North American Soil Partnership

On the 22 December 2014, the Canadian Society of Soil Science and the Soil Science Society of America as well as the Soil and Water Conservation Society proclaimed the formation of the North American Regional Soil Partnership (NARSP).

The North American Regional Soil Partnership will provide guidance on regional goals/priorities and the required implementation mechanisms and will regularly review progress in reaching common objectives and targets. In particular, NARSP should facilitate links with national and local soil management programs and activities with a view to strengthening work on soils and to develop synergies with other relevant initiatives and activities.

The North American Regional Soil Partnership will:

1. Provide input to the development of work plans for the five pillars of the GSP program

2. Develop implementation plans appropriate for North America of any initiatives that result from the five pillars of action of the GSP.

3. Provide names of scientific experts ofr GSP/ITPS initiatives

4. Coordinate North American regional projects such as the regional maps of selected threats to soil function that are part of the State of the World Soil Resource Report.

The North American Regional Soil Partnership agreement was prepared by the participants and agreed to establish the North American Soil Partnership as a part of the Global Soil Partnership