Celebración del Día Mundial del Suelo y Clausura del Año Internacional de Suelos 2015 "Suelos, una base sólida para la vida"
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Friday, 4 December 2015, 12:30 – 14:00
Sheikh Zayed Centre, FAO Headquarters, Rome
This event will be live webcast in: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/4013/icode/
FAO has the honour to invite you to "Soils, a solid ground for life", an event marking the 2015 World Soil Day and the closure of the 2015 International Year of Soils
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Agenda
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Event moderated by Ms. Marcela Villarreal, Director, Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, FAO
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12:30 - 12:40 |
Opening by Mr. José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO |
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Message from Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General (tbc) |
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12:40 - 12:50 |
“Healthy soils for a healthy life”: |
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- H.E. Mr. Alexander N. Tkachev, Minister of Agriculture, Russian Federation (video message) - Mr. Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director, Natural Capital, DG Environment, European Commission - Ms. Monique Barbut, UNCCD Executive Secretary (video message)
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12:50 - 13:00 |
Presentation of the outcomes of the International Year of Soils, H.E. Sompong Nimchuar, Permanent Representative of Thailand to FAO, Chair of the IYS Steering Committee
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13:00 - 13:05 |
IYS Video animation “Soils and the SDGs”
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13:05 - 13:15 |
Launch of the Status of the World’s Soil Resources Report, Mr. Luca Montanarella, Chair of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils
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13:15 - 13:25 |
Testimonies from IYS stakeholders
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13:25 - 13:40 |
Soils beyond 2015: using the IYS legacy, Mr. Moujahed Achouri, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO
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13:40 - 13:45 |
Family Farming, Soils and Pulses, the linkages between the International Years in FAO, H.E. Nadeem Riyaz, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to FAO, Co-Chair of the IYP Steering Committee
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13:45 - 13:55 |
Remarks by the Special Ambassadors for the International Year of Soils, Prof. Claire Chenu and Prof. Tekalign Mamo
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13:55 - 14:00 |
Closure of the event by Mr. Daniel J. Gustafson, Deputy Director-General Operations, FAO |
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Music especially composed for the International Year of Soils by the “Formidable Vegetable Sound System” will be played before the event starts. |
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/GSP/docs/wsd2015/wsd2015_NY.pdf
For more information visit the World Soil Day 2015 page and the FAO International Year of Soils home page.