Special session - Soil: sealing and consumption
Wednesday, June 13th 2012, 9.00 – 13.00, Conference Room A
Organized in collaboration with the European Commission. Soil sealing means the permanent covering of an area of land and its soil by impermeable artificial material (e.g. asphalt and concrete), for example through buildings and roads. The session should stimulate a political and technical discussion on the drivers for soil sealing and on tackling the problem.
1. Overall context
- Ciro Gardi, Saverio Senni, Christian Steiner, Thomas Strassburger. Extracts from soil moovies: sealing, soil footprint, soil valorization.
- Conference speaker: Christian Steiner, Video presentation
- Conference speaker: Ciro Gardi, Video presentation
- Conference speaker: Saverio Senni, Video presentation
- Luca Montanarella, European Commission DG JRC. SOIL AND SOIL FUNCTIONS. Presentation, Video presentation
- Thomas Strassburger, European Commission DG ENV. SOIL SEALING AND LAND TAKE. Presentation, Video presentation
- Graziella Guaragno, Regione Emilia-Romagna. FROM LAND TAKE TO SOIL SEALING: A SHARED APPROACH BY NORTH ITALIAN REGIONS. Presentation, Video presentation
- Francesco Malucelli, Regione Emilia-Romagna. LAND TAKE AND SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICE LOSSES. Presentation, Video presentation
- Costanza Calzolari, National Research Council, CNR IRPI. PROTECTING SOIL FOR PROTECTING MAN. Presentation, Video presentation
- Francesco Sacchetti. WHEAT AND LAND USE PLANNING. Presentation, Video presentation
2. Challenges for the governance of soil consumption
- Andrea Segrè (Dean of Agriculture at Bologna University); Video presentation
- Saverio Senni, (Tuscia University); Video presentation
- Angela Galasso (Italian Agency for the Countryside and Responsible and Ethical Agriculture,AiCARE), Presentation; Video presentation
- representatives of Solidarity economy coordination of Emilia-Romagna and land access (C.R.E.S.E.R.-ACCESSO ALLA TERRA); Presentation; Video presentation
- Christian Steiner (Land and Soil Alliance), Presentation; Video presentation
- representatives of the regional Land Reclamation Syndicates, Municipalities, Builders, River Basin Authorities, stakeholders, citizens. Video presentation (Discussion, part 1) ; Video presentation (Discussion, part 2)