NETSOB WG-2 | Best Practices to Conserve Soil Biodiversity

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The overall objective of this document is the development of a manuscript that identifies, explains, and demonstrates good management practices to conserve soil biodiversity and its ecological functions, and limits soil biodiversity loss. The manual will:

introduce a set of principles, practices, and case studies that address the conservation of biodiversity in consideration of the main threats to soil biodiversity;
present a range of soil conservation practices to maintain or restore soil biodiversity;
outline the mechanisms by which proposed best practices work while considering the historic land use and long-term plan for the land base;
provide case studies across a wide range of farming types, geographical regions, soil types, and primary threats and stressors.

In doing so, this document also links to other Working Group agendas within NETSOB, specifically on establishing baseline biodiversity data (Working Group 1), incentivising best practices among land users (Working Group 3), and the development and implementation of governmental and intergovernmental policies and agendas (Working Group 4).

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* 1. Personal information:

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* 2. Gender:

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* 3. Region of the case study:

Africa

Asia and the Pacific

Europe and Central Asia

Latin America and the Caribbean

Near East and North Africa

North America

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* 4. Country of the case study:

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* 5. Please select one Best Practice from the list below to which your case study applies:

2.1.1 Reduced, conservation, and no-tillage systems

2.1.2 Reductions to mechanized ‘traffic’, compaction, and soil sealing

2.1.3 Use of cover crops and mulching to increase moisture, reduce erosion, reduce temperature increase

2.1.4 Physical configurations (terracing, hedgerows, shelterbelts) to reduce erosion/fire

2.1.5 Integrated crop-livestock systems; alternative grazing strategies/practices i.e., multi paddock systems, prescriptive grazing

2.1.6 Soil removal and movement of urban soils

2.2.1 Use of cover crops, inter / multi/poly cropping, rotational cropping systems

2.2.2 Organic and topsoil amendments, compost, biochar, on-site availability of agri-inputs from crop residues and manure, etc.

2.2.3 Biodegradable hydrogels (from bio-organic sources that act similar to SOM in water holding capacity)

2.3.1 Bioinoculants and biofertilizers

2.3.2 Mycotrophic cropping and symbiotic nutrient uptake crops

2.3.3 Phytoremediation and mycoremediation

2.3.4 Maintenance of soil moisture to avoid irrigation-induced salinization and sodification (e.g., biodegradable hydrogels)

2.3.5 Beyond nitrogen fertilizers and addressing soil acidification

2.4.1 Use of poly-cropping/intercropping, and rotational cropping systems

2.4.2 Use of biological control agents, beneficial organisms and bioinoculants

2.4.3 Micronutrient augmentation

2.5.1 Reclamation of impacted sites (mining/polluted etc.)

2.5.2 Land use conversion to agriculture (from industrial/urban vs natural ecosystems)

2.5.3 Reclamation of urban spaces

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How does your case study link to the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
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1. No Poverty

2. Zero Hunger

3. Good Health and Well-Being

4. Quality Education

5. Gender Equality

6. Clean Water and Sanitation

7. Affordable and Clean Energy

8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

10. Reduced Inequalities

11. Sustainable Cities and Communities

12. Responsible Consumption and Production

13. Climate Action

14. Life Below Water

15. Life on Land

16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

17. Partnerships for the Goals

NETSOB WG-2 | Best Practices to Conserve Soil Biodiversity

Case Studies Submission Portal

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* 1. Personal information:

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* 2. Gender:

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* 3. Region of the case study:

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* 4. Country of the case study:

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* 5. Please select one Best Practice from the list below to which your case study applies:

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* 6. How does your case study link to the UN Sustainable Development Goals? Check all that apply:

* 6. How does your case study link to the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
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