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SOIL BIODIVERSITY PROVIDES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Links between the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) and the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Professor Diana H. Wall, Science Chair, GSBI School of Global Environmental Sustainability Colorado State University, USA. SOIL BIODIVERSITY PROVIDES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES.

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SOIL BIODIVERSITY PROVIDES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

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  1. Links between the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) and the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Professor Diana H. Wall, Science Chair, GSBI School of Global Environmental Sustainability Colorado State University, USA

  2. SOIL BIODIVERSITY PROVIDES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

  3. ABOUT THE GLOBAL SOIL BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE • Scientific effort for all lands • 58 Countries, 487 members on listserve

  4. ABOUT THE GLOBAL SOIL BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE • Promote translation of expert knowledge on soil biodiversity and ecosystem services into sustaining soils • Global Soil Biodiversity Assessment (GSBA)

  5. Timing of the GSBI: why now? • Rapid progressing policy CBD UNCCD

  6. Advances in Soil Biodiversity Research • Rapid development of science Number of items published in each year: ‘Soil Biodiversity’

  7. Why a GSBI now? • Threats to soil biodiversity • Degraded soils affect soil biodiversity & services • To manage and protect soil biodiversity to enhance ecosystem services • Address vulnerability of soil biodiversity & services

  8. LINKING GLOBAL SOIL BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE AND THE GLOBAL SOIL PARTNERSHIP IPCC Food Security Climate Change Soil Security Desertification Biodiversity CBD UNCCD

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