We would like to thank all the participants for their interest and engagement: thanks to all of them the contest has been a great success!

An online training workshop on ‘Reporting Soil Carbon Stock Change in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories’  took place at the perfect time – between the UN Climate Conference COP27– where the establishment of Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security was agreed upon, and the World Soil Day on 5 December.

The Permanent Missions to the United Nations of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of Namibia, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, invite you to a hybrid celebration of World Soil Day in New York.

Register here or follow live

Since 2012 the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) – the global union of soil scientists and soil science societies - has recognized outstanding world soil leaders who have translated soil science into action, by awarding the IUSS Distinguished Service Medal.

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