Presentations to the Fifteenth ITPS Working Session
15-17 November 2021, online (Zoom platform)
Item 1: Opening of the meeting
- Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
- Election of Rapporteur
Item 2: Cooperation with SPI, 4per1000, others
Item 3: Decisions of the 9th GSP Plenary Assembly concerning the ITPS, welcoming of new ITPS member
- Welcoming to the new ITPS member
- Assessment of the economic benefits of sustainable soil management (SSM) for farmers and other land users
Item 4: Report of the work performed since the 14th working session
a. SOC working group
- Technical manuals
- Remediation and management project
- NETSOBI work plan
- Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory
Item 4: Continuation
- Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils
- INSAS
- Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition 2022
- Implementation plan of the Fertilizer Code
c. Black soils working group
- Report of the Global Status of Black Soils
- Available GloSIS data products: Global Soil Salinity Map (GSSmap) and Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map (GSOCseq)
- Progress on Global Soil Erosion Map (GSERmap)
- Progress on Global Black Soil Distribution Map (GBSmap)
- Brainstorming on soil nutrient budget maps
Item 5: ITPS Letters
- Letters under development (soil sealing, soil education and awareness)
- New letters
Item 6: Protocol for Sustainable Soil Management
Item 7: Discussion on the 2nd Edition of the SWSR Report
- Table of content
- Data
- Invited authors
- How to use the information of the Global Assessments
Item 8: Soil awareness raising and World Soil Day
Item 9: Any other business
Item 10: Date and venue of the next meeting
Item 11: Closure of the meeting