http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership This presentation was made during Regional Conference on the Asian Soil Partnership that took place in Nanjing, China 08-11 Febraury 2012.The presentation was made by Zhung, and it presents Towards Asia Soil Science Network. ©FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Towards Asia Soil Science
Network

2. • The Vision of the GSP is the improvement of the global governance
of the limited soil resources of the planet in order to guarantee
healthy and productive soils for a food secure world, as well as
sustain other ecosystem services on which our livelihoods and
societies depend including water regulation and supply, climate
regulation, biodiversity conservation and other cultural services.
GSP Vision and MissionGSP Vision and Mission
• The Mission of the GSP is to develop capacities, build on best
available science, and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and
technologies between stakeholders, for sustainable management
of soil resources at all levels with a view to enhancing food security,
protecting ecosystem services, and contributing to poverty
alleviation in an era of increasing human demands and climate
change.

3. • The Regional Soil Partnership should be formed among interested and
active stakeholders. These regional partnerships will work in close
coordination with FAO Regional Offices and will establish an interactive
consultative process with national soils entities, regional soil science
societies and other relevant regional mechanisms under the various
related conventions. Preferably, they will build on existing regional
networks or collaborative processes (e.g. African Network for Soil Biology
and Fertility‐AfNET), linking National and local networks, partners,
projects and activities to ensure that the partnership process is country‐
driven.
Regional Soil PartnershipRegional Soil Partnership

4. GSP
ASP

5. GSP
ASP
UNDP, UNEP, WD…
EU-JRC…
memebrs
FAO Regional Offices
GSM.net
ESAFS…
IUSS…

6. What is ASSN
• A network, a partnership
• A platform
• A team
=> Expects to work together with existing
networks

8. Country /
region
Organization
Bangladesh Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka
Soil Science Society of Bangladesh
Soil Resources Development Institute, University of Darka
Bhutan Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Cambodia Department of Agricultural Land Resources Management, General
Directorate of Agriculture
China Mainland Institute of Soil Science, CAS;
Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, CAAS
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
Computer Network Information Center, CAS
Zhejiang University
Shenyang Agricultural University
China University of Geosciences;
China Taiwan Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University
Chinese Society of Soil and Fertilizer Sciences
Institutions in ASSN

9. Country &
region
Organization
Japan Natural Resources Inventory Center, National Institute for Agro-
Environmental Sciences
Department of Forest Site Environment, Forestry and Forest Products Research
Institute
Lao PDR Agriculture Land Use Research Center (ALURC), National Agriculture and
Forestry Research Institute , Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Malasia Bahagian Pengurusan Dan Pemuliharaan Sumber Tanah (BPPST)
Mongolia Soil Science Department, Institute Geography, Mongolian Academy of
Sciences
Nepal Soil Science Division, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
Pakistan Soil Survey of Punjab
Philippines Bureau of Soils and Water Management
RO Korea National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration
(RDA)

10. Country &
region
Organization
Sri Lanka Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya;
Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka
Thailand Land Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Vietnam
Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI)

11. GSP Proposed Pillars of GSP Proposed Pillars of
Action Action
1. Promoting sustainable management of soil resources and improved global governance
for soil protection and sustainable productivity;
2. Encouraging investment, technical cooperation, policy, education awareness and
extension in soils;
3. Promoting targeted soil research and development focusing on identified gaps and
priorities and synergies with related productive, environmental and social development
actions;
4. Enhancing the quantity and quality of soil data and information: data collection,
analysis, validation, reporting, monitoring and integration of data with other disciplines;
5. Harmonization and establishment of voluntary guidelines of methods, measurements
and indicators for the sustainable management and protection of soil resources;

12. MOU/Agreement
• Consensus
• Expectations
• Major activities

13. Recent activities
• Soil atlas of Asia
• Asia soil information system
• Training in relation to GSM.net

14. Secretariat
• The coordination and facilitation body of
the ASP that will be in charge of
supporting the implementation of the ASP
work programme through its network

15. Be a partner !

16. LETTER OF AGREEMENT
Between
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (“FAO”)
and the
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
For the establishment of the
Asian Network of Soil Science
and creation of the
Asian Soil Information System (Phase I)

17. Objective:
contribution to the promotion of
Sustainable Land Management through
the inventory and assessment of soil,
land resources and their use.

18. Outputs/outcomes
The Service Provider will produce, achieve or deliver the following
outputs or outcomes:
1. Asian Soil Science Network formally established.
2. National Soil Maps at 1:1000000 scale using the WRB2010
classification system are available.
3. Regional Soil Map at 1:1000000 scale using the WRB2010
classification system is available.
4. Regional Soil database of soil profile data is available.
5. Design of the Asian Soil Information System (ASIS) is available.

19. MONTHS
ACTIVITIES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Asian Soil Network
National soil class maps
Regional soil class map
Regional soil proile database
Asian Soil Information System
(ASIS)
Workplan and Timeframe (Duration)

20. Implementation
• Contract with countries
• Technical specifications
• The 2nd workshop