Pillar 2 of GSP: Encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education, awareness and extension in soil
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Encourage Investment, Technical
Cooperation, Policy, Education, Awareness
and Extension
Pillar 2 of GSP
Mariade Lourdes Mendonca Santos Brefin – ITPS Chair of Pillar 2
Ph.D. in Soil Science, Researcher at Embrapa Soil, Brazil
2. What is going on?
Chair: Lucrezia Caon
Members:
•Africa: Botle Mapeshoane
•Asia: Muhammad Arshad
•Europe: Arwyn Jones and Igor Savin
•Latin America: Laura Bertha Reyes Sánchez and Maria Julia Cabello
•Middle East: Ali Hameed Al Sabani
•North America: pending on nomination
•South West Pacific: Narcanieli Tuivavalagi
ITPS Chair for Pillar 2: Maria de Lourdes Mendonça Santos Brefin
WG to develop the Pillar 2
Implementation Plan
6. Deadlines
First round: Structure and implementation plan - to be revised; To collect
and exchange ideas – until March, 23
Second round: improving the text – each member of the WG shall indicate
one or more sections to contribute, according to experience and interest;
The GSP Secretariat (Lucrezia and Ronald) will facilitate the process and
compile the contributions and edit the final document;
Work on Google Driver and Google documents; Lucrezia share with the
group, the last version with all comments;
Implementation Plan (for 5 years) – ready until end of May!!!!
7. Regional Reports - contributions
Eurasian Soil Partnership
Key messages to promote informing politicians and decision makers on the
activities of the Eurasian Soil Partnership and about the activities related
to the International Year of Soils (IYS) implemented.
The knowledge and skills of stakeholders at all levels enhanced.
Capacity development on sustainable soil management, soil conservation /
restoration, soil information management and extension services
promoted.
Legacy and recent research results published. Establishment of a series of
annual publications "Eurasian Soil Partnership Reports”.
8. Regional Reports - contributions
Central America, Mexico and Caribe
Establecimiento de una plataforma regional para la gestión sostenible del suelo
Establecimiento de la ventana informativa regional sobre el recurso suelo
Establecimiento de la plataforma regional en legislaciones y políticas para el uso
sostenible del suelo
Contribución al desarrollo de una plataforma para la integración regional y
cooperación internacional en suelos
Establecimiento de la plataforma regional para el fortalecimiento de
capacidades para el manejo sostenible del suelo
9. Regional Reports - contributions
NENA (Near East and North Africa )
Soil Partnership
Investment in soil rehabilitation/resto ration and management promoted;
The role of policy, civil societies and soil institutions to support soil
management enhanced
Key messages to create awareness campaign to target the civil society and
non- soil specialists through TV and other media implemented
Capacity building in soil related topics, soil science in education and
extension promoted
10. Regional Reports - contributions
Aprobación del Plan de Implementación Regional
Responsables propuestos para la gestión de cada Pilar by country members
Inversiones realizadas para la formulación de leyes y la revitalización de la investigación y de los
servicios de extensión a nivel de países.
Fomento de la Cooperación Sur-Sur entre países.
Concientización.
Creación de un observatorio de políticas que sirva como fuente de información para los países.
Capacidades creadas en el sistema educativo sobre suelos.
Servicios de extensión recuperados o fortalecidos.
Información de eventos relacionados con los suelos en los países.
Capacitación
South America
11. Regional Reports - contributions
Pacific Rural Advisory services promoting sustainable soil management
Conducted farmer soil learning workshops
Support development of soil contents in universities
Promoting soil science as a career
Support soil research – participatory technology development
South West Pacific