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PLENARY SESSION - Use the zoom link received upon registration

MODERATOR: Ms Natalia Rodriguez-Eugenio, FAO/GSP

13:00 - 14:10 CEST

SOIL BIODIVERSITY IN THE GLOBAL AGENDA

  • Soil health and biodiversity in relation to UN SDGs - Mr Rattan Lal, SPI-UNCCD
  • Mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors - Ms Irene Hoffman, FAO
  • Soil biodiversity and antimicrobial resistance - Ms Gunilla Eklund, Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
  • Soil biodiversity: its potential for crop nutrition and disease management - Ms Martha Bolaños, ITPS 
  • Bioremediation of polluted soils: status and challenges - Mr Andrea Ceci, Sapienza University of Rome
MODERATOR: Ms Caridad Canales, CBD

14:10 - 15:00 CEST

MAIN SESSION OUTCOMES AND KEY FINDINGS

  • Theme 1: State of Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity - Mr George Brown and Ms Cinzia Niva, EMBRAPA, Brazil
  • Theme 2: Soil Biodiversity in Action - Ms Zoe Lindo, UWO, Canada
  • Theme 3: Soil Biodiversity shaping the future of food systems - Ms Rosa Poch, ITPS
MODERATOR: Mr Eduardo Mansur, FAO

15:00 - 15:30 CEST

CLOSURE OF THE SYMPOSIUM

ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE: Super Organism, the hidden mycorrhizal fungal network - Ms Suzette Bousema in collaboration with Nadia Soudzilovskaia, Leiden University
RESULTS OF THE GSOBI POSTER COMPETITION
  • Conclusions of the Symposium and the way forward - Mr Ronald Vargas, FAO
  • Closing remarks - Ms Maria Helena Semedo, FAO
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