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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable agriculture, land use and ecosystem management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the European Soil Data Centre Newsletter No.131 (Jun
2021).

Apologies for any cross-posting.

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

*Global CA-CoP*

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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture


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From: PANAGOS Panos (JRC-ISPRA) <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 at 08:44
Subject: European Soil Data Centre Newsletter No.131 (Jun 2021) -
https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/newsletter/202105.pdf
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ESDAC: http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu     ESDAC Newsletter No *131* (June
2021)

Soil Organic Matter (SOM) fractions
<https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-organic-matter-som-fractions>

Soil carbon sequestration is seen as an effective means to draw down
atmospheric CO2, but at the same time warming may accelerate the loss of
extant soil carbon. By separating soil carbon into particulate and
mineral-associated organic matter (POM and MAOM, respectively) aids in the
understanding of its vulnerability to climate change and identification of
carbon sequestration strategies. Arable and coniferous forest soils contain
the largest and most vulnerable carbon stocks when cumulated at the
European scale. In a recent publication
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00744-x> in Nature Geoscience,
we show a lower carbon loss from mineral topsoils with climate change (2.5
± 1.2 PgC by 2080) than -previous estimates. Therefore, we urge the
implementation of coniferous forest management practices that increase
plant inputs to soils to offset POM losses and the adoption of best
manage­ment practices to avert the loss in arable soils.  Data are
available in ESDAC:

https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-organic-matter-som-fractions

Update of PERSAM tool
<https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/european-food-safety-authority-efsa-data-persam-software-tool>*
(new version v3.0.6)*

There is a new version v3.0.6 of the PERSAM tool that contains a small bug
fix: there were problems with starting the calculation for projects
imported using the ‘Import project(s)’ functionality. This is solved and
the issue does not occur anymore. The User Manual remains unchanged, so the
one for version v3.0.5 ap­plies. Check it out on the PERSAM page
<https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/european-food-safety-authority-efsa-data-persam-software-tool>.
PERSAM is used by regulatory offices and industry for predicting
environmental concentrations of pesticides in top-soil. In support of the
EFSA Guidance Document for pre­dicting environmental concentrations of
active substances of plant protection products in soil (EFSA, 2017
<https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4982>)

*European Joint Programme EJP—*Open calls
<https://ejpsoil.eu/research-projects/first-external-call-now-open/>

First external call is now open with a deadline *7.9.2021*. The objective
of this call is to foster holistic ag­ricultural (forestry soils are not
excluded) soil management practices which will assist in making a shift to
diversify farming to include a variety of sustainable and environmental
practices. Three topics addressed: a) SOC sequestration b) soil
biodiversity c) Improve sustainability, resilience, health and productivity
of soils. In addition an call is open for Visiting Scientists support
<https://ejpsoil.eu/visit-the-ejp-soil-ltes-labs/>: Targeting partnerships
and network within the EJP SOIL consortium to advance scientific joint work
on climate-smart agricultural soils (*deadline: 31.5.21*)

EUROSOIL 2021 <https://eurosoil-congress.com/>*  (virtual congress 23-27
August 2021)*

The objective of Eurosoil 2021 is to bring together, in a safe online
space, leading research scientists working on soil related topics and
stakeholders dealing with issues of public concern, such as soil
deg­radation and consequences of climatic changes. The important bridging
role of soil practitioners to translate scientific knowledge into practice
will be emphasised during the virtual edition of Eurosoil 2021. Early bird
registration deadline: *26.5.2021*

https://eurosoil-congress.com/

*SoilCare Final conference*

The SoilCare project will be holding its final conference on *June 24th
10.30-15.00 *(CET) with the aim of disseminating the findings of this
EU-funded project and inciting discussion surrounding with results and
policy recommendations.

Registration: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/soilcare

*More Details*

*Download the ESDAC Newsletter*: PDF Format
<http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/newsletter/202105.pdf>.
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