5th Global Soil Security Conference Sessions
Monday July 21st
1. Reference Soils for Assessing Soil Condition and Health
Keywords and phrases: describing, identifying, relativity
2. Production Capital and Natural Capital of Soil
Keywords and phrases: budgets, risk, nature-positive, greenhouse gases
3. Cost Efficient and Scalable Indicators for Soil Condition and Health
Keywords and phrases: accessibility, robustness, commercial viability, transfer functions
4. Managing X, Y, Z to Enhance Soil Functioning
Keywords and phrases: X = water cycling, Y=biodiversity, Z=nutrient cycling
1. Reference Soils for Assessing Soil Condition and Health
Keywords and phrases: describing, identifying, relativity
2. Production Capital and Natural Capital of Soil
Keywords and phrases: budgets, risk, nature-positive, greenhouse gases
3. Cost Efficient and Scalable Indicators for Soil Condition and Health
Keywords and phrases: accessibility, robustness, commercial viability, transfer functions
4. Managing X, Y, Z to Enhance Soil Functioning
Keywords and phrases: X = water cycling, Y=biodiversity, Z=nutrient cycling
Tuesday July 22nd
1. Public Connectivity of Soil
Keywords and phrases: art, expression, making the connection
2. Soil Centric Policy to Achieve Soil Health and Security
Keywords and phrases: public policy, private policy, assessment frameworks, creating policy
3. Soil Contamination as a Threat to Soil Health and Security
Keywords and phrases: pesticides, metals, microplastics, PFAS
4. Soil Services Responding to Global Challenges
Keywords and phrases: nature positive, climate smart, regenerative agriculture, case studies
1. Public Connectivity of Soil
Keywords and phrases: art, expression, making the connection
2. Soil Centric Policy to Achieve Soil Health and Security
Keywords and phrases: public policy, private policy, assessment frameworks, creating policy
3. Soil Contamination as a Threat to Soil Health and Security
Keywords and phrases: pesticides, metals, microplastics, PFAS
4. Soil Services Responding to Global Challenges
Keywords and phrases: nature positive, climate smart, regenerative agriculture, case studies
Wednesday July 23rd A Focus on Agriculture
1. Introduction to Soil Security: What it is and why it’s Important.
Keywords and phrases: policy makers and producers perspectives
2. Education and Communication of Science Supporting Decision Makers and Land Managers
Keywords and phrases: knowledge gaps, benefit-relevant indicators, survey tools
3. Global (and Canadian) trends in Soil Security: Are we on the right path?
Keywords and phrases: practical (#IRL) examples, ideas to implement
4. Setting the Soil Security Research Agenda
Keywords and phrases: obtaining credible answers, defining the questions, setting priorities
5. On Farm Implementation
Keywords and phrases: How to make lasting change on the farm, strategies for success
Wrap up session exploring where do we go from here.
A call for abstracts is now open. Please visit here to submit an abstract for the conference.
1. Introduction to Soil Security: What it is and why it’s Important.
Keywords and phrases: policy makers and producers perspectives
2. Education and Communication of Science Supporting Decision Makers and Land Managers
Keywords and phrases: knowledge gaps, benefit-relevant indicators, survey tools
3. Global (and Canadian) trends in Soil Security: Are we on the right path?
Keywords and phrases: practical (#IRL) examples, ideas to implement
4. Setting the Soil Security Research Agenda
Keywords and phrases: obtaining credible answers, defining the questions, setting priorities
5. On Farm Implementation
Keywords and phrases: How to make lasting change on the farm, strategies for success
Wrap up session exploring where do we go from here.
A call for abstracts is now open. Please visit here to submit an abstract for the conference.