Combining science and policy for a unified global soil biodiversity observatory

Affiliations

¹ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. john.parnell@fao.org.
² Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
⁴ Independent researcher, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
⁷ Embrapa Agrobiologia, Seropédica, Brazil.
⁸ Embrapa Swine & Poultry, Concórdia, Brazil.
⁹ Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, Brazil.
¹⁰ Embrapa Forestry, Colombo, Brazil.
¹¹ Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
¹² Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹³ Independent researcher, Ravenna, Italy.
¹⁴ Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia.
¹⁵ Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
¹⁶ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
¹⁷ University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
¹⁸ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. carlos.barreto@fao.org.
¹⁹ Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
²⁰ Secretaria de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Mexico City, Mexico.

J Jacob Parnell et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;9(8):1302-1306.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02754-z.

¹ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. john.parnell@fao.org.
² Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
⁴ Independent researcher, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
⁷ Embrapa Agrobiologia, Seropédica, Brazil.
⁸ Embrapa Swine & Poultry, Concórdia, Brazil.
⁹ Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, Brazil.
¹⁰ Embrapa Forestry, Colombo, Brazil.
¹¹ Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
¹² Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
¹³ Independent researcher, Ravenna, Italy.
¹⁴ Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia.
¹⁵ Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
¹⁶ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
¹⁷ University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
¹⁸ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. carlos.barreto@fao.org.
¹⁹ Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
²⁰ Secretaria de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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