ZEF-director emphasizes economic importance of soils at Eschborn Dialogue
At this year's 'Eschborn Dialogue', an event organized by GIZ on June 18-19, 2013 and attended by around 400 experts from politics, business and industry, science and civil society, ZEF-director Joachim von Braun gave a key note on 'The economic importance of soils' during a forum on 'The competition for soil: are we losing ground?'
Von Braun conveyed four main messages:
- The cost of soil and land degradation is high, not well known, and crucial to global human well-being and food security. The cost of action (sustainable land management) is much smaller than the cost of inaction.
- The soil and land problems are global, thus an assessment and actions related to public goods have to be global.
- Climate change makes land use and soil issues more urgent, emphasizing productivity risks and opportunities for re-carbonization.
- Governance of soils and property rights of (small) farmers are urgent global issues.
You can learn more about ZEF’s research on “Economics of land degradation”.
Contact: Alisher Mirzabaev