03-05 July 2024 | Hybrid - FAO headquarters and Virtual

Opening statement by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General

Agenda | Report

Item 2. Status on the Implementation of the GSP Action Framework (GSPPA: XII/2024/2), Mr Yusuf Yigini | GSP Secretariat​

Item 3. Implications of the establishment of a Sub-committee on soils under COAG and maintaining the GSP in its current structure (GSPPA:XII/2024/3), Ms Natalia Rodriguez Eugenio | GSP Secretariat​

Item 4. Work of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel of Soils (ITPS) (GSPPA: XII/2024/4)fileadmin/user_upload/GSP/Plenary_assembly_12/Presentations/Item_04_ITPS_for_GSP_PA_2024_v2.pdf, Ms Rosa Porch | ITPS Chair​

• 4.1. Report by the chairperson on main activities and outcomes of the work programme 2023- 2024
• 4.2. ITPS work programme 2024-2025
• 4.3. Preparation and launch of the Second edition of the Status of the World’s Soil Resources Report

Item  5. Report on the financial status of the GSP (GSPPA: XII/2024/5), Ms Vanja Maslovaric | GSP Secretariat

Item 6. Report on normative tools and actions on sustainable soil management: for information and decision (GSPPA:XII/2024/6), Ms Carolina Olivera | GSP Secretariat​

• 6.1. Status of soil governance and SoiLEX update, including implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management and the SSM Protocol.
• 6.2. Implementation of the RECSOIL: recarbonization of agricultural soils
• 6.3. Implementation of the Global Soil Doctors Programme

Item 7. Status about Global Symposia: for information and decision (GSPPA: XII/2024/7), Ms Isabel Luotto​ | GSP Secretariat​

• 7.1. Report on the Global Symposium on Soils and Water 2023
• 7.2. Preparations for the Global Symposium on Soil Data and Information 2024
• 7.3. Preparations for the Global Symposium on Soil Sealing and Urbanization 2025

Item 8. Report on Regional Soil Partnerships (GSPPA: XII/2024/8)

• African Soil Partnership, Ms Anne Muriuki​ | African Soil Partnership Chair
• Sustainable soil management in Latin America and the Caribbean​, Ms Sol Ortiz García​ | Latin America and the Caribbean Soil Partnership Chair
• The NENA Soil Partnership: Current Status, challenges and opportunities, Mr Rachid M​oussadek ​|
• European Soil Partnership, Rainer Baritz​ | European Soil Partnership Chair
• Asian Soil Partnership (ASP) 2023-2024, Ms Gina P. Nilo | Asian Soil Partnership
• Pacific Soil Partnership, Mr Rohit Lal​ | Pacific Soil Partnership

Item 9. Progress of the GSP Technical Networks (GSPPA: XII/2024/9)

• 9.1. International Network of Soil Information institutions (INSII), Luis Rodríguez-Lado | GSP Secretariat
• 9.2. Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) and its initiative on soil spectroscopy (GLOSOLAN-Spec), Ms Hanane Aroui Boukbida​ | GLOSOLAN vice-Chair​
• 9.3. International Network of Black Soils (INBS), Mr Miguel Taboada​ | INBS Chair​
• 9.4. International Network of Salt Affected Soils (INSAS), Mr Jorge Batlle-Sales​ | INSAS Chair​
• 9.5. International Network on Soil Fertility and Fertilizers (INSOILFER) including the International Network on Fertilizer Analysis (INFA) and the implementation of the International Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers, Mr Georges Ndzana​ | INSOILFER Chair
• 9.6. International Network on Soil Biodiversity (NETSOB), Mr Peter de Ruiter | NETSOB Chair Emeritus​
• 9.7 International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP), Mr Ravi Naidu​ | INSOP Chair

Item 10. World Soil Day (theme for 2025), awareness raising on soils and Prizes (GSPPA: XII/2024/10), Ms Isabelle Verbeke​ | GSP Secretariat

Item 11. Proposal to establish the United Nations Decade on Soil Health (GSPPA: XII/2024/11)