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2:00 pm September 2023
Add to Calendar 2023-09-14 14:00:00 2025-05-24 08:53:53 Soil for Society Network Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

IWRA Congress in China

 

Rabi H. Mohtar, Senior Fellow at Policy Center for the New South, will be speaking at the Panel on "Soil for Society Network" during the IWRA Congress in China.

The session aims to introduce an ambitious initiative, the Soil for Society Network, which has been created to tackle critical global challenges related to climate change mitigation, water conservation, and food security through sustainable soil management. The central objective is to form a "network of networks" that amplifies ongoing efforts and resources focused on soil resilience. This new collaborative platform is designed to unite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners from various disciplines and sectors, including those from marginalized communities who are most closely tied to the land. Through transdisciplinary scientific collaboration, the network aims to advance sustainable soil practices across managed lands and ecosystems. Overall, the Soil for Society Network endeavors to elevate the discourse on resilient soil systems, positioning them as a cornerstone in achieving broader water, food, climate, and ecosystem security.

Speakers
Rabi Mohtar
Senior Fellow
Rabi H. Mohtar is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut, who focuses on Civil and Biological/Agricultural Engineering, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Water Security and Climate Change. He is also Professor at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Adjunct Professor at Purdue University. He is the Founding Director of Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) a member of Qatar Foundation, Research and Development and the Founding Director Strategic Projects at Qatar Foundation Research and Development. He was also the inaugural Director of the Global Engineering Programs at Purdu ...