"Dialogue on Soil Protection  and the Sustainable Use of Soils"

On November 13, 2009 in Washington D.C, the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States (OAS) together with the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law held a meeting of experts on “Dialogue on Soil Protection  and the Sustainable Use of Soils”

• Agenda

• List of participants

• Pictures

• Press release

Presentations

The IUCN Soil Protection Initiative

• Dr. Ian Hannam, Chair of IUCN’s Commission on Environmental Law’s Specialist Group on the Sustainable Use of Soils and Desertification

Experiences regarding Soil protection and the Sustainable Use of soils in the Americas.

• The U.S. Experience, Bill Futrell, President of the Sustainable   Development Law Associates

• Some experiences in the Americas, Claudia de Windt, Chief of the Division on Environmental Law, Policy and Good Governance, DSD—OAS