Eighth GSP Plenary Assembly | 3 - 5 June 2020, online. Ms Rosa M. Poch (ITPS Chair)

1. ITPS main achievements and
work plan 2020-21
Rosa M Poch
ITPS Chair

2. • Global maps:
• GSOC – Interpretation for Countries
• GSOC Seq – Concept note
• Technical Manual for SOC Management
(ongoing)
• Protocol for the Assessment of SSM
(endorsed)
• Guidelines for MRV of SOC.
• Endorsement of the ToC of the Black
Soils Report
• Preparation of a position paper on SOC
and Climate Change
What has been done?

3. What has been done?
RECSOIL TOOLKIT
Protocol for the
Assessment of
SSM
Guidelines for
MRV of SOC.
Technical
Manual for SOC
Management
GSOC, GSOC
Seq Maps
Position
paper on
SOC and
Climate
Change
Black
Soils

4. • Review the Global
Assessment of Soil Pollution
Report
• Support the preparation of
the Technical Guidelines for
Assessing, Mapping,
Monitoring and Reporting on
Soil Pollution
What has been done?

5. • Concept note of the Global Soil Erosion
Map following a multi-level, bottom-up
approach;
• Inclusion of the concept erosion in SoiLEX,
Soil Doctors and the protocol of SSM.
• Publication (ongoing) of selected
contributions of the Symposium in two
indexed journals.
• Land Development and Degradation and
• International Soil and Water Conservation Research
What has been done?

6. What has been done?
• Report of the Status of
Knowledge on Soil
Biodiversity
• Global Symposium on Soil
Biodiversity (2-4 Feb 2021)

7. • Global Soil Salinity Map: Concept note
• Revision of the Manual and cookbook
for mapping salt-affected soils
• Launch of the INSAS (International
Network on Salt-affected Soils) in ICBA
(Dubai), Nov 2019
• Global Symposium on Soil Salinity
(Tashkent, 13-16 Sept 2021): Revision
of the Concept note
What has been done?

8. What has been done?
Preparation of a ITPS
position paper on the
role of soils to ensure
food security as a
measure to increase
resilience of the society
in front of pandemics
Soil: the great connector of our lives
now and beyond COVID-19

9. WORKPLAN 2020-21
• Follow-up actions of the GSER19: maps,
publications + cost evaluation of soil conservation
measures.
• RECSOIL: Finalisation of the Technical Manual on
SOC Management + Map of Black Soils
• Soil Pollution: Finalisation of Manual on MVR +
Database on Best Management Techniques
• New projects: Soils & Water ; Soils & Islands
What do we want to do?

10. WORKPLAN 2020-21 (ctnd)
• Preparation scientific/technical notes on Soil Fertility,
Soil Pollution, Soil Biodiversity
• Global Symposium on Soil Salinity 2021
• Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity 2020
• Preparation of the 2nd World Soil Resources Report
2025
• Review of the Soil Doctors Programme materials,
SoilLEX
What do we want to do?

11. WORKPLAN 2020-21 (ctnd)
• Enhance collaboration with:
What do we want to do?

12. Workplan -
• “Unlocking the potential of Soil Organic Carbon” (GSOC17 co-
organized by ITPS and SPI-UNCCD); review of:
o MRV SOC at farm level, as a direct response to the
16/COP14 Decision.
o Technical Specifications of the GSOC seq map
o Manual of Good SOC Practices
• Co-organization of the Global Symposia on Soil Biodiversity
and on Salt Affected Soils (2021)
• Preparation of a report “Gender and Sustainable soil
management”

13. Thank you for your attention