The document discusses the European Soil Partnership Pillar 4, which aims to enhance soil data collection, analysis, and integration across disciplines. It outlines the key bodies that oversee Pillar 4 implementation, including the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils and Regional Soil Partnerships. The document also lists some of Pillar 4's activities, such as soil monitoring, maintaining soil database profiles, and collaborating with other pillars and countries.

2. ESP Pillar4
Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data and
information: data collection (generation), analysis,
validation, reporting, monitoring and integration with other
disciplines
Edoardo A.C. Costantini
ESP-Pillar4 chair, CREA-AA, Firenze
edoardo.costantini@crea.gov.it
European Soil Partnership, Pillar 4

3. • the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) is the body responsible for providing
scientific advice to the Pillar 4 implementation;
• the Regional Soil Partnerships operates via Regional Implementation Plans
• the International Network of Soil Information Institutions (INSII)
• the Pillar 4 working group (P4WG) works as the supervisory body of Pillar 4 implementation
• the Global Soil Spatial Data Infrastructure Centre (GSSDIC) Soil Data Facility Centre

4. ESP-P4 Regional Implementation Plan
• Soil Monitoring/SoilSTAT
• Soil profile data bases (Tier 1 and 2)
• Soil polygon data (soil maps)
• Soil property grids (Harmonized World Soil Database,
low- and high-resolution soil grids)

5. The GSOC map

6. ESP-P4 activities
• Videoconferences: Austria, Check Republic,
Slovakia, Greece, Sweden.
• Metadata collection
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• Bilateral activities. Contacts with Belgium, Russia
• Pillar 2: EU soil atlas: possible joint meeting?