Webinar on “Health of salt-affected soil” | 21 November 2023, 16:00 – 17:30 CET
The International Network of Salt-Affected Soils of the Global Soil Partnership is pleased to invite you to the webinar “Health of salt-affected soil”, an engaging online event bringing together experts, researchers, and practitioners from around the world to share their knowledge and experience, discuss this important issue and promote the adoption of a framework of specific indicators to describe the health status, pressures and the effectivity of remediation and restoration management practices of salt-affected soils.
21 November 2023, 16:00 – 17:30 CET | RECORDING
The webinar will take place online on Tuesday 21 November 2023, 16:00 – 17:30 (Central European Time). It is the first in a series of webinars organized by the International Network of Salt-Affected Soils of the Global Soil Partnership, an initiative which is aimed at awareness raising on sustainable management of salt-affected soils for food security, agricultural sustainability and climate change mitigation.
During this interactive webinar, the leading experts on salt-affected soils will present their vision and discuss the relevant aspects of salt-affected soils, taking into account, among others:
- Evolution on the paradigm related to soils as an environmental resource.
- The concept of soil health and its application to salt-affected soils.
- New combined risks to the health of salt-affected irrigated soils, including emerging pollutants in irrigation waters and the possibility of affecting the human health.
- Elaboration and standardization of a particular set of indicators to describe dynamically the salt-affected soils’ health.
- Procedures and technologies focused to improve the health of salt-affected soils and water reuse and availability.
- The possibility of adopting the DPSIR (drivers, pressures, state, impact, and response) approach to the management of salt-affected soils in a sustainable way.
PANELISTS:
Edoardo A.C. Costantini, Italy, International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), President
Elke J. Noellemeyer, Argentina, International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), Chair of Commission 2.5 on Soil Chemical, Physical and Biological Interfacial Reactions
Wang Fei, China, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC), Deputy Director
Miriam Ostinelli, Argentina, Global Soil Laboratory Network, Chair
Sanjay Arora, India, International Union of Soil Sciences, Vice-chair of Commission 3.6 on Salt-Affected Soils
Mohammed Hachicha, Tunisia, Institute of Agricultural Research and Higher Education
Maria Konyuskova, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, rapporteur of the roundtable
Jorge Batlle-Sales, Spain, International Network of Salt-Affected Soils, Chair, moderator of the roundtable