ASIAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP (ASP)

Pisoot Vijarnsorn

Land Development Department Bangkok, THAILAND

Background Note

FAO

RSP

68 th

UNGA(2013)

GSP2011

ASP

WSD5 DEC

IYS2015

NanjingCom (2012)

BangkokCom (2015)

ITPS2013

Mission of GSP (FAO Rome)

- Develop awareness and contribute to the development capacities to exchange of knowledge and technologies for sustainable management and use of soil resources

Intergovernmental Technical Panel of Soils (ITPS)

First meeting in FAO (Rome) : 22 – 26 July 2013

FAORegional office

forAsia and the Pacific

ASP ConsultationWorkshop on

Sustainable Management

and Protection of Soil Resource 13-15 May 2015

Bangkok, Thailand

18Countries

in Asiaparticipated

ASPEstablishment

Bangkok Communiqué

15 May 2015

List of 18 Countries Participating the ASP Consultation Workshop

Bangladesh(2) Bhutan(2) Cambodia(2)

India(2) Indonesia(3) Japan(2)

Korea(3) Laos PDR(3) Malaysia(2)

Mongolia(2) Myanmar(1) Pakistan(2)

Philippines(3) Sri Lanka(2) Taiwan(1)

Timor-Leste (2) Thailand(5) Vietnam(1)

FAO Rome(1) FAO RAP(3) (GSP)

Total : 45 persons

18 countries from Asia participating at the Asian Soil partnership Consultative workshop agreed to the following issues :

1. Appreciate the great diversity of soils in the region and their fundamental value for food security and overall sustainable development

2. Call the attention that soil degradation is a serious process that is threatening the soil resource in the Asian region.

soil pollution

wind erosion

Low o.m.

soil sealingsoil salinity

soil acidification

3. Advocating for the following priorities in the region : promotion of sustainable restoration/rehabilitation of degraded soils with focus on soil erosion, nutrient imbalance, soil acidification, soil pollution, loss of organic carbon and soil salinity.

Hill side ditch

Cover crops

Terracingcontour cropping

Vetiver strip

Organic matter amendment

1. Use proper fertilizer

2. Apply when crop needs

3. Watering after application

4. Use proper amount

5. Apply at right place

Nutrient Application

liming

4. The enhancement of soil information by using digital soil mapping and advocating for having national soil information system.

5. Call the attention that investment on the promotion of sustainable soil management is a pre-condition for achieving sustainable development.

6. The Asian Soil Partnership is a unique opportunity for addressing the current challenges and serve as platform for promoting sustainable soil management in the region.

Partnership

Asian

Soil

To achieve these goals, the participants agreed to consolidate the Asian Soil Partnership by establishing the Secretariat hosted by Thailand and a Steering Committee that is composed by :

Chair : Thailand

East Asia : Republic of Korea, Mongolia : (Japan

to be confirmed)

Southeast Asia : Cambodia, Thailand, Indonisia

South Asia : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

1. Pillar 1 : Promote sustainable management of soil resource protection, conservation and sustainable productivity

Soil Challenges and gaps

- Soil degradation (erosion, nutrient depletion, contamination, landslides particularly in sloping areas)

- Soil Organic Matter depletion- Soil Fertility and fertilizer management- Soil management in unfavorable ecosystem- Soil salinity/salinization.- Peatlands/acid sulphate soils management- Soil and water pollution.- Climate change adaptation and mitigation- Water scarcity (water harvesting)- Overgrazing.Chair : Dr. S.K. Chaudhari (India)

All partners agreed to establish working groups for the five GSP pillars of Action

2. Pillar 2 : Encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education awareness and extension in soil.

Soil Challenges and gaps

- Academic courses in university, colleges and schools (soil survey, soil chemistry)

- Dissemination of technologies- Lacking/insufficient appropriate policy, national

action programme on land degradation and desertification

- Lack of awareness- Encroachment of forest land used for agriculture

purpose (deforestation, urbanization land use changes)

Chair : Dr. Muhammad Arshad Pakistan-1st 3 year,

Dr. Milkha Singh Aulakh, India-2nd 3 year

3. Pillar 3 : Promote targeted soil research and

development focusing on identified gaps and priorities and synergies with related productive, environmental and social development actions

Chair : Kazuyuki Yaki (Japan)

4. Pillar 4 : Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data and information : data collection (generation), analysis, validation, reporting, monitoring, and integration with other disciplines

Soil Challenges and gaps

- Insufficient Land Resources information

- Insufficient soil analysis, data/map availability and

its use for recommendation

- Lack of land suitability and capability classification

systems

- Soil resource inventory and land use

- Soil quality indicators and soil health monitoring

- Land degradation assessment (methodologies and

tools)

- Lack of proper land use planning

Chair : Dr. Rodelio Carating (Philippines)

5. Pillar 5 : Harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators for the sustainable management and protection of soil resources

Soil Challenges and gaps- Lack of land suitability and capability classification

systems, reliable soil database- Environment risks (climate change, nutrient

imbalance, contamination-develop indicators for sustainable soil management)

- Soil quality indicators and soil health monitoring- Land degradation assessment (methodologies and

tools)- Insufficient soil analysis, data/map availability and its

use for recommendation/planning

Chair : Dr. Audthasit Wongmaneeroj (Thailand)

Time for Implementation Plan for ASP

5 Years

Facilitated bySecretariat

and steering com.

All Partners in the Region

Supported by

Hopefully, The Implementation Plan will Contribute to

Achieving food security and nutrition

Climate change adaptation

Provision of ecosystem services

Sustainable Development

Last but not Least, All Partners of ASP

will try their best to makethe IYS 2015

a Successful Foundation for Advocating

for Sustainable Soil Management in the Region

and

Especially to Bring this Momentum Beyond 2015