Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization

C Marín; C Barreto; BK Singh; PC de Ruiter; GG Brown; J Battigelli; GL Bagnara; R González; C Guerra; X Sun; T Dirilgen; J Ulzen; G Malorgio; L Montanarella; C Coleine; L Vilonen; JJ Parnell; J Edwards; H Alfares; G Kafle; NAH Gadallah; H Karuri; A Roy; E Yeboah; P Bhadury; D Kothamasi; N Agarwala; S Debnath; T Surasinghe; F Ashwood; T Kumar; P Kumar; S Siddiqui; J Gicheha; P Heděnec; R Sabbahi; J Wubs; Z Ge; A Zaitsev; L Galli; S Mundra; PV Ramalingam; K Buckeridge; PP Chakravorty; R Juan-Ovejero; T Pfingstl; S Eziuzor; D Elliott; DYF Lai; S Thiele-Bruhn; G Peguero; N Bhattacharyya; S Bonnett; I Osemwegie; D Hackenberger Kutuzović; I Ikoyi; H Abdelrahman; A La Terza; M Bendada; K Gongalsky; ML Moreno; D Blackburn; LCI Oliveira Filho; S Taiti; MF Cordova Hernandez; LF Souza; I Klarenberg; M Novo; M Chauvat; A Ribeiro-Barros; KE Dunfield; GSL Flores; S Rai; SG Shanmugam; B Hale; DG Kamalam; L Wall; MJI Briones; JZ He; R Kumar; R Ghaderi; R Sharma; M Gómez-Brandón; MI Rashid; M Pappas; L Egerton-Warburton; K Szlavecz; Luigimaria Vittorio Borruso; G Bongiorno; C Birnbaum; S Mang'oka; R Khan; C Alisi; L Mumladze; V Burton; NB Naikoo; M Dumont; L Oktaba; O Schmidt; EH Mayad; K Jacobs; C Ernest; DB Chandrappa; S Santander-Mendoza; L Medina-Orozco; M Schloter; L Winowiecki; E Lumini; CC Bastias; M Bakker; L Zucconi; F Canini; M Tsiafouli; MA Muda; SS Sierra; RH Posada; C Jacomini; M Thant; DA Neher; A Nurbaity; M Daveta; R Latif; AR Aminjan; HN Thordarson; MT Diallo; B Ball; S Adl; Z Lindo

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Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization

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Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization

C Marín, C Barreto, BK Singh, PC de Ruiter, GG Brown, J Battigelli, GL Bagnara, R González, C Guerra, X Sun, …

Plants, People, Planet, Vol.8(1), pp.8-13

2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70121

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Standard operating procedures

Soil biodiversity

SBSTTA

Monitoring

Harmonization

Soil biodiversity remains one of the least systematically studied components of global biodiversity, largely invisible in policy agendas. A coordinated soil biodiversity monitoring approach is urgently needed to enable national-level action.

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Title: Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization
Creators: C Marín - Universidad Santo Tomás
C Barreto - Algoma University
BK Singh - Western Sydney University
PC de Ruiter - Wageningen University & Research
GG Brown - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
J Battigelli - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
GL Bagnara - Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Della Romagna
R González
C Guerra - University of Coimbra
X Sun - Institute of Urban Environment
T Dirilgen - University College Dublin
J Ulzen - University of Ghana
G Malorgio - University of Bologna
L Montanarella
C Coleine - Università degli Studi della Tuscia
L Vilonen - Membrane Protective Technologies
JJ Parnell - The Carolinas Center
J Edwards - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
H Alfares
G Kafle - Agriculture and Forestry University
NAH Gadallah
H Karuri - University of Embu
A Roy - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
E Yeboah - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
P Bhadury - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
D Kothamasi - Ecologie Microbienne Lyon
N Agarwala - Gauhati University
S Debnath - Biotech Park
T Surasinghe - Bridgewater State University
F Ashwood - University of Canterbury
T Kumar - Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology
P Kumar - Patanjali Research Foundation
S Siddiqui - University of Peshawar
J Gicheha - Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
P Heděnec - Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
R Sabbahi - Université Ibn Zohr
J Wubs
Z Ge - Dalian University of Foreign Languages
A Zaitsev - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
L Galli - University of Genoa
S Mundra - United Arab Emirates University
PV Ramalingam
K Buckeridge - Luxembourg Institute of Health
PP Chakravorty - Midnapore Medical College and Hospital
R Juan-Ovejero - Universidade de Vigo
T Pfingstl - University of Graz
S Eziuzor - Okanagan University College
D Elliott - University of Derby
DYF Lai
S Thiele-Bruhn - Universität Trier
G Peguero - Institut de Biologia Evolutiva
N Bhattacharyya - Midnapore Medical College and Hospital
S Bonnett
I Osemwegie - University of Bonn
D Hackenberger Kutuzović
I Ikoyi - University College Cork
H Abdelrahman - Cairo University
A La Terza - Università di Camerino
M Bendada - Mohamed I University
K Gongalsky - Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution
ML Moreno - National University of Jujuy
D Blackburn - Sultan Qaboos University
LCI Oliveira Filho
S Taiti - Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
MF Cordova Hernandez
LF Souza
I Klarenberg - Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
M Novo - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
M Chauvat - Normandie Université
A Ribeiro-Barros - Terra Scenica
KE Dunfield - University of Guelph
GSL Flores
S Rai - G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development
SG Shanmugam - Mississippi State University
B Hale - Don State Agrarian University
DG Kamalam
L Wall - National University of Quilmes
MJI Briones
JZ He - The University of Melbourne
R Kumar - Auburn University
R Ghaderi - The University of Melbourne
R Sharma - Ecosystem Sciences
M Gómez-Brandón - Universidade de Vigo
MI Rashid - King Abdulaziz University
M Pappas - Democritus University of Thrace
L Egerton-Warburton - Northwestern University
K Szlavecz - Johns Hopkins University
Luigimaria Vittorio Borruso - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
G Bongiorno - Wageningen University & Research
C Birnbaum - University of Southern Queensland
S Mang'oka - Kenya School of Government
R Khan - BRAC
C Alisi - National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
L Mumladze - Ilia State University
V Burton - Natural History Museum
NB Naikoo - Government College of Science
M Dumont - University of Southampton
L Oktaba - University of Warsaw
O Schmidt - University College Dublin
EH Mayad - Université Ibn Zohr
K Jacobs - Stellenbosch University
C Ernest - Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias
DB Chandrappa - University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
S Santander-Mendoza - Instituto de Gastroenterología
L Medina-Orozco - Tecnológico Nacional de México
M Schloter - Technical University of Munich
L Winowiecki - World Agroforestry Centre
E Lumini - Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
CC Bastias - University of Córdoba
M Bakker - University of Manitoba
L Zucconi - Università degli Studi della Tuscia
F Canini - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
M Tsiafouli - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
MA Muda - University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
SS Sierra
RH Posada
C Jacomini - Joint Research Centre
M Thant - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation
DA Neher - University of Vermont
A Nurbaity - Padjadjaran University
M Daveta - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
R Latif - Semnan University
AR Aminjan - Bu-Ali Sina University
HN Thordarson - Agricultural University of Iceland
MT Diallo
B Ball - Arizona State University
S Adl - University of Saskatchewan
Z Lindo - Western University
Publication Details: Plants, People, Planet, Vol.8(1), pp.8-13
ISSN: 2572-2611
Series / Volume: 8
Publisher: Wiley
Number of pages: 6
Identifiers: (UNIBZ)91421623
991007221787901241
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105026311002
Copyright: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in anymedium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.© 2025 The Author(s).
Academic Unit: Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
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