Nineteenth ITPS Working Session
The 19th Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils working session was held in presence at FAO Headquarter on 13-15 November 2023.
The presentations are available for consultation and include latest progresses made by the different working groups on each assigned topic.
Presentations to the Eighteenth ITPS Working Session
13 - 15 November 2023 | Virtual, Zoom platform
Moderator: Dr Rosa Poch, Chair of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS)
Item 1: Opening of the meeting | Dr Rosa Poch
Item 4. Report of the work performed since the 18 th working session
- Progress on soil organic carbon related activities (RECSOIL and GSOC-MRV) | Mr Guillermo Peralta, FAO
- Progress on soil pollution related activities (Technical Manual, INSOP updates) | Mr Sergejus Ustinov, FAO
- Progress on soil biodiversity related activities (NETSOB updates, launch of GLOSOB) | Mr Jacob Parnell, FAO
- Progress on soil salinity related activities (INSAS updates, Global assessment of saltaffected soils) | Ms Maria Konyushkova, FAO
- Progress on soil fertility related activities(International Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Network (INSOILFER) | Ms Vinisa Saynes, FAO
- Progress on sustainable soil management related activities (Soil Doctors) | Ms Carolina Olivera, FAO
- Progress on mapping related activities (progress on GSNmap, GSERmap, GloSIS) | Mr Yusuf Yigini, FAO
- Progress on soil analysis and laboratories related activities (GLOSOLAN updates) | Mr Filippo Bendetti, FAO
Item 5: Outcome of the Global Symposium on Soil and Water (GSOWA23) | Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, FAO
Item 6: Preparation of the Global Symposium on Soil Information and Data 2024 | Mr Marcos Angelini, FAO
Item 7: Preparation of ITPS Letters on soil pollution, soil biodiversity, soil awareness | Dr Poch, ITPS
Item 8: Updates of the soil health indicators and key performance indicators of the GSP Action Framework | Mr Yigini, FAO
Item 9: World Soil Day 2023 | Maria Chiara Humura, FAO
Item 10: Preparation of the 2nd edition of the Status of the World’s Soil Resources Report | Dr Dan Pennock