30 July, town of Novoivanovskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Oblast – Nemchinovka Federal Research Centre hosted a research-to-practice conference on “Carbon Neutrality: a New Trend in Global Economy” at its experimental site where testing and research activities took off as far back as a hundred years ago. PhosAgro Group and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) organized the event.

The Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (PA) constitutes the main venue where all GSP partners come together to make important decisions about the global soil agenda. The 9^th PA of the Global Soil Partnership will take place virtually from 8 to 10 September.

If you have organized an outstanding WSD event for the 2020 campaign ‘Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity’, don’t miss the chance to win the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award, edition 2021.  The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) is pleased to invite all participants to last year campaign to apply: individuals, institutions, NGOs, academia, universities & colleges, private companies, or other entities.

The entries for the Glinka World Soil Prize are officially open. 

In the framework of Eurosoil 2021 "Connecting People and Soils" to be held from 23 to 27 August 2021, the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership will organize the workshop "Global soil governance: Status and future perspectives" on 25 August 2021 from 11:30 to 13:00 CEST in a virtual format. This event aims to reflect on the work done so far and what still needs to be done to ensure healthy soils for all in the coming years.