Over the last decade, the importance of healthy and carbon rich soils has increasingly been recognized at a political level. Different policy, regulatory and market-based instruments have been developed at national or regional level with the aim to foster the protection or regeneration of soil resources, and in particular to support the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices that enhance soil organic carbon. This session aims to explore different approaches and recent developments regarding political, regulatory and market-based instruments from countries across the temperate climate zone. It will discuss success stories and barriers for implementation, while taking into account the various objectives and conditions, the different approaches shall address.

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Governing Soil Carbon: Balancing Public Good and Market Value
Prof. Dr. José Martínez
Director, Institute for Agricultural Law, University of Göttingen, Germany

Soil Health and Carbon Farming in EU Policy
Emmanuel Petel
Environmental policy coordinator, EC DG AGRI B2

Soil Policy in Australia
Hon. Dr. Penelope Wensley, AC
Former National Soils Advocate of Australia, Patron, Soil Science Australia and Soil Cooperative Research Centre

Soil Policy in the UK
Dr. Lizzie Sagoo
Associate Managing Director, ADAS Sustainable Agriculture Systems, UK

Uruguay: National Policy for Soil Conservation
Agustin de Prado Pieroni
Strategic Management of Natural Resources Projects, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Uruguay

Towards a New Generation of Agricultural and Environmental Policy: Regenerating Full Productivity
Simon Krämer (online)
Executive Director, European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture

Partners for Change Policy Brief
Ramona Stossberger
Specialist for Monitoring & Evaluation, GIZ, Germany