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

César Marín; Carlos Barreto; Brajesh K. Singh; Peter C. de Ruiter; George G. Brown; Jeff Battigelli; Gian Luca Bagnara; Rosalina González; Carlos Guerra; Xin Sun; Tara Dirilgen; Jacob Ulzen; Giulio Malorgio; Luca Montanarella; Claudia Coleine; Leena Vilonen; J. Jacob Parnell; Joseph Edwards; Heba Alfares; Gandhiv Kafle; Nasradeen A.H. Gadallah; Hannah Karuri; Arindam Roy; Edward Yeboah; Punyasloke Bhadury; David Kothamasi; Niraj Agarwala; Sukumar Debnath; Thilina Surasinghe; Frank Ashwood; Tushar Kumar; Pawan Kumar; Samina Siddiqui; Jane Gicheha; Petr Heděnec; Rachid Sabbahi; Jasper Wubs; Zhuang Ge; Andrey Zaitsev; Loris Galli; Sunil Mundra; Prabavathy Vaiyapuri Ramalingam; Kate Buckeridge; Partha Pratim Chakravorty; Raquel Juan-Ovejero; Tobias Pfingstl; Samuel Eziuzor; David Elliott; Derrick Y.F. Lai; Sören Thiele-Bruhn; Guille Peguero; Nandan Bhattacharyya; Samuel Bonnett; Isimemen Osemwegie; Davorka Hackenberger Kutuzović; Israel Ikoyi; Hamada Abdelrahman; Antonietta La Terza; Mourad Bendada; Konstantin Gongalsky; María Laura Moreno; Daniel Blackburn; Luís Carlos Iunes Oliveira Filho; Stefano Taiti; Maria Fernanda Cordova Hernandez; Leandro Fonseca de Souza; Ingeborg Klarenberg; Marta Novo; Matthieu Chauvat; Ana Ribeiro-Barros; Kari E. Dunfield; Giuliana Shelly Lizana Flores; Sumit Rai; Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam; Brett Hale; Dinesh Govindaraj Kamalam; Luis Wall; Maria J.I. Briones; Ji Zheng He; Rakesh Kumar; Reza Ghaderi; Radhika Sharma; María Gómez-Brandón; Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid; Maria Pappas; Louise Egerton-Warburton; Katalin Szlavecz; Luigimaria Borruso; Giulia Bongiorno; Christina Birnbaum; Samson Mang'oka; Raza Khan; Chiara Alisi; Levan Mumladze; Victoria Burton; Nasir Bashir Naikoo; Marc Dumont; Lidia Oktaba; Olaf Schmidt; El Hassan Mayad; Karin Jacobs; Chidozie Ernest; Dhananjaya Bhakthanakatte Chandrappa; Sol Santander-Mendoza; Lenin Medina-Orozco; Michael Schloter; Leigh Winowiecki; Erica Lumini; Cristina C. Bastias; Matthew Bakker; Laura Zucconi; Fabiana Canini; Maria Tsiafouli; Mohd Afzanizam Muda; Sud Sair Sierra; Raul Hernando Posada; Carlo Jacomini; Myo Thant; Deborah A. Neher; Anne Nurbaity; Maika Daveta; Robabeh Latif; Atabak Roohi Aminjan; Hilmar N. Thordarson; Moussa Tady Diallo; Becky Ball; Sina Adl; Zoë Lindo

doi:10.1002/ppp3.70121

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

César Marín
, Carlos Barreto
, Brajesh K. Singh
, Peter C. de Ruiter
, George G. Brown
, Jeff Battigelli
, Gian Luca Bagnara
, Rosalina González
, Carlos Guerra
, Xin Sun
, Tara Dirilgen
, Jacob Ulzen
, Giulio Malorgio
, Luca Montanarella
, Claudia Coleine
, Leena Vilonen
, J. Jacob Parnell
, Joseph Edwards
, Heba Alfares
, Gandhiv Kafle

Nasradeen A.H. Gadallah, Hannah Karuri, Arindam Roy, Edward Yeboah, Punyasloke Bhadury, David Kothamasi, Niraj Agarwala, Sukumar Debnath, Thilina Surasinghe, Frank Ashwood, Tushar Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Samina Siddiqui, Jane Gicheha, Petr Heděnec, Rachid Sabbahi, Jasper Wubs, Zhuang Ge, Andrey Zaitsev, Loris Galli, Sunil Mundra, Prabavathy Vaiyapuri Ramalingam, Kate Buckeridge, Partha Pratim Chakravorty, Raquel Juan-Ovejero, Tobias Pfingstl, Samuel Eziuzor, David Elliott, Derrick Y.F. Lai, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Guille Peguero, Nandan Bhattacharyya, Samuel Bonnett, Isimemen Osemwegie, Davorka Hackenberger Kutuzović, Israel Ikoyi, Hamada Abdelrahman, Antonietta La Terza, Mourad Bendada, Konstantin Gongalsky, María Laura Moreno, Daniel Blackburn, Luís Carlos Iunes Oliveira Filho, Stefano Taiti, Maria Fernanda Cordova Hernandez, Leandro Fonseca de Souza, Ingeborg Klarenberg, Marta Novo, Matthieu Chauvat, Ana Ribeiro-Barros, Kari E. Dunfield, Giuliana Shelly Lizana Flores, Sumit Rai, Shankar Ganapathi Shanmugam, Brett Hale, Dinesh Govindaraj Kamalam, Luis Wall, Maria J.I. Briones, Ji Zheng He, Rakesh Kumar, Reza Ghaderi, Radhika Sharma, María Gómez-Brandón, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Maria Pappas, Louise Egerton-Warburton, Katalin Szlavecz, Luigimaria Borruso, Giulia Bongiorno, Christina Birnbaum, Samson Mang'oka, Raza Khan, Chiara Alisi, Levan Mumladze, Victoria Burton, Nasir Bashir Naikoo, Marc Dumont, Lidia Oktaba, Olaf Schmidt, El Hassan Mayad, Karin Jacobs, Chidozie Ernest, Dhananjaya Bhakthanakatte Chandrappa, Sol Santander-Mendoza, Lenin Medina-Orozco, Michael Schloter, Leigh Winowiecki, Erica Lumini, Cristina C. Bastias, Matthew Bakker, Laura Zucconi, Fabiana Canini, Maria Tsiafouli, Mohd Afzanizam Muda, Sud Sair Sierra, Raul Hernando Posada, Carlo Jacomini, Myo Thant, Deborah A. Neher, Anne Nurbaity, Maika Daveta, Robabeh Latif, Atabak Roohi Aminjan, Hilmar N. Thordarson, Moussa Tady Diallo, Becky Ball, Sina Adl, Zoë Lindo

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-13
Number of pages	6
Journal	Plants People Planet
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70121
Publication status	Published - Jan 2026

Keywords

SBSTTA
harmonization
monitoring
soil biodiversity
standard operating procedures

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Marín, C., Barreto, C., Singh, B. K., de Ruiter, P. C., Brown, G. G., Battigelli, J., Bagnara, G. L., González, R., Guerra, C., Sun, X., Dirilgen, T., Ulzen, J., Malorgio, G., Montanarella, L., Coleine, C., Vilonen, L., Parnell, J. J., Edwards, J., Alfares, H., ... Lindo, Z. (2026). Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization. Plants People Planet, 8(1), 8-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70121

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AU - Brown, George G.

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AU - Bagnara, Gian Luca

AU - González, Rosalina

AU - Guerra, Carlos

AU - Sun, Xin

AU - Dirilgen, Tara

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