Photo contest on soil pollution
On the occasion of the Symposium, the GSOP18 Organizing Committee launched a Soil Pollution photo contest to increase awareness of polluted soils. By showing the sources of soil pollution and making some of the pollutants actually visible in pictures,the photo contest encouraged people to reflect on this global issue: the pollution and contamination of our soils should not be a hidden reality any more.
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Soil pollution from household waste
©FAO/Stephanie Reiter
People throwing household garbage out of their houses, Jerusalem centre, Israel, 100 x 80 2018.
It should all be green
©Curllan Bhola
Dumping of used tires and other unwanted items within the Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi) reserve, West Indies, 100 x 80, 2018.
Oil spill pollution
©Achim Constantin
Soil contamination with crude oil liberated by an inadequate closed extraction well in the desert of Talara in the north of Perù, 100 x 80, 2018.
Removal of radioactive materials
©Takuro Shinano
Top soil removal carried out in a wide area in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, 100 x 80, 2018.
Drilling work in progress
©Boudewijn Fokke
DDT contaminated soil investigation in Lâm Hoá site, Quang Binh, Ho Chi Minh trail, Viet nam 100 x 80, 2018.
Soil pollution by solid waste
©Tamara Leah
Solid garbage was used to minimize the risk of massive soil erosion, outskirts of Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 100 x 80, 2018.
Tailing, Pacococha
©Achim Constantin
Heavy metal leaching from orphan tailings from a former zinc, lead and copper mine, deposited close to the Pacococha lake, Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes, Perù 100 x 80, 2018.
Contaminants in the soil matrix
©Paola Adamo
Organic and inorganic colloid migration in porous media enhances the mobility of metal contaminants in the former ILVA iron–steel industrial plant of Bagnoli, Campania Region, Italy, 100 x 80, 2018.
The awarded photographers had their photos used in promotional material during the GSOP18 and showcased in UN FAO online platforms. Their photo were exposed in the FAO Atrium during the GSOP18 Photo Exhibit.
This exhibition tells a visual narrative of the daily challenge that people face globally in combating soil pollution. Sustainable soil management practices minimize the release of pollutants in soils and are an approach to remediate polluted sites in the future. Healthy, unpolluted soils are the key towards global food security and food safety.