Policy and enabling environments for soil health Working Group
Objectives
Identify strategic policy opportunities and entry points for soil health
Take the Soil Health Resolution forward - ensure that soil health is a core thematic priority within the climate agenda, NDCs and LDN goals
Carve a clear roadmap for action on soil health both within global and national level policy frameworks
Deliverables
Case studies: Share examples to demonstrate local impact and benefits of integrating soil health into national policy
Events: Identification, submission, and organization of side events throughout the year, in the lead up to COP28 and beyond
Policy briefs: Develop recommendations to include soil organic carbon in Member States’ NDCs
Webinars: Provide expertise on adaptation and policy routes - identify processes to integrate soil health in the climate agenda
2023 Membership
Felice Amoo, Green-Up Solutions
Francis Bosah, Health of Soil International
Edoardo Antonio Costantini, International Union of Soil Sciences
Bocar Diagana, International Fertilizer Development Committee
Cecile Duprez-Naudy, Moët Hennessy
Martina Fleckenstein, World Wildlife Fund International
Sarah Garry, British Society of Soil Science
Vincent Gitz, CIFOR-ICRAF
Dr. Irene Heuser, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
Roël Dire Houdanon, Land and Health Association
Seth Itzkan, Soil4Climate
Harko Koster, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
Wendy Lu McGill, International Biochar Initiative
Giacomo Moroni, Moët Hennessy
Olga Pantchenko, Rabobank
Florence Reed, Sustainable Harvest International
Claudia Schepp, 4 per 1000 Initiative
Annette Schneegans, European Comission
Stefanie Siebert, European Compost Network
Monika Skowrońska, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Tefera Tadesse, Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Leigh Ann Winowiecki, CIFOR-ICRAF
Kelly Witkowski, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture