Soils, Food Security and Sustainable Land Management

Soils are key to sustaining life on Earth. Erosion and sealing threaten this essential resource, which is non-renewable in human time-scales. Soils are local and at the very same time sustainable land management is one of the major global issues for sustainable development in general and food security specifically.

How may the upcoming Sustainable Development Goals contribute to soil protection? What is the potential of the FAO Technical Panel on Soils and the EU-Land Communication which is in the making?

The Tutzing conference is a further step in the process the Global Soil Forum is stimulating to enhance progress in the transition from unsustainable soils and land management into sustainable use.

Germanwatch Policy Director Christoph Bals is among the speakers of this conference.