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1、Latin America&Caribbean Soil Carbon Symposium Rio 25 June 2025The“4 per 1000”international Initiative:Soils for Food Security and ClimateAchievements in the last 10 years&perspectives for the coming decadeDr.Paul LUU25th June,2025Latin America&Caribbean Soil Carbon Symposium Rio 25 June 2025Healthy

2、Soils arecarbon rich soilsthrough carbonsequestration whichallow climatechange mitigationsoils rich in organicmatter full of life and biodiversity which can support high biodiversityecosystems above soilsoils rich in organic matter which can absorb high quantities of water to be used by plants and w

3、hich are less sensitive to erosion(wind and water)fertile soilsallowingagricultural production on the long run withstabilized yieldsSo,healthy soils are the minimum basis to reach the objectives of the following UN Conventions and OrganizationThus,the indispensable starting point of all actionLatin

4、America&Caribbean Soil Carbon Symposium Rio 25 June 2025CoP 29 Climate Change-Baku-November 2024New agreement on annual Climate funds level of 300 billions US$by 2035 in the“new collective quantified goal”(NCQG).Significant progress on Article 6 on international carbon voluntary market particularly

5、for exchange between countries.Baku COP 29 increased the visibility(pavilions,side-events)of agriculture,food,and resilient food systems,after the important steps forwards in Dubai COP 28 particularly with the UAE declaration.Paul LUU-2024But Soil Health is not addressed the same way within the 3 si

6、ster Rio conventionsCoP 16“Biodiversity”-Cali-October 2024Agriculture is directly(conventional Ag.)or indirectly(deforestation)responsible.Almost no mention of soils in the Kunming-Montreal framework agreement for biodiversity(obj.11:soil health&obj.10:agroecology)and no real follow up mechanism.CoP