Seventh European Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly, 10 September 2020, online (zoom platform). Presenter: Rosa Poch

1. Activity report of the
Intergovernmental Technical
Panel on Soils 2019-20
Rosa M Poch, Chair - ITPS

2. ITPS 2018-2021
Appointed GSP-PA june 2018
European members: EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
• Ms. Rosa M. Poch (Spain)
• Ms. Costanza Calzolari (Italy)
• Ms. Ellen R. Graber (Israel)
• Mr. Peter de Ruiter (The Netherlands)
• Ms. Maria Konyushkova (Russian Federation)

3. What we did:
Soil Biodiversity
• Preparation of the Report on the Status of the knowledge on soil biodiversity
• Global Soil Biodiversity Symposium, Rome. Postponed to: 2-4 Feb 2021
• World Soil Day 2020: Soil Biodiversity
Soil Organic
Carbon
o Technical Manual on SOC Management
o GSOC Map updating and Interpretation document
o Concept Note of the GSOC Seq Map and of the GSOCseq Technical Specs and Country Guidelines.
o Guidelines for MRV of SOC stocks and SOC changes
Soil Pollution
• Global Assessment of Soil Pollution Report
• Technical Manual on assessing, mapping, monitoring and reporting on Soil Pollution
• Database on the best techniques to manage and remediate polluted soils
Salt-affected
soils
o Manual and cookbook for mapping salt affected soils
o Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils, Tashkent, Postponed to: 13-16 october 2021
o International Network on Salt-Affected soils (INSAS)
Soil Erosion
• Concept note, manual and cookbook for Global Map on Soil Erosion
• Special issues in Int. Soil and Water Conservation Research and Land Degradation and Development
Sustainable Soil
Management
o Protocol for the Assessment of Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) – Reformulation and
endorsement (Sept 2020)
Soil
Laboratories
• Publication of the material harmonized in 2019 on the GLOSOLAN website
• Implementation of the work plan 2019-2020 available in the 3rd GLOSOLAN report

4. • Report of the Status of Knowledge on Soil
Biodiversity
• Official launch of the Report and Summary for
Policymakers on November 2-7, 2020 at the CBD
SBSTTA24 in Canada.
• Final report to be released on December 8, 2020
• Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (2-4
Feb 2021)
Soil Biodiversity

5. • Global maps:
• GSOC – Interpretation for Countries
• GSOC Seq – Concept note
• Technical Manual for SOC
Management (ongoing, review
phase)
• Protocol for the Assessment of SSM
(endorsed GSP-PA 2020)
• Guidelines for MRV of SOC.
Soil Organic Carbon

6. RECSOIL TOOLKIT
Protocol for the
Assessment of
SSM
Guidelines for
MRV of SOC.
Technical Manual
for SOC
Management
GSOC, GSOC
Seq Maps
Position
paper on
SOC and
Climate
Change
Black
Soils

7. • Review: Global Assessment of Soil
Pollution Report + Database on
Management Practices – Feb 2021
5th Session UN Env Ass
• Support: preparation of the
Technical Guidelines for Assessing,
Mapping, Monitoring and
Reporting on Soil Pollution
Soil Pollution

8. • Global Soil Salinity Map: Concept note
• Revision of the Manual and cookbook for
mapping salt-affected soils
• Launch of the INSAS (International
Network on Salt-affected Soils) in ICBA
(Dubai), Nov 2019
• Global Symposium on Soil Salinity
(Tashkent, 13-16 Sept 2021): Revision of
the Concept note
Salt-affected soils

9. Global Soil Erosion Mapping
Workshop on Linking Global Soil Erosion Assessment to
Land Degradation Indicators,
Joint Research Centre (JRC), 16-18 March 2020, Ispra, Italy

10. Other ITPS activities:
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2020-38
New Article (ITPS):
Soil: the great connector of our lives now and beyond COVID-19

11. • RECSOIL: Finalisation of the Technical Manual on SOC
Management + Map of Black Soils
• Soil Pollution: Finalisation of Manual on MVR + Database
on Best Management Techniques
• Preparation scientific/technical notes on Soil Fertility, Soil
Pollution, Soil Biodiversity, Soil Carbon
• Global Symposia on Soil Biodiversity and Salt-Affected Soils
2021
• Review of the Soil Doctors Programme materials, SoilLEX
• Preparation of the 2nd World Soil Resources Report 2025
What do we want to do (20-21)?

12. WORKPLAN 2020-21 (ctnd)
• Enhance collaboration with:

13. Thank you !
Gràcies !