6th European Soil Partnership (ESP) Plenary meeting 28-29 March 2019 FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy 'The Portuguese Soil Partnership and soil sustainable management in Portugal' Elena Havlicek on behalf of Manuel Madeira and Antonio Perdigao

1. Manuel Madeira1,3 & António Perdigão2,3
THE PORTUGUESE SOIL PARTNERSHIP AND SOIL
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN PORTUGAL
1Instituto Superior de Agronomia - Universidade de Lisboa
2Direção Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural
3Parceria Portuguesa para o Solo

2. SUMMARY
 PORTUGUESE SOIL PARTNERSHIP
 PARTNERSHIP PARTNERS
 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
 OBJECTIFS AND STRATEGIES
 ACTIVITIES
 PORTUGUESE SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEM
 SOIL SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
 TRANSLATION TO PORTUGUESE OF THE VGSSM
 AWARENESS ON THE SOIL
 TECHNIC SCIENTIFIC PANEL

3. PORTUGUESE SOIL PARTNERSHIP (PSP)
https://parceriaptsolo.dgadr.gov.pt/
The PSP, has been the first national partnership to
be implemented in Europe (2014), and is now
constituted by 30 Partners, covering Universities,
Research entities, national and regional
governmental bodies, and farmer associations
related to agriculture and forestry.
The PSP has been assumed by the Portuguese
CNADS (National Commission for Environment and
Sustainable Development) as a good example of
national partnerships on the frame of the Agenda
2030 of the UN.

4. PARTNERSHIP PARTNERS

5. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PSP
 The participation in the PSP is voluntary and free of
charge. The PSP structure is as follows:
 Plenary Assembly
The Plenary Assembly is chaired by a representative of the
Portuguese Soil Science Society, and meets at least once
a year, for the definition of strategies.
 Secretariat
It is the executive body, having as task the implementation,
follow-up and coordination of the actions, forecasted in
accordance with strategic and operational objectives.
 Technic Scientific Panel
It is nominated by the Plenary Assembly and has the
responsibility to analyse and comment, in a scientific and
technical way, global and regional issues at country level.

6. OBJECTIFS AND STRATEGIES OF THE PSP (1)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 VISION
The mandate assumes the improvement of governance and
administration of soil resources, and information products,
necessary to food security and essential to ecosystem
services.
 MISSION
Contribution to soil conservation, as a factor of sustainable
development, in accordance with the ESP and GSP
strategies, and adopting principles of the World Soil Charter.
Development of awareness concerning the importance of
soil, contributing for the development of technical-scientific
capacities on this subject, also with an interchange of
knowledge and technologies, concerning sustainable use and
management of soil resources.

7. TERMS OF REFERENCE
STRATEGIC AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
 To aggregate and supply information for soil use and
sustainable management;
 To reduce knowledge gaps concerning soil resources at
country level;
 Contribute for the adoption of political measures in
accordance with the sustainable use of soil;
 To enhance the awareness on soil resources;
 To promote the implementation of the ESP and GSP actions.
OBJECTIFS AND STRATEGIES OF THE PSP (2)

8. ACTIVITIES
SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEM GLOSIS NODE (1)
STRATEGY FOR SOIL UPDATED INFORMATION SYSTEM
1st Phase - Reorganization and uniformization of available cartography
 Standardisation of 1:100 000 scale soil maps (TMAD, EDM and ZIC)
regarding the limits of different polygons and thematic contents.
Uniformization of soil classification on the three maps, in accordance
with parameters adopted by the WRB 2014.
 Ensure compatibility of the limits and Soil Classification (Portuguese Soil
classification), on the soil map units, from SROA/CNROA SOIL maps,
scale 1:25 000;
2nd Phase - Build up of the Soil Map of Portugal, scale 1:500 000, by
using the WRB 2014
3rd Phase - Build up of a soil data base, and organization of the soil
information supply on a WEB SIG platform, a node of GLOSIS.

9. MINIMIZATION OF EROSION A SOIL COMPACTION
 LIMIT SOIL SEALING AND COMPACTION
 OPTIMIZE SOIL FERTILITY
 OPTIMIZE THE MAGMENT OF WATER IN THE SOIL/
MINIMIZE SALINIZATION AND SODIZATION
 PROMOTE ACCUMULATION OF ORGANIC MATTER
AND THE BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION ON SOIL
CONCLUSIONS
ACTIVITIES
SEMINAR “SOIL SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES”
(Oeiras-Portugal, 20-11-2017)

10.  MINIMIZATION OF SOIL LOSS(EROSION)
 STABILITY OF SOIL STRUCTURE
 PROPER SOIL COVER
 STABLE OR INCREASING CARBON STORAGE
 AVAILABILITY AND APPROPRIATE NUTRIENT
FLUXES
 EFFICIENT INFILTRATION AND WATER STORAGE
 IINTEGRITY OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL FUNCTIONS I
 SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS BASED ON THE
EFFICIENT USE OF PRODUCTION FACTORS
ACTIVITIES
TRANSLATION TO PORTUGUESE OF THE
Voluntary Guidelines for Soil Sustainable Management

11. Activities – Developing the Awareness on Soil
Observation and interpretation of soil profiles for Soil Sustainable Management
AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE AND PROMOTE:
 To farmers and farmer’s
associations, the importance of soil
horizons on soil functions, as a tool
for the implementation of soil
sustainable management.
 Information and demonstration of
methodological and technical
approaches, concerning observations and
samplingstrategiesofsoils.

12.  CONSIDERATIONS ON DOCUMENTS RELATED TO
SOIL GOVERNANCE IN PORTUGAL
 FEEDBACK ON/VALIDATION OF THE SOIL RELATED
MAPS DERIVED WITH THE HELP OF 2009 LUCAS DATA
 CONSIDERATIONS ON THE DRAFT-”SHAPING LUCAS-
2018-USER NEEDS”
 SEMINAR “SOIL SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT-
GUIDELINES-CONCLUSIONS”
ACTIVITIES - TECNHIC SCIENTIFIC PANEL