Uppsala
The Department of Soil and Environment and SLU Future Food invites you to the World Soil Day seminar! The theme of the day is “Soils, Land use and Climate Change”. World Soil Day was initiated by the UN in 2014 and is held annually on 5 December. The aim is to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources.
The program includes inspiring talks about the soil quality status and trends in Swedish soils, international perspectives on climate change and land use, climate-smart management options and effects of urbanization on soil resources.
Recent research at the Department of Soil and Environment at SLU will be presented in a poster session, and all participants are welcome to contribute with a poster. The final panel discussion will highlight important aspects on conflicts in land use planning.
The seminar can be followed on videolinks:
09:30-10:00 Coffee/tea
10:00-10:10 Introduction
10:10-10:40 How can soils contribute to meeting global challenges? Natalia Rodriguez Eugenio, Global Soil Partnership
10:40-11:10 Combating land degradation by soil management, Erik Karltun
11:10-11:50 Status of Swedish soils, Jan Eriksson & Johan Stendahl
11:50-13:20 Lunch and poster session
13:20-13:40 Food production systems – land use, soil carbon and climate impact, Elin Röös
13:40-14:00 Interactions between soil organic carbon dynamics and soil structure – describing soil quality, Katharina Meurer
14:00-14:20 Rewetting of extracted peatlands and Sphagnum Farming, Sabine Jordan
14:20-14:50 Coffee/tea
14:50-15:10 Conflicting interests for use of agricultural soils, today and in future, Ingmar Messing
15:10-15:40 Panel discussion
Johan.Stendahl@slu.se, 018 - 67 38 01