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MeetingMeeting documentProposal for a Global Soil Biodiversity Assessment to be guided by the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
Global Soil Partnership. First Plenary Assembly: 11-‐12 June 2013, Rome, Italy
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookGlobal Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER 2019): Symposium working documents
Assessment tools, management practices and economics of soil erosion
2019Also available in:
No results found.At its Sixth Session in June 2018, the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Plenary Assembly (PA), upon request of its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), voted to organize a Symposium on soil erosion “considering that this is the main threat affecting global soils”. The Symposium aims to incentivize bottom-up global soil erosion assessments under the umbrella of the Food and Agriculture’s (FAO) GSP. The Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER19) is organized around three key themes: 1. Soil erosion assessment tools and data: creation, consolidation and harmonization; 2. Best erosion management practices of the last 20 years and policy support to address human-induced erosion; 3. The economics of soil erosion Although the three themes will be treated separately during the Symposium, they are inter-related. Prior to the GSER19 and for each of the themes, working groups were set up with the objective of discussing the key topics to be tackled for each theme. The discussions held within each of the three working groups were then translated into working documents that are presented in this final document. The three theme working documents will eventually assist the GSP and its partners in planning upcoming actions to address soil erosion at the global, regional and local level. A revised version of this document will be included in the outcome c of the Symposium, which will be published after the event. The working groups were composed of experts, members of the GSP’s ITPS, and the Science-Policy Interface of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (SPI-UNCCD), who participated on a voluntary basis.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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No results found.The SWSR is a reference document on the status of global soil resources that provides regional assessments of soil change. The information is based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with expert knowledge and project outputs. It provides a description and a ranking of ten major soil threats that endanger ecosystem functions, goods and services globally and in each region separately. Additionally, it describes direct and indirect pressures on soils and ways and means to combat s oil degradation. The report contains a Synthesis report for policy makers that summarizes its findings, conclusions and recommendations.The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookEvaluación de la inocuidad de los alimentos genéticamente modificados instrumentos para capacitadores 2009Si bien la FAO reconoce que la ingeniería genética puede ayudar a aumentar la producción y la productividad de la agricultura, la silvicultura y la pesca, también es consciente de las preocupaciones que suscitan los posibles riesgos que plantean determinados aspectos de la biotecnología moderna, incluidos los efectos en la salud de las personas y los animales y las posibles consecuencias para el medio ambiente. El presente material de capacitación, Evaluación de la inocuidad de los alimentos g enéticamente modificados: instrumentos par capacitadores, se compone de tres partes y un CD-ROM adjunto que contiene los materiales visuales y textos de referencia pertinentes. La primera parte, Principios de evaluación de la inocuidad de los alimentos obtenidos de plantas de ADN recombinante, proporciona orientación sobre la aplicación de un marco eficaz para la evaluación de la inocuidad de los alimentos obtenidos de plantas de ADN recombinante. La segunda parte, Instrumentos y técnicas para c apacitadores, ofrece orientación práctica para la preparación y celebración de un taller sobre evaluación de la inocuidad de los alimentos obtenidos de plantas de ADN recombinante. Esta sección incluye varios formularios y listas de comprobación, un ejemplo de programa del taller, un ejemplo de hoja de evaluación y cinco útiles módulos de presentación para capacitadores. En el CD-ROM también se incluyen todos los formularios, presentaciones y documentos pertinentes del Codex Alimentarius en form ato electrónico. En la tercera parte, Estudios de casos, se presentan tres expedientes de evaluación de la inocuidad que se han resumido a los efectos de la capacitación.
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Book (stand-alone)General interest bookForests and Sustainable Cities
Inspiring stories from around the world
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No results found.Recognizing the importance of the services provided by forests and trees to urban dwellers, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests proposed that the theme for the 2018 International Day of Forests would be “Forests and Sustainable Cities”. To mark this occasion and promote the widespread adoption of “green” strategies for dealing with urban challenges, FAO invited the mayors of 15 different sized cities from various regions around the world to present their experiences with trees and forests and to show how this green infrastructure has helped address urban challenges. This overview of course is far from exhaustive and many other good examples exist. Collectively, the stories presented in this publication show that investing in green solutions can pay dividends while increasing the resilience and liveability of urban environments.