The complete program will be available soon (small changes may occur until the date of the event)

 

Simultaneous translation will be available during the event in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese

JUNE 25th, 2025

08:00 - 09:00 Registration

 

Opening Ceremony

09:00 - 10:00 Welcome from the organisers

10:00 - 10:30 Opening Presentation

                      Solid Ground: Soil Carbon for Climate, Biodiversity and Food Security

                      Deborah Bossio, Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, co-chair of the Interim Steering committee of the Soil Carbon IRC
                                                   and co-chair of the STC of the Soil Carbon IRC and member of the 4 per 1000 Initiative STC

 

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break and free interaction at the posters and exposition stands

 

Opening Session: International collaboration for promoting food security through sustainable agriculture, soil health and soil information

11:00 - 11:20 The “4 per 1000” international Initiative - Soils for Food Security and Climate, its achievements in the last 10 years and
                      perspectives for the coming decade

                      Paul Luu, Executive Secretary of the 4 per 1000 Initiative

11:20 - 11:40 The Soil Carbon International Research Consortium

                      Suzanne Reynders, INRAE, PI of the ORCaSa project and Executive Director of the Secretariat of the Soil Carbon IRC

11:40 - 12:00 Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: The PROCISUR Strategy

                      Cecilia Granoni, Executive Secretary, Cooperative Program for the Agri-Food and Agro-Industrial Technological Development
                                                   of the Southern Cone, Procisur

12:00 - 12:30 Q & A

 

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:30 Free interaction at the posters and exposition stands

 

Plenary Session: Carbon sequestration for sustainable agricultural production, soil health and food security

14:30 – 14:35 Welcome from session moderator

14:35 – 14:50 COP30 Action Agenda: Land restoration for food security

                       Bruno dos Santos Alves Figueiredo Brasil, Director of the Department of Sustainable Production and Irrigation,                                                                                                                      Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil

14:50 - 15:05  Soil health: the foundation of a more productive and resilient tropical agriculture

                       Maurício Roberto Cherubin, Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Brazil

15:05 – 15:20 Soil health in Brazil: a spatial assessment based on soil enzymes activities and its implications for sustainable
                       agriculture

                       Ieda Carvalho Mendes, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Cerrados, Brazil

15:20 – 15:35 Advances and challenges in the characterization of net GHG emissions in Brazilian agriculture

                       Cimélio Bayer, National Institute of Science and Technology - Low Carbon Agriculture and Federal University of Rio Grande do
                                                 Sul, Brazil

15:35 – 15:50 Voluntary presentation

15:50 – 16:00 Q & A

 

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break and free interaction at the posters and exposition stands

 

Round-table discussion

16:30 – 18:00 Collaboration to enhance soil health research and outreach to practitioners in Latin America and the Caribbean

 

JUNE 26th, 2025

Plenary Session: Carbon sequestration for sustainable agricultural production, soil health and food security

09:00 – 09:05 Welcome from session moderator

09:05 - 09:20 Agroforestry and soil organic carbon in the Latin American and Caribbean region, a meta-analysis

                      Rémi Cardinael, CIRAD and the Scientific and Technical Committee of teh "4 per 1000" international Initiative, France

09:20 – 09:35 The role of soil biodiversity in soil C sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions

                       Caio Rachid, Laboratory of Biotechnology and Microbial Ecology, Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de
                                             Janeiro, Brazil

09:35 – 09:50 Voluntary presentation

09:50 – 10:05 Voluntary presentation

10:05 – 10:20 Voluntary presentation

10:20 – 10:30 Q & A

 

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break and free interaction at the posters and exposition stands

 

11:00 – 11:15 Building bridges between different ways of knowing in the process of intercultural co-creation of knowledge for
                      enhancing soil carbon content

                      Francisco Javier Rosado May, Intercultural Maya University of Quintana Roo, Mexico

11:15 – 11:30 Organic agriculture and sustainable family farming in Brazil and Latin America    

                      Ednaldo da Silva Araújo, Embrapa Agrobiology, Brazil

11:30 – 11:45 Biochar: Economic, Climate, Environmental and Agricultural Perspectives and Opportunities

                      Ricardo de Figueiredo, NetZero Brazil

11:45 – 12:00 Voluntary presentation

12:00 – 12:30 Voluntary presentation

12:00 – 12:30 Q & A

 

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:30 Free interaction at the posters and exposition stands

 

Plenary session: Soil carbon measuring, monitoring, reporting and verification (MMRV)

14:30 – 14:35 Welcome from session moderator

14:35 – 14:50 Measuring, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification in Forests and Savannas: Challenges, Solutions, and Outcomes

                       Fernando Vieira Cesário, The Nature Conservancy, Brazil

14:50 – 15:05 Challenges for soil carbon measuring, reporting and verification

                       Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri, Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture, University of São Paulo and member of
                                                                                the Interim Steering committee of the Soil Carbon IRC, Brazil

15:05 – 15:20 Global Pasture Watch: Potential for Cattle Production and Carbon Stock in Latin America

                       Claudinei Oliveira Santos, Lapig/IESA/Federal University of Goiás, Brazil

15:20 – 15:35 The MapBiomas Initiative: Mapping Brazil's Soil Carbon Stock

                       Taciara Zborowski Horst, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Dois Vizinhos, PR, Brazil

15:35 – 15:50 Artificial Intelligence to Integrate Databases for Soil Carbon Monitoring

                       Alessandro Samuel-Rosa, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Dois Vizinhos, PR, Brazil

15:50 – 16:00 Q & A

 

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break and free interaction at the posters and exposition stands

 

Round-table discussion

16:30 – 18:00 The challenges of MRV of soil organic carbon stock changes of agricultural lands and discussions on the need to harmonise the
                       methods

JUNE 27th, 2025

Plenary Session: Carbon markets and related soil carbon public policies and private schemes

08:30 – 08:40 Welcome from session moderator

                       Jean-François Soussana, INRAE, president of the French high council for climate and co-chair of the Interim Steering
                                                                   Committee of the Soil Carbon IRC. France

08:40 – 08:55 Carbon markets in United States of America: lessons learned and future directions

                       Bruno Basso, Michigan State University and member of the Interim Steering committee of the Soil Carbon IRC, United States
                                               of America

08:55 – 09:10 Carbon farming schemes: how to bridge value chains (insetting) and outside value chains (offsetting) approaches?

                       Edouard Lanckriet, Head of Low Carbon Agriculture Division at Bioline by InVivo, France

09:10 – 09:25 Soil carbon in Australia’s national carbon credit scheme

                       Beverley Henry, Queensland University of Technology and co-chair of the 4 per 1000 Scientific and Technical Committee,
                                                   Australia

09:25 – 09:40 Políticas for carbon removal in Brazil and Latin America and the Caribbean

                       Daniel Barcelos Vargas, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil

09:40 – 10:00 Q & A

 

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break and free interaction at the posters and exposition stands

 

Round-table discussion

10:30 – 12:00 Case studies for carbon credit and certification schemes in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Closing ceremony

12:00 – 13:00 Closing ceremony and awards for best voluntary presentation and best poster

 

JUNE 28th, 2025

Field trip

07:00 Buses leave for Valença, RJ (estimated arrival back to Rio de Janeiro: 17:00)

Crop-livestock-forestry integration in the Atlantic Forest, Valença, RJ