*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification * *Alert No. 39 (6 April 2015) * *1. * *World Congress on Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest Systems (WCCLF2015), Brasilia, July 12th to 17th 2015. *More information at the WCCLF website http://www.wcclf2015.com.br/ *2. **The 5th World Sustainability Forum: Transitioning toward Sustainability. 7–9 September 2015, Basel, Switzerland. * More information at: http://www.sciforum.net/conference/wsf-5 Registration: at http://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-5/page/travel *3. **A new paradigm for feeding the world in 2050: The sustainable intensification of crop production. ASABE Resource March/April (2015).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/Friedrich ResourceArticle.pdf> *4. **A renewed view of Conservation Agriculture and its evolution over the last decade. By Gonzalez-Sanchez et al. Soil & Tillage Research 146: 04-212 (2015).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/Gozalez-Sanchez-STILL A renewed view of CA in Spain.pdf> *5. **Understanding and enhancing soil biological health: The solution for reversing soil degradation. By Lehman et al. Sustainability 7:988-1027 (2015).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/Lehman et al 2015 Enhancing soil biol health.pdf> *6. **An analysis of the socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of Conservation Agriculture as a climate change mitigation activity in Australian dryland grain production. By Rochecouste et al. Agricultural Systems 135: 20-30 (2015).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/Rochecouste et al A socio-economic analysis of CA under climate change.pdf> *7. **Using microbial community interaction within plant microbiomes to advance an evergreen agriculture revolution. By Lucero et al. In: Sustainable agroecosystems in climate change mitigation, M. Oelbermann (ed.) pp. 183-204. Wageningen Academic Publishers (2014)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/Lucero et al Plant microbiomes-micr comm ints for evergreen agric rev BkCh.pdf>*.* *8. **Improvement of soil carbon sink by cover crops in olive orchards under semiarid conditions. Influence of the type of soil and weed. By Marquez-Garcia et al. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 11 (2);335-346 (2013)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/Marquez-Guerra-SJAR CURRO.pdf>*.* *9. **Meta-analysis on atmospheric carbon capture in Spain through the use of Conservation Agriculture. By Gonzalez-Sanchez et al. Soil & Tillage Research 122: 52-60 (2012).* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/Meta-Analysis Gonzalez-Sanzhez-STILL3011 Autor copy.pdf> *10. * *Soil management system and short-term CO2 emissions in a clayey soil in southern Spain. By Carbonell-Bonjollo et al. Science of the Total Environment 409: 2929-2935 (2011)* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/CarbonelBonjolo-STOTEN12568.pdf>*.* *11. * *From the roots up: How agroecology can feed Africa. Global Justic Now. February 2015.* <ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/Data/agp/Friedrich/Alert 39/agroecology-report-from-the-roots-up-web-version.pdf> *12. * *Up-dating Conservation Agriculture Data Base in AquaStat, FAO. * The CA land area data base is updated periodically based on the feedback received from our regular sources of information and is posted in AquaStat. The latest figures can be seen at the FAO CA-Website at ( http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/6c.html). *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca --------- To subscribe to the CA-CoP-L list, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] leaving the subject line blank and placing only the one-line message: ‘*SUBSCRIBE CA-CoP-L Name Surname*’ in the message part without any further text such as an address, etc. To unsubscribe from the CA-CoP-L list, send an e-mail message to [log in to unmask] leaving the subject line blank and placing only the one-line message: '*SIGNOFF CA-CoP-L*' in the message part without any further text such as a name, address, etc. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CA-Cop-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(CA-Cop-L,SIGNOFF);