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Presentations to the Fourteenth ITPS Working Session

11-13 May 2021, online (Zoom platform)

Item 1. Opening of the meeting - Ms Rosa Poch, ITPS Chair and Mr Ronald Vargas, GSP Secretariat

  • Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
  • Election of Rapporteur

Item 2. Cooperation with SPI, 4per1000, CIRCASA, others (for information) - Ms Rosa Poch

Item 3. World Soil Day 2021 (for information and decision) - Ms Isabelle Verbeke, GSP Secretariat

Item 4. Report of the work performed since the 13th working session - ITPS WG coordinators

a. SOC working group 

  • SOC Manual – status and way forward
  • New developments of RECSOIL: inclusion of N, financial part and implementation plan

b. Soil pollution working group 

  • Launch of GASP report
  • Technical manuals on hold since 2019

c. Soil erosion working group

  • Soil Erosion Special Issues
  • Way forward

d. Soil biodiversity working group

  • Outcome of GSOBI
  • Way forward

e. Soil salinity working group 

  • Global Assessment of Salt-Affected Soils
  • Role of ITPS on Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils
  • INSAS

f. Soil fertility working group 

  • Global Symposium on Soil Fertility 2022
  • Implementation plan of the Fertilizer Code

g. Soil mapping working group 

  • Progress on Global Soil Salinity Map (GSSmap)
  • Progress on Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map (GSOCseq)
  • Progress on Global Soil Erosion Map (GSERmap)
  • Progress on Global Black Soil Distribution Map (GBSmap)

h. Black soils working group 

  • Report of the Global Status of Black Soils

Item 5. ITPS Letters - Ms Rosa Poch

  • Letters under development (soil governance)
  • New letters

Item 6. Protocol for Sustainable Soil Management and Soil Doctors Programme - Ms Carolina Oliveira, GSP Secretariat

Item 7. Discussion on the 2nd Edition of the SWSR Report - Ms Rosa Poch and Mr Ronald Vargas

  • Editorial Board
  • Inviting authors 
  • How to use the information of the Global Assessments

Item 8. ITPS report to the GSP Plenary Assembly - Ms Rosa Poch and Mr Ronald Vargas

  • ITPS workplan for 2021-2022
  • Introduction of the new ITPS Russian member and his involvement in ongoing tasks

Item 9. Any other business - - Ms Rosa Poch and Mr Ronald Vargas

Item 10. Date and venue of the next meeting

Item 11. Closure of the meeting 

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