SOILS WITHIN THE POST-2015 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
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https://doi.org/10.54652/rsf.2016.v1.i1.280Keywords:
soils, political advocacy, sustainable development goals, UNCCD, UNCBD, UNFCCCAbstract
UDK 631.4:502.1
Soils are considered across the Rio Conventions and while some advances have been made in the past two decades, implementation remains lacking and soil-related issues persist. This calls for a more integrated approach for the implementation of the Conventions. Similarly, soils will play a key role to achieve the post-2015 development agenda and can be found across the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This cross-cutting role is not being sufficiently acknowledged in the negotiations. Putting soils on the policy agenda will depend on a major shift in the discussion to recognize that soils underpin a wide range of services and should, therefore, be protected for future generations. Concerted efforts for advocacy within the post-2015 development agenda need to focus on keeping soils on the agenda and on making proposals for the effective implementation and monitoring of the SDGs.
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