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

1. SoilSTAT

2. SoilSTAT
• SoilSTAT is the statistics and indicator monitoring component
of the Global Soil Partnership’s Global Soil Information
System (GloSIS) and the tool for monitoring, reporting and
verification of global soil resources.
• The GSP and its partners will design SoilSTAT and populate it
as with harmonized, interoperable national soil data and
indicators. The name of the system mirrors the FAOSTAT
family of global-status databases used for monitoring,
reporting and verification.
• The SoilSTAT system will provide harmonized, interoperable
data about the condition of soils at multiple scales (regional,
national to global).

3. SoilSTAT - Target Users
• The target audience includes: national and global
stakeholders with an interest in current and
upcoming soil and land related issues (e.g.
UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD, OECD, UNSD, UNECE, FAO,
UNESCO, national and continental statistics
organisations such as EUROSTAT), high-level
policy decision makers at regional, national and
global level, media, research communities, donor
community at national, regional and global level.

4. FAOSTAT & SOILSTAT

5. SOILSTAT
Indicators in the SoilSTAT
● will be provided by the GSP members
● extracted from publicly available global, regional
and national datasets
● calculated using common evaluation methods
(pedotransfer rules or other models)

6. SOILSTAT

7. SOILSTAT
Following the SOILSTAT Concept Note,
● an implementation plan and a guidebook will be
developed which will contain details for operation
and implementation. In particular, this will include
the processes discussed under GLOSIS, and how
this can be effectively used for SoilSTAT.

8. SoilSTAT Guidebook
• Generic guidance: details about the SoilSTAT data infrastructure, its
links with FAOSTAT.
• Data exchange procedure: the function and infrastructure of GLOSIS
(connected with CountrySIS), and the supporting roles of the GSP
secretariat and other potential stakeholder organisations.
• Specifications for each priority indicator identified by the GSP
partners; lower priority indicators will follow later.
• Available ancillary data sets (e.g. through GLOSIS, ISRIC World Soil
Information, FAO, GEOSS, ESA)
• Guidance for harmonization, error treatment, validation and
uncertainty assessment
• Data policy, applications, dissemination, publication
• Trend assessment
• Links between other parameters, indicators and methods

9. SOILSTAT - Implementation
Indicator Rationale Freque
ncy
Unit
Soil Organic
Matter Decline
Soil Organic Carbon baseline (reference
carbon stocks) – GSOC map
Land use change and climate change as
factors to model or estimate trend
TBD tonnes.ha-1
classified
Soil Erosion GSERmap TBD tonnes ha.y-1 or classified
Soil Salinisation Salt Percentage, Electrical Conductivity (EC)
Natural salinity needs to be compared with
salinization (e.g. coastal sea water
intrusions, irrigation, natural processes)
(GSSmap)
TBD % and ds.m-1
2019 -2020

10. SOILSTAT - Implementation
2020 -2022
Carbon
Sequestration
Potential Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration TBD tonnes.ha-1
Soil Sealing Sealed area (definition needed relative to
total artificial surface)
A baseline year needs to be decided.
TBD % of total land area
ha of net sealed
Soil Pollution Exceedance of thresholds for selected heavy
metals
Thresholds need to be compiled
TBD Ppm
%
Soil Pollution Contaminated sites: number, type of site,
type of main pollutant
TBD number of sites, site category,
pollutants

11. SOILSTAT - Implementation
2020 -2022
Soil Compaction Degraded pore volume in a defined depth,
or classified (e.g. vulnerability)
A baseline for non-compacted soils is
needed.
TBD compaction classes
Soil Biodiversity
Decline
TBD TBD TBD
Acidification Soil Reaction (pH) TBD TBD

12. Thank You!