Dear IGU Colleagues,
The next ISC-GeoUnions webinar held in association with the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development is as follows;
Title: “Linking Mechanisms to Soil Functions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”
19 September | 16:00 – 17:00 CEST | 14:00 – 15:00 UTC
Find the link here: https://council.science/events/linking-mechanisms-to-soil-functions
About the Speaker
Prof. Eleonora Bonifacio
Professor of Pedology at the University of Torino (Italy), Dept. of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA). Director of the Doctoral school of the University of Torino (since October 2021), and have previously been the coordinator of the PhD program in Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences of the University of Torino (2018-2021). President of the Italian Society of Pedology and sits in the board of the Italian Association of Agricultural Societies (AISSA) as Scientific Secretary.
In this lecture, Prof. Eleonora Bonifacio will provide an overview of the mechanisms that lie behind the carbon storage and stabilization capacity of the soil, the relationships between soil characteristics and the invasiveness of alien tree species, which threaten biodiversity, and the mechanisms allowing plant survival in harsh, low-fertility situations.
