soils in the landscape - european soil...
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www.ciat.cgiar.orgSince 1967 / Science to cultivate change
Soils in the Landscape1st
European Soil Partnership Plenary Meeting 21‐22 May 2014, JRC, Ispra, Italy
Deborah BossioInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
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“…Promote and strengthen targeted soil research … to improve governance of the limited soil resources of the planet … to
guarantee … a food secure world and other ecosystem goods and services”
• Transdisciplinary
• Demand driven
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One Ecosystem in the
Anthropocene
• We live on one planet
• Surrounded by a paper thin layer of biosphere
• One tiny sliver of this layer is the soil
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Three Landscapes• Global sustainability agenda
• Political economies • Research networks and Capacity
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Global Sustainability Agenda• A zero hunger world
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation • A land degradation neutral world
“Humanity is on a collision course with nature.”
California Gov. Jerry Brown
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Global Sustainability Agenda• Post 2015 agenda – SDG’s & land degradation
– Planetary Boundaries, Food Systems, Secure Ecosystems and
biodiversity and ensure good management of
Water, Oceans, Forests
and Natural Resources
Operationalizing land degradation goals will require multiple interdisciplinary research efforts at multiple scales, to
support governments in goal setting, financing, metrics and to guide implementation
***Significant potential to support nascent sustainability agendas in developing countries***
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Political Economies• Strong feature of this century is rapidity
of land use change
driven by large investment – how can this be sustainable?
• Follow the money to the users who will create impact with soils research –
soil processes, fertility, variability, ecosystem services
• Emerging feature is the dominance of globalization, income, and international trade
as major drivers of land use change
“This globalization has major implications for
governance…and adoption of sustainable practices”
Eric Lambin 2014 GLPOSM
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Water Food Energy• Quantifying and valuing clean water from Sustainable Land
Management to support Payment for Ecosystem Services• Negotiating tradeoffs between food and clean waterUpper Tana Basin of Kenya
Mt Kenya and Aberdares National Parks• Provides 90% of Nairobi’s water • 70% Kenya’s hydropowerUsers are a coalition of hydro and water supply companies, public and private
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Growth Corridors & Green Growth• Large internal and external
investment
• Commercial agriculture, mining, hydropower
• Massive environmental change
• Will this development be sustainable and ‘green’
with
benefits equitable?
Research to help manage land tenure, soil variability, maintain
soil health and ecosystem services
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Resilience Building“Resilience is the ability of states, organisations
and individuals to cope with
and quickly recover from shocks or stresses resulting from fragile contexts,
crises, violent conflict and extreme natural hazards, and to constantly adapt
to changing circumstances and transform where it is necessary to
guarantee
sustainable development”GIZ – NICD, Network International Cooperation in Conflicts and Disasters, 2013
Users GIZ, USAID, WFP, Oxfam, World Vision, GEF (!), CARE, CRS…Horn of Africa, South Sudan, Fragile States…
Building natural capital is fundamental, measuring and monitoring a clear challenge
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Climate Smart AgricultureSignificant momentum and investment, consortium of
major international NGO’s (Oxfam, Catholic Relief Services, World Vision +) promised that 25 million smallholders will
have adopted CSA by 2025
IPCC Climate Change
Projections and strategies made without site specific soils information
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Networks and Capacity Where’s the Soils?
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Research Networks• Future Earth the global research
platform providing the knowledge and support to accelerate our
transformations to a sustainable worldGlobal Land Project +++
• CGIARResearch Program Water, Land and
Ecosystems, dedicated to sustainable development of agricultural
ecosystemsFlagship Revitalizing Degraded Land ++
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Capacity Building CIAT TSBF to Soils Research Area
• Degree Training - multiple disciplines • Institution Building – technical support, laboratories• Shared research - funding mechanisms
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Messages
• Europe already has an enormous impact on soil management and land use across the globe
• European Soil Science community vitally important for achieving our shared sustainability agenda, you have the resources and quality science
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Three landscapes for ESP action
• Global Sustainability Agenda ‐‐
produce intelligence on and influence
emerging priorities and implementation SDG’s, IPBES
• Political Economies ‐‐
engage in on‐going trends with users
of research who will affect land use and soil management,
including with e.g. Economics of Land Degradation
• Research Networks & Capacity Building – join networks and increase targeted international cooperation funding for soils to foster synergies that enhance research
Soils in the Landscape“…Promote and strengthen targeted soil research … to improve governance of the limited soil resources of the planet … to guarantee … a food secure world and other ecosystem goods and services”One Ecosystem�in the�AnthropoceneThree LandscapesGlobal Sustainability AgendaGlobal Sustainability AgendaPolitical EconomiesWater Food EnergyGrowth Corridors & Green GrowthResilience BuildingClimate Smart AgricultureNetworks and Capacity�Where’s the Soils?Research NetworksCapacity Building MessagesThree landscapes for ESP action