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DocumentOther documentReporte Nacional: El Estado de la Biodiversidad para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en Guatemala 2019
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileState of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities
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No results found.There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It presents concisely the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields. It also represents a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats. -
PresentationPresentationTree health in the international year of plant health: what we can learn from the SARS COV-2 pandemic 2020
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No results found.The COVID-19 outbreak has highlighted the devastating impact of transboundary diseases and the importance of preparedness, surveillance, and implementation of preventive measures in order to protect human health. It has also demonstrated the importance of coordinated international action in the management of transboundary diseases. Such coordinated international action is also fundamental to protect the world’s forests from forest invasive species (transboundary insect pests, pathogens, vertebrates, plants). Professor Mike Wingfield opens the webinar introducing a broad topic on pandemics. He presents an interesting comparison among human pandemic and pests outbreaks, highlighting similarities and - most importantly - lessons learned.