In 1924 the IUSS, International Union of Soil Sciences, was founded in Rome, inspired by David Lubin. In 2024 the Centennial, will be celebrated in Florence this coming May 19/21, with one-of-a-kind congress.More than 1.500 scientists from all over the world are expected to come, with more than 100 parallel sessions, 1431 abstracts submitted and more than 100 young scientists who applied for the grants.This event, supported by international and Italian Institutions introduces the Centennial Congress, raising awareness on the importance of soil for the life of our planet and on the ever-growing need of soil sciences for effective policies. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureSoil experiments FOR CHILDREN 2017
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This SoilLAB Activity Book is designed to give children an insight into conceptual knowledge about soil. Practitioners, leaders and teachers must support children’s learning through offering opportunities for them to: teach them how to operate a range of tools safely; encounter creatures, plants and objects in their natural environments and in real life situations; undertake 6 practical scientific experiments which make them work with a range of materials... Children will generally progress in t heir understanding of soil: Without soil, we would not be able to grow any crops or other useful plants, support any livestock, or have materials for building shelter! -
Book (series)Technical bookSoils Challenge Badge 2014The purpose of the United Nations Challenge Badges is to raise awareness, educate and, most of all, motivate young people to change their behaviour and be active agents of change in their local communities. Challenge Badges are appropriate for use with school classes and youth groups, and are endorsed by WAGGGS and WOSM. They include a wide range of activities and ideas that can easily be adapted by teachers or leaders. Additional badges are available or are being developed on a number of other topics, including: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Energy, Forests, Gender, Governance, Hunger, Nutrition, the Ocean, and Water. The Soils Challenge Badge is designed to help educate children and young people about the vital role that soils play in supporting life on Earth. The badge looks at how soils are created, soil uses and how soils are being affected by human and climatic pressures. It includes a wide range of activities and ideas to stimulate learning about soil and how we can better manage soil resources to ensure that we have a sustainable future.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
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No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated. -
DocumentTechnical reportAQUASTAT - Evaporation from artificial lakes and reservoirs 2015
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No results found.Dams and their associated reservoirs provide many services, including water storage, flow regulation, navigation, hydropower, in - stream and off - stream uses, flood protection, amongst others. However, these artificial lakes and reservoirs evaporate more water than the natural surface water flow before the dam was built, because dams generally increase the surface area of the body of water. This means that more water is exposed to air and direct sunlight, thus increasing ev aporation. This “lost” water is referred to as consumed, because it is removed from the system. In some cases, this water consumption can be quite substantial. AQUASTAT gathers country - level inform ation about dams and reservoirs (see Section 2), but information about evaporation from artificial lakes and reservoirs is rarely reported. Due to its importance, AQUASTAT has estimated the evaporation for all artificial lakes and reservoirs that are avai l able in the geo - referenced dam database it maintains. This exercise is a very rough estimation, the limitations of which are documented in Section 3 and Section 5, and it thus should be considered a s an 'order of magnitude' study. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone.