Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly – Sixth Session 11 – 13 June 2018 FAO HQ

1. Rainer Baritz, Pillar 5
Harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators

2. Soil mapping system
Soil classification
Soil description
Soil analysis
Data exchangestandards
Indicators andEvaluation
Pillar 5
Areas of Harmonization

3. Pillar 5 Global Implementation Plan
(P5 GIP)
Plan of Action: 2nd
Plenary Assembly 2014
Global Implementation Plan 5th
Plenary Assembly 2017
History
Photo/Graphs: WRB Summer School (JRC 2005)

4. P5GIP:
Work areas Products Funding needs
Soil profiles Handbook/Webtool In kind/20,000 USD
Soil classification Web tool/soil portal In kind/405,000 USD
Soil mapping Reference Mapping
System
In kind/405,000 USD
Soil analysis
(RESOLAN/
GLOSOLAN)
Web information
system, ring tests,
manual
In kind/1.765 Mio
USD (incl. regional
networks)
Data exchange Exchange
model/tools
In kind/560,000 USD
Indicators and
Evaluation
WIKI, guidelines In kind/25,000 USD
Global Implementation Plan – P5 GIP
External funds: technical support measures: 820,000 USD
External funds:
capacity/travel:
2,565,000 USD

5. Regional Pillar 5 Plans
RSP Selected Tasks
Eurasia Standards for saline and sodic soils
NENA Harmonized land evaluation methods and practices
Central America Establish a network of laboratories
South America Methodologies for measuring soil degradation
Europe Test and implement INSPIRE
Africa
ASP soil laboratory network
Methods to assess soil suitability
Pacific
Develop soil indicators for sustainable soil
management as well as for monitoring

6. Action: Global Soil Information Model
Concept note for a subcontract to finalise the global
interoperability conceptual model (Pillar 5 WG)
Task
GIP 4.1
Test the recommended model
Common soil data exchange standard
Transformation of national soil data
Interoperable soil data
Pillar4GLOSIS
Background
Cost
Role INSII
partners
30,000 USD
Coordination GSP Secretariat

7. Action: Sub-Working Group on Soil Indicators
(1) Voluntary members
P5WG/P1/3/4 and other
experts to form writing team
Soil
Indicators
Status of World Soil
Resources Report
SoilSTAT
Soil
monitoring
Effectiveness of sustainable
soil management
SDG/LDN
VGSSM
Task GIP 5.1
Catalogue of soil
health indicators
Steps
(2) Discussion INSII 2018
(3) Endorsement 7th
PA 2019

8. Tasks GIP 3.2 and 3.3
Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN)
Launched Nov 2017
Chair and GLOSOLAN WG
99 laboratories registered
Action: Soil Analysis
Regional Soil Laboratory Networks (RESOLAN) for Asia (SEALNET)
and for Latin America (LATSOLAN): Nov 2017 and March 2018
 Soil laboratory questionnaire - global level assessment
 Protocol for first GLOSOLAN ring test
 Terms of Content Best Practice
GLOSOLAN Action
Details: next
Presentation⇒

9. Summary – Outlook – Needs
 Close links with Pillar 4 and Soil Data Facility
 Laboratory networks are evolving
 Pillar 5 resource needs were carefully planned: mostly
for capacity building and cooperation, also for
tools/best practices
 GSP Secretariat needed to coordinate
implementation
 National Focal Points and other GSP members:
mandate and support to active INSII and GLOSOLAN
members (in-kind)
 Strategy to reach out to
donors needed
(with Pillar 4 and others)