Global CA-CoP CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management


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Please seen herebelow the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative Newsletter - November 202.

Apologies for any cross-posting.

Amir Kassam

Moderator

Global CA-CoP

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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.

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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 06:00
Subject: GSBI Newsletter - November 2020
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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, 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.
Please join us for the first webinar titled "First Global Soil Biodiversity Assessment: From science to policy - Part I" will be held on November 12, 2020 at 8am - 9:30am MT. You can learn more about the entire webinar series on the GSBI website.
by Dr. Andre Franco, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, USA

Dr. Franco writes about a new paper in Functional Ecology.
Have something you want to share with the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative community? Consider sharing your newest paper, some exciting soil biodiversity news, or information about your favorite taxa with the GSBI community by contributing to our blog Beneath Our Feet!

The Association of Applied Biologists virtual conference on Advances in Nematology is 15 December 2020. Abstracts are due 12 November 2020.
Are you organizing a conference that has been affected by COVID-19 that Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative members should know about? Has a conference that you are organizing been re-postponed since you last let us know? You can reach out to us at [log in to unmask] to let us know, and we will help keep the soil biodiversity community up-to-date. For a list of affected meetings check out our website.
GSB3 Postponed
Stay tuned for more information on the 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference.
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