CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
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Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow a message from the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) regarding the World Soil Day.
Amir Kassam
Moderator
Plant Production and Protection Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
Italy
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
Dear all,
In the hope that every day become more important for the soil, yesterday 5 December, was World Soil Day
Given the importance of soils, in 2002 the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) made a resolution to propose 5 December as World Soil Day.
The purpose is to celebrate the importance of soil as a critical component of global ecosystems and as a vital contributor to human wellbeing through its contribution to food, water and energy security in mitigating biodiversity loss and climate change.
Yesterday in Rome the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) decided to request the 38th Session of the FAO Conference (June 2013) to endorse the proposal to establish 5 December as World Soil Day, and to request the Director-General of FAO to formally request the UN Secretary-General to table the proposal at the UN General Assembly.
More information on this FAO initiative is in the attached document.
Best regrads
Paula Triviņo-Tarradas
Agronomist
European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF)
Tel: +34 957 422099
Fax: +34 957 422168
Mob: +34 685 779862
Skype: paula.trivino.

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