Twenty-first ITPS Working Session
The 21st Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils working session was held in presence at FAO Headquarter on 18-20 November 2024.
The presentations are available for consultation and include latest progresses made by the different working groups on each assigned topic.
Presentations to the Twenty-first ITPS Working Session
Item1:Opening of the meeting | Lifeng Li, NSL Director, Rosa Porch, ITPS Chair
Item 2: Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable Rosa Poch, ITPS Chair
Item 3: Election of Rapporteur Rosa Poch, ITPS Chair
Item 4: Report of the work performed since the 20th working session ITPS working groups leaders and GSP Secretariat
- Progress on soil organic carbon related activities | RECSOIL SSM Practice Monitoring Protocols Michaela Brown, GSP Secretariat
- Progress on black soils related activities - Black Soil management practices | Lucia Anjos, ITPS
- Progress on salt-affected soils related activities: release of the GSAS report, UN Year on Saline Agriculture, INSAS webinars | Maria Konyushkova, GSP Secretariat
- Progress on soil biodiversity related activities - Paper on soil biodiversity and One Health | Jacob Parnell and Carlos Barreto, GSP Secretariat
- Progress on soil fertility related activities - Policy brief on organic amendments | Imane Slimani, GSP Secretariat Georges Ndzana, ITPS
- Progress on sustainable soil management related activities - List of SSM paper, new Soil Doctors educational materials | Carolina Olivera and Cruz Ferro, GSP Secretariat
- Progress on GLOSOLAN related activities (GLOSOLAN updates) - proposal on a certification system for soil laboratories Nopmanee Suvannang | ITPS Filippo Benedetti, GSP Secretariat
- Progress on soil legislation related activities – Legal guide on soil protection and sustainable soil management | Giacomo Rocchegiani, GSP Secretariat
Item 5: Preparation of the 2nd edition of the Status of the World’s Soil Resources Report | Dan Pennock, Chief Editor
Item 6: Outcome of the Global Symposium on Soil Information and Data 2024 | Isabel Luotto, GSP Secretariat
Item 7: Updates of the soil health indicators and key performance indicators of the GSP Action Framework | Luis Rodriguez Lado, GSP Secretariat
Item 8: Review of ITPS Letters on groundwater pollution, soil governance, war-affected soils. Other ITPS Letter proposals (documents for review and discussion) Rosa Poch, ITPS Chair GSP Secretariat
Item 9: World Soil Day 2024 | Isabelle Verbeke, GSP Secretariat
Item 11: Any other business Item 12: Date and venue of the next meeting
Item 13: Closure of the meeting Rosa Poch, ITPS Chair Natalia Rodriguez Eugenio, GSP Secretariat