Fifth ITPS Working Session
The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils held its fifth working session on 14-18 March 2016 at FAO headquarters.
The main outputs of this working session were:
- Review and finalization of the first draft of the “Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management”
- Follow up of the “Status of the World's Soil Resources”report
- Follow up on the GSP Plans of Action and the Regional Implementation Plans
- Report on the collaboration between ITPS and the SPI of UNCCD, IPBES and IPCC
- Review of the work plan for ITPS 2015-2017
- Support to the Sustainable Development Goals process through soil indicators
- Preparation of an ITPS publication for 2016
- Report to the Fourth GSP Plenary Assembly