The document outlines the status of the world’s soil resources, led by Luca Montanarella from the European Commission, with contributions from 27 scientists from various regions. It emphasizes the importance of soils for food production and targeting pollution reduction related to chemicals and contamination by 2030. The preparation for the second report on soil resources set for 2025 includes various sections on soil organic carbon, erosion, nutrient depletion, biodiversity, and information challenges.

2. Status of the World’s
Soil Resources
Luca Montanarella
European Commission, JRC.D3
Chair of the Intergovernmental Technical
Panel on Soils (ITPS)

3. THE 27 SCIENTSTS MEMBERS OF THE ITPS 2015-2018
Proposed by GSP Partners and nominated by FAO Members
NORTH AMERICA
• Mr. Dan Pennock (Canada)2
• Mr. Gary M. Pierzynsky (United States of America)2
EUROPE
Chair: Mr. Luca Montanarella (EC)2
• Mr. Gunay Erpul (Turkey)2
• Mr. Rainer Horn (Germany)
• Mr. Peter de Ruiter (The Netherlands)
• Mr. Pavel Krasilnikov (Russian Federation)
AFRICA
• Mr. Nsalambi V. Nkongolo (Democratic Republic of
Congo)3
• Mr. Bhanooduth Lalljee (Mauritius)
• Mr. Martin Yemefack (Cameroon)
• Ms. Isaurinda dos Santos Baptista Costa (Cape
Verde)
• Ms. Botle Mapeshoane (Lesotho)
ASIA
• Mr. Patiram Brajendra (India)
• Mr. Sopon Chomchan (Thailand)
• Mr. Kazuyuki Yagi (Japan)
• Mr. Bahriuloom Amanullah (Pakistan)1
• Mr. Gan-Lin Zhang (China)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
• Mr. Juan Antonio Comerma (Venezuela)
• Mr. Miguel Taboada (Argentina)1
• Ms. Maria de Lourdes Mendonca Santos Breffin
(Brazil)
• Mr. Fernando Garcia Préchach (Uruguay)
• Ms. Oneyda Hernandez Lara (Cuba)
NEAR EAST
• Mr. Talal Darwish (Lebanon)
• Mr. Ahmad S. Muhaimeed (Iraq)
• Mr. Saéb AbdelHaleem Khresat (Jordan)
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC
• Mr. Neil McKenzie (Australia)
• Mr. Siosiua Halavatau (Tonga)
1also members of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land Degradation
2also members of the IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment
3also member of the IPCC Elaboration of the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories

4. 25 June 2018 4

5. 5http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/regional-partnerships/

6. Near East and North Africa Soil Partnership (NENA)

7. Asian Soil Partnership

9. of our food comes
from soils

10. 25 June 2018 10

11. 11
Target 3.9: By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and
air, water and soil pollution and contamination

13. Relating ecosystem services to soils

16. Copper distribution in
the European Union
21,682 LUCAS soil samples for an analysis of
copper concentration in European Union
Cu is correlated to soil properties(pH,
texture, OC), climate, geology and
management
Among land uses, vineyards has the
highest Cu concentration: 49.3 mg kg-1
Cu is relatively high also in olive groves(33.5
mg kg-1) and orchards(27.3 mg kg-1)
Cu highest concentration is found in wet areas
due to frequent fungicide treatments
Ballabio et al. Science of total Environment (2018)

17. Copper in vineyards

18. https://www.ipbes.net/deliverables/3bi-land-degradation

19. Preparation of the 2nd “Status of the World’s Soil Resources” report 2025
• Section 6: Regional dimension:
– Africa - Botle Mapeshoane (Lesotho)
– Asia – Brajendra (India)
– Europe – Rainer Horn (Germany)
– Latin America and the Caribbean – Juan Comerma
(Venezuela)
– Near East & North Africa – Talal Darwish (Lebanon)
– North America – Dan Pennock (Canada)
– South West Pacific (and Antarctica) – Siosiua
Halavatau (Tonga)
• Conclusions – All EB members
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• Introduction – All EB members
• Section 1: Soil organic carbon – Miguel
Taboada (Argentina)
• Section 2: Soil erosion – Gunay Erpul (Turkey)
• Section 3: Nutrient depletion – Gary Pierzinski
(USA)
• Section 4: Soil biodiversity – Peter de Ruiter
(The Netherlands)
• Section 5: Soil information challenges – Neil
McKenzie (Australia)

20. Thank you for your attention