*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow details of the Webinar on “RECSOIL: Recarbonization of
global soils”, 17 June 2020, 15:00 - 16:30 CEST, hosted by FAO.

Apologies for any cross-posting.
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*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

*Global CA-CoP*

e-mail: [log in to unmask]

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


*Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative
sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical
application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked
principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance
(no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with
all other farm operations including harvesting);  (ii) permanent
maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops);
and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally
and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations
involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops),
along with other complementary good agricultural production and land
management practices. *









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*Webinar on "RECSOIL: Recarbonization of global soils"*

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FAO's Global Soil Partnership is pleased to invite you to its webinar on
"RECSOIL: Recarbonization of global soils".
The webinar will discuss the *feasibility of moving the SOC agenda into
action* and *how RECSOIL can contribute to it.*

Details of the event
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*Agenda*

*15:00 - 15:15 | OPENING REMARKS*

·         *Dr Qu Dongyu*, FAO Director-General

·         *Mr Ibrahim Thiaw*, Executive Secretary, United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification

·         *H.E. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez*, Minister of Environment and
Energy of Costa Rica



*15:15 - 15:25 | Status and challenges of global soil organic carbon
sequestration* – *Prof. Rattan Lal*, Distinguished University professor of
Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration
Center, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

*15:25 - 15:35 | Is soil organic carbon sequestration really feasible? How
to scale it up?* *Prof. Pete Smith*, Professor of Soils and Global Change,
Aberdeen University and Science Director of Scotland’s ClimateXChange

*15:35 - 15:45 | Soil organic carbon sequestration: experience from the
ground*, *Ms Maria Beatriz Giraudo, *Farmer from Argentina

*15:45 - 15:55 | Unlocking the potential of soil organic carbon: RECSOIL*, *Ms
Rosa Cuevas/**Mr** Ronald Vargas, FAO*

*15:55 - 16:25 | PANEL SESSION* - Moving the SOC agenda into action:

·         *H.E. Aslak Brun*, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Norway
to FAO (tbc)

·         *Ms Arianna Giuliodori*, Secretary General, World Farmers
Association

·         *Mr Eric Fernandes**, *Global Lead, Technology-innovation-Climate
Smart Agriculture, World Bank Group

·         *Forlin*, Policy officer, DG Clima, European Commission

·         *Mr Barney Debnam, *Strategy Lead Agriculture at Microsoft



*16:25 - 16:30* | *CONCLUSION*, *Ms Maria Helena Semedo*, Deputy Director
General Climate and Natural Resources, FAO


Moderator: *Mr Eduardo Mansur*, Director Land and Water Division, FAO

Register here
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*More information on how to access the webinar will be sent shortly.
*Background*


Increased soil organic carbon (SOC) has been identified as one of the most
cost-effective options for climate change adaptation and mitigation, as
well as combating desertification, land degradation and food insecurity by
the IPCC’s special report on climate change and land. *Maintaining existing
SOC stocks* and *enhancing SOC sequestration* through *sustainable soil
management (SSM) *practices constitute a feasible solution to *offset a
portion of global emissions* while providing multiple benefits for the
*environment,
people and the economy*. While there is substantial scientific evidence
that soils could play an important role in the current global challenges,
there are still some uncertainty and risks for moving into action and scale
up. FAO and its Global Soil Partnership (GSP) have established "*RECSOIL:
Recarbonization of global soils*
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as an initiative to move the SOC agenda into action using the best tools
and technologies available while being aware of the associated
uncertainties.
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