INSII | International Network of Soil Information Institutions - 5th working session. 21 - 23 Oct 2019 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy.

1. GloSIS
Global Maps

2. GloSIS - Grid Data
GSP Secretariat together with it’s technical networks developing
country driven global maps/assessments mainly addressing soil
threats
The GSP PA tasked GSP and ITPS to develop the following map
products following the successful implementation of GSOCmap
The secretariat is taking necessary steps for the development of
these global map products.
• GSOCmap
• Global Soil Salinity Map
• Global Soil Erosion Map(s)
• GlobaL Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Map(s)
• Global Black Soil Distribution Map (Black Soil Countries)

3. GSOCmap

4. GSOC map 1.5 (June 2019)

5. Improvements in version 1.5

6. Improvements in version 1.5
New / updated national
SOC maps
Afghanistan, Argentina, Cameroon, Cambodia, Chile, Gambia,
Germany, Madagascar
New / updated national
SOC maps in cooperation
with the GSP Secretariat
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Iran, Palestine Authority
Updated gap-filling maps
prepared by the GSP
Secretariat
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Botswana, Central African
Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,
South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

7. Updated web-services
Information about data provider on click
CC-BY license

8. Upcoming update to version 1.6
Improved national maps:
v. 1.5
v. 1.5
v. 1.6
v. 1.5

9. Upcoming update to version 1.6
Improved gap-filling:
e.g. North
Africa
e.g. Near
East
e.g. small islands
v. 1.5
v. 1.5
v. 1.5 v. 1.6
v. 1.6
v. 1.6
Ichsani Wheeler, & Tomislav Hengl. (2018). Soil organic carbon stock (0–30 cm) in kg/m2 time-series 2001–
2015 based on the land cover changes (Version v0.2)

10. Countries are invited to:
• Contribute to the GSOCmap with national data;
• Update and improve national SOC maps;
• Validate national SOC maps and publish the results;
• Share national datasets for global validation;
• Use national GSOCmaps for SDG and LDN
reporting;

11. GSERmap(Water, Tillage, Wind)

12. ● Requested by the 6th GSP PA (2018)
● One of the recommendations of the
GSER’19 OutcomeDocument
GSERmap

13. GSERmap

14. GSERmap - Proposed Timeline
2019 – Phase 1 (Top-down): The global soil erosion sensitivity maps
(water, wind and tillage) will be prepared using global datasets to be used for
identifying hot spots. These maps will explore the spatial pattern of potential soil
erosion sensitivity globally, identifying possible hot spots and allowing
comparisons among different geographical areas.
2020 – Phase 2 (Country-driven): National scale maps describing soil
erosion risk to the best of the country knowledge, available methods and input
data. This can be done by combining the harmonized global soil erosion
sensitivity maps with high detail national information on land use, land
management practices, tillage operations (tillage intensity) and land use pressure
indices derived by remote sensing data.
2021 onwards - Phase 3 (Action on the ground): While the first and
second level products would provide information useful for global and national-
scale analyses for eventually designing conservation practices, the third level
product approach will generate new information on the occurrence of various soil
erosion processes or adding information at the frontiers of tools and methods.

15. GSERmap - Progress
- GSERmap Working Document
- GSERmap Phase I Methodology (in preparation)
- GSERmap top-down datasets
- GSERmap (Water)
- GSERmap (Tillage)
- GSERmap (Wind)
- GSERmap Country Driven Datasets
- Measuring Monitoring Soil Erosion

16. GSSmap
Global Soil Salinity Map

17. GSSmap
• GSSmap Country Guidelines (Completed)
• Data requirements
• Measured soil indicators (EC, pH, ESP)
• Predictors
• Depth (0 -30 cm and 30 – 100 cm)
• Harmonization needs
• DSM
• Nomination of focal points
• Work in progress
• Technical manual (Ready by mid Nov 2019)
• Capacity building programs
• Call for country contributions
• Launch of Global Soil Salinity Map (June 2020)

18. GSOCseq
INBS Map

19. Thank You!