Presentations to the Fourteenth ITPS Working Session
11-13 May 2021, online (Zoom platform)
Item 1. Opening of the meeting - Ms Rosa Poch, ITPS Chair and Mr Ronald Vargas, GSP Secretariat
- Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
- Election of Rapporteur
Item 2. Cooperation with SPI, 4per1000, CIRCASA, others (for information) - Ms Rosa Poch
Item 3. World Soil Day 2021 (for information and decision) - Ms Isabelle Verbeke, GSP Secretariat
Item 4. Report of the work performed since the 13th working session - ITPS WG coordinators
- SOC Manual – status and way forward
- New developments of RECSOIL: inclusion of N, financial part and implementation plan
b. Soil pollution working group
- Launch of GASP report
- Technical manuals on hold since 2019
- Soil Erosion Special Issues
- Way forward
d. Soil biodiversity working group
- Outcome of GSOBI
- Way forward
e. Soil salinity working group
- Global Assessment of Salt-Affected Soils
- Role of ITPS on Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils
- INSAS
f. Soil fertility working group
- Global Symposium on Soil Fertility 2022
- Implementation plan of the Fertilizer Code
g. Soil mapping working group
- Progress on Global Soil Salinity Map (GSSmap)
- Progress on Global Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Potential Map (GSOCseq)
- Progress on Global Soil Erosion Map (GSERmap)
- Progress on Global Black Soil Distribution Map (GBSmap)
- Report of the Global Status of Black Soils
Item 5. ITPS Letters - Ms Rosa Poch
- Letters under development (soil governance)
- New letters
Item 6. Protocol for Sustainable Soil Management and Soil Doctors Programme - Ms Carolina Oliveira, GSP Secretariat
Item 7. Discussion on the 2nd Edition of the SWSR Report - Ms Rosa Poch and Mr Ronald Vargas
- Editorial Board
- Inviting authors
- How to use the information of the Global Assessments
Item 8. ITPS report to the GSP Plenary Assembly - Ms Rosa Poch and Mr Ronald Vargas
- ITPS workplan for 2021-2022
- Introduction of the new ITPS Russian member and his involvement in ongoing tasks
Item 9. Any other business - - Ms Rosa Poch and Mr Ronald Vargas
Item 10. Date and venue of the next meeting
Item 11. Closure of the meeting