Post on 03-Oct-2020
Vili Fuavao
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
The Global Soil Partnership
Sustainable Management of Soil Resources for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and
Mitigation
Soil is a common good!
of our food comes from soils
but our soils are in danger…
today 2050
of our
global
soils are
degraded
and we need to increase production
(quality and quantity)
- Soil erosion
- Nutrient depletion
- Loss of organic carbon
- Soil sealing
- Soil salinity
- Acidification
Soil sealing or land take
Land use change ---- main driver
sustainable soil management
- A vacuum on Soil governance at global level
- Soil Investment far too low.
- Soil degradation, a continuous serious threat.
- Outdated soil information at global and regional levels.
- Weakening of national soil institutions.
- Poor knowledge and appreciation of soil functions for life.
- Gap on targeted soil research.
Overview of Soils by 2011
Response from FAO and its members
An Agenda for Action
Partners
400 partners: FAO members and other partners(universities, NGOs, etc)
Focal Points
Second GSP Plenary Assembly endorsed the nomination of focalpoints by FAO Members.
Currently 108 countries
nominated their focal points
Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS)
GSP Pillars of Action 1. Promote sustainable management of soil resources and improved global governance
for soil protection and sustainable productivity;
2. Encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education, awareness andextension in soils;
3. Promote targeted soil research and development focusing on identified gaps, prioritiesand synergies among economic/productive, environmental and social dimensions;
4. Enhance the quality and availability of soil data andinformation: collection, analysis, validation, reporting,monitoring, integration with other disciplines;
5. Harmonization of methods, measurements andindicators for the sustainable management andprotection of soil resources.
Way forward of Plans of Action
As per the Guidelines for Plans of Action of the Rules of Procedure.
Organization of International workshops
Establishment of global Working Groups
Preparation of Draft Plans of Action
Review and endorsement by ITPS
Endorsement by Plenary Assembly
Implementation through Implementation Plans at Regional levels
RSP working on this now
Plans of Action
All Pillars were endorsed by the Plenary Assembly and underpreparation of implementation plans
At the Regional level, the same structures applied
Regional Soil Partnerships
Asian Soil Partnership• Launched in February 2012 through a project for developing the Asian Soil
Information System Phase I (converting soil information for HWSD). The projectconsisted on capacity development and participation was very positive. Projectactivities ended in December 2014.
• Nanjing Communiqué and Tsukuba Statement were prepared where the Institute ofSoil Science-Chinese Academy of Sciences is the provisional Secretary.
• A meeting of the ASP was held in Bogor, Indonesia during the ESAFS soil congress.
• Agreement to establish their Steering Committee during the World Soil Congress wasplanned but not implemented.
Asian Soil Partnership
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: ThailandEast Asia: Republic of Korea, Mongolia: (Japan to be confirmed)Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Thailand, IndonesiaSouth Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Updated World Soil Charter (just endorsed by 150 FAO
Council)
- Establishment of Regional Soil Partnerships (all regions)
- Support to develop capacities on soils in the various
regions
- Establishment of the Healthy Soils Facility
- Advocacy for inclusion of soils in the SDG
- Preparation of the Status of World Soil Resources
Report
- Important work of the Intergovernmental Technical
Panel on Soils
- World Soil Day and International Year of Soils 2015
Main Achievements
The GSP has promoted the World Soil Day (5 December in
recognition of H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadejand of
Thailand) and International Year of Soils 2015, and members
(under the leadership of Thailand) have supported it during
the 68th UNGA.
GSP and Awareness raising
World Soil Day in Thailand• The Royal Thai Government celebrated for three days WSD in Bangkok
• Organized by the Land Development Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand
Beyond 2015
THANK YOU!
Soils are in the agenda again…..
The key is to keep the momentum and increase investment on sustainable soil management beyond 2015!
We are committed to that!