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WORLD LIVING SOILS FORUM CONCLUDES SECOND EDITION WITH CALL FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION TO PROTECT LIVING SOILS

The second edition of the World Living Soils Forum concluded after two days of meetings and exchanges bringing together scientists, institutions, business leaders, start-ups, farmers, and executives from both the private and public sectors. Together, they shared questions, solutions, and actions related to soil regeneration, with the aim of accelerating the agricultural and winegrowing transition.

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Key figures from this edition: 

  • More than 500 participants in Arles and 100 in the satellite events in China and the United States
  • Over 70 sessions including roundtables, conferences, keynotes, workshops, pitches, etc.
  • 164 speakers from all over the world and 20 moderators
  • More than 20 solutions, including one “Coup de cœur” award.

“Living soils are at the heart of our agricultural and winegrowing activities and our sustainable development strategy,” said Philippe Schaus, CEO of Moët Hennessy. “We don’t have all the solutions, but we want to act as a catalyst for stakeholders to move towards a common goal of soil preservation and regeneration. Our mission is to bring together as many people as possible, address soil-related issues, and accelerate the movement of an ecosystem of committed stakeholders. Together, we must continue to act and scale up.” 

“The World Living Soils Forum brought together all the stakeholders involved in regenerative solutions, with the aim of accelerating soil regeneration. This global and systemic challenge mobilizes all levels of society: farmers, innovation, political institutions, businesses, finance, etc. This event marks the start of a worldwide movement for living soils,” added Santiago Lefebvre, CEO and Founder of ChangeNOW.

A call to action to place soil regeneration at the heart of economic, educational, and political strategies.

During this second edition, a call for collective action was launched, with the aim of mobilizing even more widely around the need to preserve and regenerate soils. As supporters of life, guarantors of our health and the development of biodiversity, and at the source of our ways of consuming, feeding ourselves, and clothing ourselves, it is essential to protect this ecosystem on which we all depend, for our sustainability and that of future generations. This text, conceived and written with the support of the WLSF’s external Advisory Board, recalls the challenges of soil health and details possible courses of action and commitment for all stakeholders. Farmers and field actors, businesses and economic actors, scientists, institutions, education and training stakeholders, media, NGOs, and citizens are invited to sign the call and work together on these issues.

Link to the call to action: https://wlsf2024.fillout.com/t/iBzQjpWXDrus