Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN

The Program Committee is proud to announce that the submission of abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSB2026) is now open!. Submission deadline is July 15, 2025 @ 23:59 PDT.

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Oral Presentation and Poster Session Themes

Please see below for the full list of oral presentation and poster session themes for abstract submission.

1. Soil Biodiversity Under Threat
1.1 Agricultural Intensification
1.2 Urbanization and Land Degradation
1.3 Pollution
1.4 Climate Change
1.5 Deforestation and Habitat Loss
1.6 Cumulative and Interactive Stressors
2. Soil Biodiversity as Nature-Based Solutions
2.1 Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
2.2 Sustainable Forest Management
2.3 Restoration and Climate Resilience
3. Soil Biodiversity Science: From Theory to Practice
3.1 Conservation and Protection of Soil Biodiversity
3.2 Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
3.3 Evolutionary Perspectives
4. Innovations in Soil Biodiversity Research
4.1 Advances in Monitoring and Standardization
4.2 Technological, Methodological, and Omics Advances
4.3 Data Infrastructure, Open Science and Big Data
5. Patterns in Soil Biodiversity: Space and Time
5.1 Global Distribution and Drivers
5.2 Latitudinal, Altitudinal and Depth Gradients in Soil Biodiversity
5.3 Temporal Dynamics and Long-Term Trends
5.4 Historical Legacies and Paleoecological Perspectives in Soil Biodiversity
6. Soil Biodiversity Across Systems and Taxa
6.1 Mycorrhizae and Fungal Networks
6.2. Rhizosphere and Plant-Soil Interactions
6.3 Soil Food Webs and Multi-Taxa Interactions
6.4 Systematics and Taxonomy
7. From Research to Action: Policy, Health & Society
7.1 Policy, Governance and Education
7.2 Soil Biodiversity, One Health & Human Well-Being
7.3 Economics of Soil Biodiversity: Valuation and Natural Capital
7.4 Citizen Science and Public Engagement in Soil Biodiversity