Fwd: YPARD Invitation - Online Event on World Soil Day 2020

[Seth Itzkan]

Hi Friends,

Soil4Climate Inc. is honored to be an organizational partner with Young Professionals for Agricultural Development - YPARD for a WorldSoilDay2020 (Sat.,Dec 5) seminar including Dr. Rattan Lal, myself, Dan Kittredge of the Bionutrient Food Association, Mark Ludwig of 5 Myths of Regenerative Ag, and others. Please join if you can. It starts at 1:30 PM UTC. 8:30AM EST
Special thanks to Shahla Salah, YPARD rep from Pakistan for doing the heavy lifting.

What: World Soil Day seminar
When: Saturday, Dec 5, 2020, 1:30PM UTC / 8:30AM EST
Where: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82348672701
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9PkCR-ey8IhZx6ndEZut8waZGmboYF4r2_fXzDAPgGkyyIg/viewform
https://www.facebook.com/events/599448650789556/

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From: WORLD SOIL DAY WSD <worlds...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 8:02 PM
Subject: YPARD Invitation - Online Event on World Soil Day 2020
To: <worlds...@gmail.com>

International Webinar

Saturday, 5th December - 2020, at 6:30pm (18:30pm PST) 1:30pm UTC
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World Soil Day 2020 

(#SoilBiodiversity)

Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity

Webinar - Join us online

We cordially invite you to join us on 5th December 2020, in conjunction with #WorldSoilDay2020 and its campaign "Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity".           

 

Jointly Organized by:

Young Professionals for Agricultural Development - YPARD Pakistan, ECO Science Foundation - ECOSF, and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council – PARC, with our other co-organizing partners (Soil4Climate USA, WhyFarm Caribbean, Agriculture University Peshawar, Sindh Agriculture University TandoJam), is Jointly organizing an online event - webinar on World Soil Day (#SoilBiodiversity), highlighting the key role played by soil biodiversity in the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems.

 

YPARD #WSD2020 Resolution:          

 

Mobilizing new resources and partnerships to ensure adequate investments and territorially based solutions for Soil Conservation and restoration. The purpose of this year's event is to discuss that partnerships between Agricultural Stakeholders (As) and Youth Institutions - YPs (Young Professionals), can play a vital role in restoring soil health for sustaining life on this planet.

 

Event Objectives (PFC):

1. #Partnership

Engagement of agricultural stakeholders and young experts (YPs) as key partners to assess the regional vulnerability of arable land to soil erosion and restoration measures in farmland.

 

2. #FoodSecurity

Soil biodiversity a nature-based solution – for sustainable agriculture production, human-health, and food security.

 

3. #ClimateChangeSDG13

Soil destructing activities are not climate-neutral. #SoilBiodiversity, as a major source of positive impact on global climate change, environmental protection, adaptation, and agricultural vulnerability. 

Event Type:  Online Event – Digital Conference   

 

Date and Time:

Saturday, 5th December 2020 

At 6:30 pm (18:30 pm) Pakistan Time (1:30 pm UTC)

 

Hosted by 

Shahla Salah Khan, YPARD Country Representative

 

Event Moderator: 

Alpha Sennon - Founder & Managing Director - WhyFarm 

 

EVENT SPEAKERS 

WELCOME SPEAKER: 

Dr. Ghazanfar Abbas, Senior Advisor, YPARD Pakistan 

 

GUEST OF HONOR:

1- Prof. Dr. Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science, Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center

2- Prof. Dr. Manzoor Soomro, President - ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) 

3- Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, Chairman - Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC)

 

HONORABLE KEY SPEAKERS:

1- Dr. Shahid Maqsood Gill, Principal Soil Scientist, PARC

2- Seth Itzkan, Co-Founder & Co-Director of Soil4Climate - USA

3- Mark Ludwig, Farmer, and Chef. Allegan Conservation District, /Founder 5 Myths of Restoration Ag. - USA

4- Safwan Muhammad, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management

5- Dr. Aijaz Soomro, Chairman Department of Agronomy, Sindh Agriculture University TandoJam

6- Dr. Muhammad Arif, Professor, Department of Agronomy, Agriculture University of Peshawar

7- Dr. M. Tahir Rashid, CEO Al-Muqeet Lab (Pvt) Limited - Lahore and GM R&D Envirolead Canada

8- Dan Kittredge, Executive Director, BioNutrient Food Association -  USA
9- Mr. Alpha Sennon, Chief Executive WhyFarm, Caribbean    

 

 

Partners Organizations:

1- Young Professionals for Agricultural Development - YPARD Pakistan &      

2- ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) 

3- Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC)

 

Co-organizing Partners:

1- Soil4Climate - USA

2- WhyFarm Agricultural Organization, Caribbean 

3- YPARD Asia & Pacific Group

4- Sindh Agriculture University TandoJam 

5- Agriculture University Peshawar 

     

JOIN THE FORUM:

 

Registration: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9PkCR-ey8IhZx6ndEZut8waZGmboYF4r2_fXzDAPgGkyyIg/viewform

 

 

LIVE STREAMING  

Zoom Webinar ID: 823 4867 2701

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82348672701

 

 

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE – (SoilBiodiversity) 

Facebook Page >> SoilBiodiversity >> Event Page - WorldSoilDay2020    

https://fb.me/e/1je1cEjRv    

 

 

FACEBOOK LIVE

YPARD Asia & Pacific Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/558408400992978/

 

 

YOUTUBE LIVE

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGXPFFQ0ON-boHirp1dn_Rw

 

FOR ANY QUERY

Event Supporting Desk

worlds...@gmail.com

We welcome you to this online Webinar and look forward to your participation in making the #WSD2020 event, a grand success.

Kind Regards,

World Soil Day 2020 (#SoilBiodiversity)

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Seth J. Itzkan

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