Presentations and Recordings | INSAS First meeting
Virtual meeting (Zoom) | 14-15 April 2021
Opening - Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, FAO
FAO Global Soil Partnership tools and activity on salt-affected soils
- Introduction to the GSP - Natalia Rodriguez, GSP Secretariat
- Global soil salinity map and Global report on salt-affected soils - Christian Omuto, GSP Secretariat
- Soil Doctors program and its materials on salt-affected soils - Carolina Olivera Sanchez, GSP Secretariat & Zhanyl Bozayeva, FAO-KZ
- The Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for saline soil analysis - Nopmanee Suvannang, GLOSOLAN Chair
- Global symposium on salt-affected soils (GSSAS2021) - Maria Konyushkova, GSP Secretariat
- World Soil Day 2021 - Isabelle Verbeke, GSP Secretariat
Introduction to INSAS
- Introduction to INSAS - Maria Konyushkova, GSP Secretariat- Introduction to INSAS
- INSAS webpage
- Membership
- Terms of Reference for Chair and Vice-Chair
Setting the scene - the main areas of work with salt-affected soils
- Mapping and assessing salt affected soils: the challenges and opportunities as experienced for the Latin American and the Caribbean region - Mario Guevara Santamaria, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Salt-affected soils management: Soil salinity management plan of the United Arab Emirates - Bayan Mahmoud Athamneh, UAE Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi
- Soil&Crops: The Salt Doctors - Improving crop yield under saline conditions - Arjen de Vos, The Salt Doctors director
- Soil&Water: The WASAG working group on Saline Agriculture - Partners at work for resilient agriculture and food security - Jean Boroto, coordinator of WASAG
Setting the scene - the main areas of work with salt-affected soils
- Biosaline agriculture: lessons learned from agricultural R&D projects in salt-affected areas - Ahmed H. Elnaggar, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
- The integrated approach to soil salinity management in Central Asia and Turkey (CACILM-2 GEF project) - Makhmud Shaumarov, regional project coordinator, FAO-KZ
- Effects of grey water use on salinity and sodicity: case study from Belgium - Wim Cornelis, Gent University - UNESCO Chair on Eremology
- Modelling solute transport in salt-affected soils: case studies from Iran - Meisam Rezaei, Soil and Water Research Institute of Iran
- The impact of sea level rise on soil salinization in Northern Europe and the potential of saline agriculture as an adaptation measure - Katarzyna Negacz, IVM Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
INSAS work plan and governance
- Work plan of INSAS including thematic areas
- Interactive discussion
- Election of Chair and Vice-chair
- Voting and adoption of the work plan of INSAS
- Closure of the meeting