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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

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00153 Rome
Italy
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca



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From: Paula Triviņo (ECAF) <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:40 AM
Subject: World Soil Day - 5 December
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>

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.


http://ec.europa.eu/environment/soil/index_en.htm

 

 

Best regrads

 

Paula Triviņo-Tarradas

Agronomist

European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF)

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Tel:     +34 957 422099         

Fax:    +34 957 422168

Mob: +34 685 779862

Skype: paula.trivino.

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