5th Eurasian sub-regional Soil Partnership - Plenary meeting. 30 Sep - 1 Oct 2019, Chișinău, Moldova

1. Interactions with the ESP to establish an
effective RESOLAN
Hakkı Emrah Erdogan
ESP- Pilar 5 Working Group Chair

2. The Pilar 5 main objective is to develop an over-arching
mechanism for globally consistent and comparable
harmonized monitoring for soil related policies.

3. Highlights ESP IPoA
• Policy processes require
indicators derived from
national soil data (e.g. SDG).
• Applying harmonized
indicators, using agreed and
harmonized evaluation
methods are the
fundamental basis.
• This is also needed to build a
European soil monitoring
system based on national
systems.

4. This mechanism includes the following working areas :
• Soil profile observation and description, soil classification systems (WRB
working group)
• The automated WRB classification on going
• The FAO Guidelines for Soil Description (4th edition) is in preparation. It will be ready
next year.
• Universal Soil Classification (?)
• Standardization of soil mapping and property estimation (Pilar 4)
• Soil Iinformation Exchange + Quality of Soil Data
• Experinces ISO 28258:2013, INSPIRE
• SoilML in progress (ISRIC)
• Soil data interpretation: agreed and representative indicators set and
evaluation functions to assess the impact and performance of the
policies, projects and investments on soil. (?)
• Laboratory and field analytical data of soil (RESOLAN)

6. Participant of GLODOLAN meeting in 2018
Members of the GLOSOLAN Technical Working Group

8. • Make soil information across labs, countries
and regions comparable, interpretable;
• Build a set of agreed harmonization principles;
• Improve quality assurance and control (QA/QC) of
soil analyses;
• Promote information and experience exchange.
Main objectives

9. RESOLAN is an efficient and effective way to:
• Provide reliable evidence to support better decision-making at
both field and policy levels;
• Support countries in reporting on progress made towards the
SDGs;
• Contribute to the development of international standards and
indicators;
• Contribute to the assessment, monitoring and sustainable
management of soil and provide quality data to support the
establishment of National Soil Information Systems
• Assist companies manufacturing laboratory equipment in
improving their products;
• Identify research gaps and increase investments in research.

10. Existing knowledge and experiences in Europe
- EC LUCAS program
- Soil Laboratory Standardization (ISO)
- High Quality and Durable Soil Testing in relation with
EU CAP
- More intense research on Soil Analysis Methods
and Equipment in Europe

11. RESOLAN
An opportunity to exchange of knowledge and
experiences between ESP and EASP member
countries

12. Thank you for your attention !