Sustainably managing and restoring soils for the provision of ecosystem services
The GSP supports countries in promoting sustainable soil management and restoring degraded soils through evidence-based guidance, technical cooperation and country-level implementation. Through the Recarbonization of Global Agricultural Soils (RECSOIL) initiative, the GSP promotes the adoption of sustainable soil management practices that increase and maintain soil organic carbon stocks and enhance soil health, contributing to increasing resilience and productivity. RECSOIL is the GSP contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation in the agricultural sector. RECSOIL protocols and tools provide practical guidance and indicators to assess soil health and support evidence-based decision-making. Together, these efforts contribute to the protection of healthy soils and the restoration of degraded lands.Initiatives and programmes
Reports
Recarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices. Volume 1 - Introduction and methodology
2021
This technical manual is the first attempt to gather, in a standardized format, the existing data on the impacts of the main soil management practices...
Recarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices. Volume 2: Hot spots and bright spots of soil organic carbon
2021
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science..
Recarbonizing global soils: A technical manual of recommended sustainable soil management. Volume 3 - Cropland, grassland, integrated systems and farming approaches - Practices overview
2021
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science,...
Recarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices. Volume 4 - Cropland, grassland, integrated systems and farming approaches - Case studies
2021
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science,...
Recarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices. Volume 5: Forestry, wetlands, urban soils (practices overview)
2021
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science,...
Recarbonizing global soils - A technical manual of recommended management practices. Volume 6: Forestry, wetlands, urban soils (case studies)
2021
During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science,...