Soil and biodiversity – Demands on politics

• Main Authors: Jeannette Mathews, Frank Glante, Michael Berger, Gabriele Broll, Uta Eser, Andreas Faensen-Thiebes, Norbert Feldwisch, Wilhelm König, Nikola Patzel, Rolf Sommer, Willi E.R. Xylander
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2020-08-01
• Series: Soil Organisms
• Subjects: soil and biodiversity; demands on politics
• Online Access: http://www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/124

During the conference ‘Rediscovering the soil with Alexander von Humboldt. Soil and Biodiversity - Everything is connected with everything’ in Berlin on December 5, 2019, a political statement was prepared as a major result of the discussion. Many important German organisations for nature conservation and soil protection (Tab. 1) signed this political statement in the spring of 2020. A translated version of ‘Boden und Biodiversität – Forderungen an die Politik’ is presented here, as it addresses the German and the EU common agricultural and conservational policy.