*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification*
Dear Subscribers,
Tom Goddard, Senior Policy Advisor at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry has
brought the following to my notice for sharing with CA-CoP subscribers.
It relates to the UN Global Compact organisation focussed on getting the
corporate world involved in sustainability.
I hope some of you will take the survey which takes about 20 minutes to
complete.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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From: Tom Goddard <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 12:06 PM
Subject: Sustainable soil management survey
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Amir,
The following notice is posted in a Sustainable Agriculture group of
LinkedIn. I thought you would like to see it and perhaps take the survey
(note – survey closes on Aug 13).
It is about the UN Global Compact <https://www.unglobalcompact.org/>
organisation
which appears to be focused on getting the corporate world involved in
sustainability.
The blurb on the survey is below. At their homepage they say they engaged
a lot of soil specialists to develop the strategy and questionnaire.
Hopefully some of the CA-CoP colleagues were involved…(?!) There appears
to be no mention of FAO or other international agency interested in soil
conservation/management.
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This is the LinkedIn article URL:
https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/1691777-6034235150387212292
Take part in a UN survey on what is sustainable soil management
Building on the Global Compact’s Food and Agriculture Business (FAB)
Principles, the Global Compact is facilitating the development of voluntary
Business Principles for Sustainable Soil Management (Soil Principles).
All stakeholders are invited to take an active part in the development of
the Soil Principles by participating in the online survey. The online
consultation will be open for feedback until 13 August 2015.
Here is the link to the survey introduction page at the UN Global Compact:
site:
https://www.unglobalcompact.org/take-action/action/sustainable-soil-management?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UN+Global+Compact+Bulletin+-+August+2015+Subscribers&utm_content=UN+Global+Compact+Bulletin+-+August+2015+Subscribers+CID_80246f1233f325de96d1919d3f2e56f0&utm_source=Monthly%20Bulletin&utm_term=participating%20in%20the%20online%20survey
I skimmed through the survey and see there is a page of questions on each
of their eight Principles, followed by a page asking general questions
about the participant profile.
Principle 1. Protect soil from physical and chemical degradation including
erosion.
Principle 2. Restore soils on degraded and marginal lands.
Principle 3. Maintain soil-based ecosystem services including water
availability and quality.
Principle 4. Enhance the productivity of soils in accordance with their
natural capacity.
Principle 5. Develop extension services, knowledge systems and promote
innovation.
Principle 6. Promote human rights, land tenure and access, and the right
to a sustaining livelihood.
Principle 7. Reduce food loss and waste.
Principle 8. Communicate the importance of soil, strengthen public-private
partnerships and ensure access to markets.
I think it would be a good awareness item for CA-CoP. I completed the
survey and it seems to be focussed on the private sector, based upon the
contributor profile questions at the end. I am not sure how many
non-corporate respondents they want but, they can always filter out those
based upon how the profile questions are answered.
You may also want to look at their upcoming events page for items such as
their August 14 webinar, "A framework to advance sustainable food and
agriculture systems."
https://www.unglobalcompact.org/take-action/events
Best regards,
Tom
Tom Goddard
Senior Policy Advisor
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
#206, 7000 - 113 <7000%20-%20113> St., Edmonton
Alberta, Canada T6H 5T6
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cell: 780-218-4143
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