Seventh working session for the second panel of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), 30 October - 3 November 2017, FAO Hq, Rome. ITPS provides scientific and technical advice and guidance on global soil issues to the Global Soil Partnership primarily and to specific requests submitted by global or regional institutions and advocates for addressing sustainable soil management in the different sustainable development agendas. Presentation by Viridiana Alcantara, FAO.

1. Item 12:
GSOC17 follow-up

2. Special Issue – Global Change Biology
• Title:
“Soil organic carbon sequestration in
a changing climate”
• Edited by GCB editorial board
• Editorial to be provided
by ITPS/GSP

3. Special Issue – Global Change Biology
• Pending:
• Borrelli, P. et al.: Quo vadis soil erosion? Global impacts of 21st century
land use change
• Fleskens, L. et al.: A high-resolution spatially-explicit methodology to
assess global soil organic carbon restoration potential
• Submitted:
• Todd-Brown, K. and Crowther, T.: Field-warmed soil carbon changes alter
21st century Earth System Model projections
• Lal, R.: Digging deeper - A wholistic perspective of factors affecting SOC
sequestration
• Chen, J. et al.: Integrated monitoring of carbon storage and loss through
emerging isotope technology
• He, H. and Kasimir, A.: Re-wetting drained peatlands can potentially reduce
large greenhouse gas emissions

4. Special Issue - SOIL
• Title:
“Regional perspectives and challenges of soil organic
carbon management and monitoring –
A Special Issue from the Global Symposium on Soil
Organic Carbon 2017”
• Guest editors: P. A. Finke (SOIL), P. de Ruiter (ITPS), J.
House (IPCC), A. Cowie (UNCCD-SPI),
V. Alcántara (GSP Secretariat/FAO)
• All ITPS members have been
recommended as reviewers
• Submission deadline: 15 december

5. Special Issue – SOIL
• Invited (still open):
1. Yigini et al. (incl. ITPS), Measuring, mapping, monitoring and reporting
SOC stocks and stock changes – national and global scales
2. Razafimbelo, T. et al., The contribution of SOC sequestration to food
security in Africa – a review to identify promising practices
3. Mrabet, R. et al., Challenges of soil organic carbon sequestration in
drylands
4. Vågen, T.-G. et al., Spatial assessments for the mapping and monitoring of
soil organic carbon: Using stakeholder engagement processes
5. Mulder, V. L. et al., Soil carbon assessment for climate change mitigation
in the Netherlands

6. Special Issue – SOIL
• Invited (still open):
6. Comeau, L.-P. et al., Soil organic matter derived CO2; comparison of partition
methods from an Acric Umbrisol in a subtropical forest
7. Cuevas, R. et al., Interinstitutional networks at continental and national scales
a harmonized basis to promote sustainable soil management – The case of
the Latin-American Soil Information System SISLAC and the Mexican
Laboratory Network REDLABS
8. England, J. and Viscarra Rossel, R.A., Proximal sensing for monitoring soil
organic carbon stocks in agriculture
9. Osinaga, N., Álvarez, C.R. and Taboada, M.A., Effect of Deforestation and
Management on Soil Carbon Stocks in the South American Chaco
10. Guevara, M., et al., Modelling SOC at the national level in Mexico, Central
America and the Caribbean: towards the identification of a minimum set of
covariates with maximal explanatory power

7. • Event during UNFCCC COP 23 AGRICULTURE ACTION DAY -
Agriculture-based climate solutions:
“Unlocking the potential of soil organic carbon for climate
change action”
• Opening by Hon. Inia Seruiratu
(Minister for Agriculture, Rural & Maritime Development, and National Disaster
Management, Government of the Republic of Fiji)
• ITPS Chair reporting on GSOC17 Outcomes
• 2 case studies of SOC management for climate change
mitigation/adaptation
• Panel discussion: upscaling SOC conservation and
sequestration management and related supporting
mechanisms

8. Working Group – SOC management
• Recommendation from the GSOC17 Outcome Document:
“coordinate the development of a technical and
institutional manual on SOC management […] to provide
context-specific guidance on the sustainable management
of SOC at the national and local scales”
• Build upon ITPS WG “Global Management of Soil Organic
Matter” and the Regional Soil Partnerships, including
their Regional Implementations Plans
• Outputs of this WG shall be within the scope of the
Voluntary Guidelines of Sustainable Soil Management
principles

9. Output: technical manual – proposed structure
1. Introduction and preparation process of the technical manual
2. Points of consideration when studying, recommending and adopting
sustainable soil management practices that target the preservation
and/or enhancement of SOC
« Including GHG trade-offs, discussion on the required efforts to measure and monitor
SOC stocks, link between SOC and SIC »
3. Recommended management practices, land use systems and actions
for preservation and/or enhancement of SOC
« Recommendations and considerations for all land uses (croplands, grazing lands and
plantations), including land use changes »
« Consider the local environmental, socio-economic, cultural and institutional contexts,
and potential barriers to adoption »
« Case studies and success stories of effective practice adoption and achieved SOC
preservation/increase as long as based on measurements and evidence-based results
with the adequate statistical accuracy»

10. Output: technical manual – proposed structure
4. Cross cutting issues and special cases
5. Experiences with diverse incentivizing mechanisms for large scale
practice adoption
6. Future directions and identified gaps

11. 3. Recommended management practices,
land use systems and actions for SOC
preservation and/or enhancement
3.1 Tundra
3.2. Boreal
3.3. Alpine and montaneous
3.4. Temperate
3.5. Savanna
3.6. Mediterranean
3.7. Arid
3.8. Semi-arid tropics
3.9. Sub-humid tropics
3.10. Humid Tropics
3.11. Peatlands and wetlands
3.12. Coastal ecosystems
4. Cross cutting issues
and special cases
4.1 Managed and non-managed
ecosystems –
priority areas for conservation
4.2 Rice paddy fields
4.3 Irrigated lands
4.4 Urban lands
4.5 Degraded and desertified lands

12. Working Group – SOC management
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