*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management* Dear Subscribers, Please seen herebelow the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative Newsletter - November 202. Apologies for any cross-posting. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* *Global CA-CoP* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture *Conservation Agriculture is an ecological approach to regenerative sustainable agriculture and ecosystem 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).* *These practices are complemented with other good agricultural production and land management practices.* *Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all continents*. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 06:00 Subject: GSBI Newsletter - November 2020 To: <[log in to unmask]> November 2020 Newsletter First ever report on Global Soil Biodiversity to be released! Thanks to all of you who contributed. The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001oOdPcJeYBzII3SLV1KG8wJBSGRR2RPyPAiFTJTICKPOPwy8bPvSq9cKVe4lEZT6Gr7-pcznABatWjfh5JGFtXFW0ArBmzrxNc0PWtUPNfr8_0D9iKakeO6lkkD7NqpZLUsIUweP9zUwiBipHPiuBmKJLcXkekI17qrtK0MYa0sU=&c=QKrxm0BVHALQd7M5RfyFpqdyNCYQGu0sxJG6E0fi72UMcJdH7Cno4g==&ch=GYb5MvFGI9bq7At_ThLUMBRFB3hx8ln0XJq_8b47v1qwQuMFvrcJCA==>, with other organizations including the Global Soil Partnership, were invited to contribute to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) report on the “State of Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity: Status, Challenges, and Potentialities” called for by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The official launch of the report will be 4 December 2020 from 14:00-15:15 CET. 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