Soils, Food Security and Sustainable Land Management
11. – 13. Februar 2015
Tagung
Tutzing
Nachhaltigkeit, Wirtschaft
Inhalt
Soils are key to sustaining life on Earth. Erosion and sealing threaten this essential resource, which is non-renewable in human time-scales. Soils are local and at the very same time sustainable land management is one of the major global issues for sustainable development in general and food security specifically.
The Tutzing conference is a further step in the process the Global Soil Forum is stimulating to enhance progress in the transition from unsustainable soils and land management into sustainable use.
The UN Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals has issued its proposal for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This proposal will be the main basis for integrating the sustainable development goals into the post-2015 development agenda that will be adopted in September 2015. Goal 15 is directly related to protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and to halt and reverse land degradation. Goal 2 calls for the achievement of food security and promotion of sustainable agriculture. Goal 17 focuses on strengthening means of implementation and revitalizing global partnership for sustainable development.
The Tutzing conference will focus on the possible means of implementation for the SDGs, including the enabling environment, related to soils and sustainable land management at all levels of governance. Monitoring, accountability, and reporting of the sustainable use of soils and land management will be addressed. In addition, a set of actions (road map) to enhance and facilitate implementation (at different levels) will be developed. Experiences in soil protection measures and land rehabilitation as well as good governance in this field and the role of civil society will be discussed.
All interested stakeholders in soils, food security and sustainable land management are invited to come to Tutzing at the Lake of Starnberg, Germany to debate those issues and next steps. Representatives from all levels of government, NGOs, agriculture and other sector of economy, politics and international bodies, scientists, private sector representatives as well as people active in raising soil awareness, take your chance to network and disseminate experiences. We welcome you in Tutzing, at the Lake of Starnberg, Germany.
Steering-Committee
Michael Brander, Changing Course in Global Agriculture of Biovision – Foundation for Ecological Development, Zurich and the Millennium
Institute, Washington DC / Dr. Knut Ehlers, German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau / Dr. Martin Held, Economics and Sustainable Development, Protestant Academy Tutzing / Dr. Jes Weigelt, Coordinator Global Soil Forum, Institute for Advanced Sustainability
Studies – IAAS Potsdam
Michael Brander, Changing Course in Global Agriculture of Biovision – Foundation for Ecological Development, Zurich and the Millennium
Institute, Washington DC / Dr. Knut Ehlers, German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau-Roßlau / Dr. Martin Held, Economics and Sustainable Development, Protestant Academy Tutzing / Dr. Jes Weigelt, Coordinator Global Soil Forum, Institute for Advanced Sustainability
Studies – IAAS Potsdam
Programme: December 12, 2014
11.30 Uhr
Arrival at the Academy – Beginning of Check-in
13.00 Uhr
Lunch
14.00 Uhr
Welcome and Introduction
Welcome
Dr. Martin Held
Fertile Soils and Sustainable Land Management – Basic to Sustainable Development Goals
Keynote address and discussion
15.30 Uhr
Coffee break
16.00 Uhr
Soils and Land in the Current Discussions on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Representatives from Biovision, Millenium Institute, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, German Federal Environment Agency
17.00 Uhr
Discussion with Check-Ins
18.00 Uhr
Dinner
Evening Session – Open to the Public
19.30 Uhr
Food Security, Sustainable Land Management and Agriculture – Transformative Steps to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Dr. Hans R. Herren
Soil and Land Atlas
Christine Chemnitz
21.00 Uhr
Reception and informal talks in Tutzing Castle
Veranstaltungsleitung
Dr. Martin Held
Freier MitarbeiterReferierende
Speakers & Steering Committee
Isis Alvarez, Global Forrest Coalition (tbc) (CO)
Christoph Bals, Director of Policital Affairs, German Watch, Bonn (D)
Debora Bossio, Center for Intern. Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi (tbc) (KE)
Michael Brander, Biovision – Foundation for Ecological Development, Zurich (CH) and the Millenium Institute, Washington DC (USA)
Dorothee Braun, German Council on Sustainable Development, Berlin (D)
Dr. Christine Chemnitz, Heinich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin (D)
Dr. Knut Ehlers, German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA), Dessau-Rosslau (D)
Dr. Martin Held, Protestant Academy Tutzing (D)
Hans R. Herren, President Biovision Foundation and the Millennium Institute, Laureate of the Right Livelihood Award 2013 (“Alternative Nobel Prize”), Washington DC (USA) and Zurich (CH)
Prof. Z. R. Kahn, Principal Scientist, ICIPE, Kenia (KE)
Ivonne Lobos, IASS Potsdam (D)
Dr. Luca Montanarella, European Commission – Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, European Soil Bureau and Chairman FAO Intergovernmental
Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), Ispra (I)
Edson Nyingi, Care International Tanzania, Arusha (tbc) (TZ)
Isabella Pagotto, Sectoral Foreign Policies, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Bern (tbc) (CH)
Duncan Pruett, Oxfam International, Amsterdam (tbc) (NL)
Jonathan Reeves, International Institute for Environment and Development, London (tbc) (UK)
Robert Sabiiti, FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and Agriculture Attachee, Embassy Republic of Uganda, Rome (UG)
Dr. Stefan Schmitz, Deputy Director-General, BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (D)
DI Christian Steiner, Chairman European Land and Soil Alliance (ELSA) and Head of Department of Rural Development, Government of Lower Austria, St. Poelten (A)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies – IASS Potsdam and former Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (D)
Dr. Jes Weigelt, Coordinator Global Soil Forum, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies – IASS Potsdam (D)
Christine von Weizsäcker, Representative Women in Rio+20 process, Emmendingen (D)
Ort & Infos
Evangelische Akademie Tutzing
Schlossstraße 2+4
82327 Tutzing
Kontakt
Susanna Satzger
Telefon: 08158 / 251-142
Fax: 08158 / 251-137
satzger@eatutzing.de
