Global Soil Partnership

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

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GLOSOLAN globally harmonizes standard operating procedures (SOPs) and make them available online - to all users - for FREE. All our SOPs are compiled in the GLOSOLAN’s Best practice manual, an online document structured as a flexible compendium of volumes to be published as soon as ready. SOPs offer step-by-step instructions on how to perform laboratory analyses.

SOPs are a critical component in ensuring the replicability of a measurement and the credibility and traceability of data. They are so important to be the first thing to look at in case of errors in the measurement or variable results in internal and external quality control exercises.

Before investing in new equipment, make sure that your staff is well trained and that SOPs are implemented!

SOPs go hand-in-hand with the execution of internal and external quality control exercises.

Publications

Status of the World’s Soil Resources 2026 - At a glance
2026

The 2026 Status of the World’s Soil Resources: At a Glance brochure presents the key messages of the latest global assessment of soil health and sustainable...

Status of the World's Soil Resources 2026 - A global call to action to restore and sustain the world’s soils
2026

In an effort to improve understanding of the status of this resource and to identify threats and activities leading to its degradation, the Intergovernmental...

Status of the world's soil resources 2026
2026

The ITPS and the GSP secretariat publishes a second edition of the Status of the World Soil Resources where all the scientific documents and publications...

The hidden impacts of conflict – How conflict impacts soil health, agriculture and food security - ITPS Soil Letters #11
2026

The document explores the impacts of conflicts on soils and identify potential actions to rebuilding sustainable and resilient agricultural systems...