The virtual Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, ran April 19-22, 2021. It aimed to highlight the role of soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in tackling environmental problems, and drive actions towards the implementation of the World Soil Charter and Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management. It included worldwide presenters, from scientists and practitioners, NGO representatives, civil society, indigenous peoples, local communities, to land users.
In particular we are highlighting the panel on “Soil biodiversity and the stabilization of carbon in soil.” Interest in the potential for soil to store carbon is high, but our fundamental understanding of the controls on soil carbon accumulation and loss remains poor. In this webinar panelists consider some recent advances in this topic, focusing on new understanding and theories on the stabilization of soil carbon and how it is influenced by soil biodiversity and modified by land use and climate change.
Panelists:
- Gerrit Angst (Czech Academy of Sciences)
- Colin Averill (ETH)
- Kate Buckeridge (Luxembourg Inst. Science & Tech.)
- Cynthia Kallenbach (McGill Univ.)
Moderated by Bruce Hungate (Northern Arizona University).
Additional symposium resources and recordings can be found here.