Fourth Asian Soil Partnership workshop 25-26 May 2018, Beijing, China Toshiaki Okhura, ASP Chair for Pillar 4

1. Activities in the Regional Implementation Plan (RIP) executed :
Name of the presenter: Toshiaki Ohkura
Country: Japan
Activity # ( as in the RIP): Notes:
Recommended activities for immediate execution in 2018-2019 :
Activity # ( as in the RIP): Notes:
FOURTH ASIAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP
WORKSHOP
Beijing, China, 2018
Chair for Pillar 4
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Activity 4.1.1
Activity 4.1.2
Activity 4.1.3
Outcome 4.1 - Soil information systems of majority of ASP
members established and updated
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Activity 4.2.1
Activity 4.2.2
Activity 4.2.3
Outcome 4.2 - Soil data sharing policy agreed and Asian
soil portal established
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Activity 4.3.1
Activity 4.3.2
Outcome 4.3 - Soil status monitoring system
conceptualized and initially tested by economically
advanced members
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Activity 4.4.1
Activity 4.4.2
Outcome 4.4 - Geo-spatial data management capacity
enhanced
Overall participation:
- Countries in the partnership: 23
- Countries with no focal points: 4
- Submitted inputs: 6-7 countries
- NA: 12-13
- Countries no participating in the activities for this Pillar: 0
Activity 4.1: Build consistent and updated soil information systems
Activity 4.1.1 All ASP countries establish national soil information systems and
representative data bases (legacy data, of possible, continued inventories)
Output: National Information Systems of ASP countries established.
Activity 4.1.2 Contribute to filling national and global knowledge gaps about the
distribution of soil carbon, and its impact on climate change. Output:
National Soil Organic Carbon Map based on GSP Guideline on Soil Organic
Carbon Mapping)
Activity 4.1.3 Harmonize the various national soil polygon maps of Asia based on GSP
agreed classification system. Output: Soil Atlas of Asia
Activity 4.2: Share and transfer soil knowledge and new technology within and beyond the
region
Activity 4.2.1 Adopt the Open Data Policy and Ethics developed by GSP Output: ASP
Open Data Policy
Activity 4.2.2 ASP members transform their data into web services and provide it as
discovery and download services.
Activity 4.2.3 Establish the Asian Soil Partnership Portal. (Output: Asian Soil Partnership
Homepage)
Activity 4.3: Provide soil information to all those with an interest in sustainable land
management
Activity 4.3.1 Select soil benchmark data for soil description and monitoring purposes,
based on proposals for site selection in each ASP member country.
(Output: Number of sites established for monitoringi) Basic soil data (4.1.1)
are evaluated using pedo-transfer functions or other models, to develop
spatial layers for soil indicators (Output: national Indicator data sets for
SoilSTAT)
Activity 4.3.2 Prototype national soil monitoring established with shared processed data
(Output: SoilSTAT at Asian Soil Partnership Homepage)
Activity 4.4: Train a new generation of experts in soil science and land management
Activity 4.4.1 Training on soil survey, classification and mapping for national soil institute
without national soil map (e.g. Bhutan) (Output: National Soil Map of
Bhutan)
Activity 4.4.2 Training on Digital Soil Mapping including soil organic carbon mapping
(Output: 1 national staff trained)
Activity 4.1.1 To implement in parallel with the global implementation plan for Pillar 4
Activity 4.1.2 Improve national soil organic carbon stock maps (GSOCmap); improve databases and contribute to the global
assessment on soil erosion, salinization and potential soil organic carbon sequestration
Activity 4.1.3 Contribute to the writing of the Soil Atlas of Asia
Activity 4.2.2 To implement together with Activity 4.1.1
Activity 4.3 To implement in parallel with the global implementation plan for Pillar 4
Activity 4.4 Transfer the knowledge acquired at GSP trainings to national soil experts