Children's booklet contest on salt-affected soils: RESULTS
Salty soil adventures - A collection of ten children’s stories from around the world
In the framework of World Soil Day 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , the International Union of Soil Sciences and the Global Soil Partnership launched a scientific children's booklet contest on salt-affected soils with the motto "Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity". This is the collection of some of the best entries with a regionally balanced approach, in order to effectively reach children from all around the world, and raise awareness for the urgency of fighting salinization and sodification processes.
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In the framework of WSD 2021, FAO, IUSS and GSP are launching a scientific children's booklet contest on salt-affected soils with the motto "Halt soil salinization, Boost soil productivity".
IUSS and FAO's GSP received 27 books from 14 countries for the contest, which was very successful in giving visibility to the importance of the fight against soil salinization and raising awareness on the urgency of protecting healthy soils.
Well-wishings to the winners and finalists and a heartfelt thank you to all participants!
And the winners are...
- The first prize goes to "The Beetles: a Salty Soil Journey" by Teresa Porter, Franco López Campomane, Lewis Fausak from University of British Columbia, Canada;
- The second prize goes to "Earth's Extraordinary Soil for All Living Organisms. Learning, thinking and acting!" by Marcela Bianchessi da Cunha Santino, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil;
- The third prize goes to "Why can't crops be grown in the fields?" by Song Zikang, China University of Geosciences, People's Republic of China.
The ten finalists
1st PRIZE: The Beetles. A Salty Soil Journey
Teresa Porter, Franco López Campomane, Lewis Fausak - University of British Columbia (Canada)
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2nd Prize: Earth's Extraordinary Soil for All Living Organisms. Learning, thinking and acting!
Marcela Bianchessi da Cunha Santino - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (Brazil)
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3rd PRIZE: Why can't crops be grown in the fields?
Song Zikang - China University of Geosciences (People's Republic of China)
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Get out of here, salinity, leave my soil alone
Adriana de Fátima and Rivaldo Vital (Brazil)
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Solinho in the Caatinga. Halt soil salinization, Boost soil productivity
Bruna Arruda, Marcia Vidal Candido Frozza, Nayana Alves Pereira, Clécia Cristina Barbosa Guimarães, Aldeir Ronaldo Silva, Antonio Carlos de Azevedo, Tiago Ramos de Azevedo, Josiane Millani Lopes Mazzetto, Wilfrand Ferney Bejarano Herrera, Beatriz Rosa Chiodeli, Cyan Turner (Brazil)
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Soil salinization. Halt soil salinity, Boost soil productivity
Peng Bo, Huang Hua Xiang, Tang Boyu, Wang Yang, Wu Ke, Zhang Jiatong (People's Republic of China)
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Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity - The saline-alkaline soil in aliens' eyes
Wencan Zhang (People's Republic of China)
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Recognition is given to the following entries..
The adventures of Lumbricus and Xenylla on the saline soil
Gabriela Silvia Fernandez - INTA AER Perico- UNJu (Argentina)
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Say NO to soil salinization
Hong Kwong - Heilongjiang University; XiaoYu Xia - Sun Yat-sen University; MengLu Chen - Shenzhen University; JieXi Li - Henan University of Economics and Law; Shi Shen - University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing Normal University; Shu Pang - Hong Kong Baptist University, United International College (People's Republic of China)
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The fun soil profiles in: How to reduce soil salinization to increase productivity
Adriana Ribon (Brazil)
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Halt soil salinization, Boost soil productivity. Soil salinity in the classroom
Cristina Lull Noguera (Spain)
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