Spatial assessment of the mapping and monitoring of soil organic carbon
ICRAF Scientists, Leigh Winowiecki and Tor Vagen, present on the application of systematic mapping and monitoring techniques for assessing Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), highlighting the utility for the Sustainable Development Goals, and the United Nations Conventions: CBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD, at the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon: http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/soil-organic-carbon-symposium/en/ The Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon (GSOC17) is a scientific meeting, held over three days at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, on 21-23 March 2017 with 300-500 participants representing all geographical regions and countries of the world. The Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon will contribute to the efforts of ending hunger and malnutrition, climate change adaptation, reversing land degradation, and overall sustainable development while linking sustainable soil management and climate change mitigation and adaptation.”
