ECOMONDO 2024 – States general for soil health

III edition: opportunities for soil regeneration and climate neutrality: carbon farming and nature-based solutions. International session

07 november 2024

According to the European Soil Observatory, about 60 to 70% of soils in the EU are currently likely to be affected by one or more soil degradation processes, among all by soil sealing.

MORNING SESSION AFTERNOON SESSION

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

07 novembre 2023
10:00 – 13:00

Organized by: Comitato Tecnico Scientifico Ecomondo & European Mission A Soil Deal for Europe, Re Soil Foundation, Coldiretti, Gruppo Coordinamento Nazionale per la Bioeconomia (GCNB)

Morning Session

Session Chairs

Serenella Sala, HOU JRC
David Chiaramonti, Turin Polytechnic & Member of Re Soil Foundation Scientific Technical Committee

Programme

10.00 Welcome
Massimiliano Conti, MASE

10.30-10.40 Introduction by the Chairs

10.40-11.30 European policy framework update

10.40-10.55 Status of EU Soil legislation on soil, carbon farming, nature-based solutions
Serenella Sala, HOU JRC

10.55-11.10 Status of Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming in EU
Valeria Forlin, DG CLIMA (remotely)

11.10-11.25 Status of the EU mission “A Soil Deal for Europe”
Kerstin Rosenow, HOU DG AGRI (remotely)

11.30-12.05 Best practice for soil regeneration

11.30-11.40 Agricultural soil
Speaker, LILAS4SOILS – Fostering Carbon Farming Practices through LIving LAbS in the Mediterranean and Southern EU for the healthy future of European SOILS
Nicola Bergonzi and Andrea Fiorini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

11.40-11.50 Urban soil restoration
Angela Cimini, Paolo De Fioravante, Michele Munafò

11.50-12.00 Forests
Antonio Brunori, PEFC Italy Genera Secretary

12.05-12.40 Panel
Nature-based solutions: case studies

Moderated by:
Virginia Puzzolo, CBEJU Head of programme unit

12.15-12.25 FIBSUN project
Francesco Balducci, Manifaktura srl

12.25-12.35 BeonNAT – Innovative value chains from tree & shrub species grown in marginal lands as a source of biomass for bio-based industries
Luis Saúl Esteban Pascual, CEDER-CIEMAT – project coordinator

12.40 Q&A and Conclusions

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

07 november 2023
14:30 – 17:00

Organized by: Comitato Tecnico Scientifico Ecomondo & European Mission A Soil Deal for Europe, Re Soil Foundation, Coldiretti, Gruppo Coordinamento Nazionale per la Bioeconomia (GCNB)

Session Chairs

Debora Fino, Turin Polytechnic, Re Soil Foundation President
Claudio Ciavatta, University of Bologna, Re Soil Foundation Board Member

Programme

14.30-14.45 Keynote: One Health approach for soil health
Francesco Giardina, Coldiretti

14.45-14.55 Introduction by the Chairs

14.55-15.30 Italian policy framework update

14.55-15.10 Soil health monitoring in the “EU Soil Monitoring Law” framework
Francesca Assennato, ISPRA

15.10-15.25 National forestry strategy and the carbon credit registry
Ilaria Falconi, CREA

15.30-16.00 Regenerative agriculture-best practices

15.30-15.40 What is regenerative organic agriculture
Dario Fornara, Davines/Rodale Institute EU

15.40-15.50 The use of compost for soil regeneration
Massimo Centemero, CIC

15.50-16.00 Biogas for sustainable agriculture-case study
Lorella Rossi, Consorzio Italiano Biogas

16.00-16.30 Soil regeneration in the local community

16.00-16.10 How to help farmers adopt regenerative agriculture practices
Andrea Ferrarini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

16.10-16.20 Example of Living lab in Italy (EU project)
Eleonora Bonifacio, Living SoiLL

16.20-16.30 Soil literacy and citizen engagement: “Prepsoil”
Margherita Caggiano, Re Soil Foundation

16:30-16:45 Il progetto ECHO presentato dagli ECHO Amdassadors
Cosimo Masini e Andrea Butelli

16.50 Q&A and Conclusions

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