21 - 22 August 2024 | Online 

Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Item 1. Countries progresses and news on sustainable soil management and soil health

• Australia, Rowena Yates, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Cook Islands, William Wigmore, Ministry of Agriculture
• Fiji, Rozleen Deo, Ministry of Agriculture & Waterways
• Kiribati, Karoti Toto, Ministry of Environment Lands and Agricultural Development
• Solomon Islands, Marvin Baekisapa, Solomon Islands National University
• Tuvalu, Matio Lonalona, Ministry of Agriculture

Item 2. Partners interventions

• Australasian Soil and Plant Analysis Council (ASPAC), Nell Peisley, Deputy-Chair, ACT Rep, Workshop Coordinator
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Uta Stockmann, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
• Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research (MWLR) and Plant and Food Research New Zealand (PFR), Sam Carrick, Portfolio Leader Characterising Land Resources, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research & Craig Anderson, Soil Scientist, Plant and Food Research, New Zealand

Item 3. News from the region  

• SPC’S ROLE IN PSP, Rohit Lal, Soil Scientist, SPC Land Resources Division
• Soils Rotorua 2024, Rotorua Energy Events Centre, NZ

Item 4. Status of the world’s soil resources report 2025: updates and way forward

• Status of the world’s soil resources report 2025: updates and way forward, Ravi Naidu SWSR25 Editorial Board member, Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) and crc for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (crcCARE) Megan Balks Review Editor State of World Soils Report 2025

Item 5. Global Soil Partnership: group discussion on regional representation at the GSP

• Pacific participation in GSP Technical Networks, Lucrezia Caon, Land Management Officer, FAORAP

Item 6. Technical work being undertaken in the Pacific

• Pacific work plan on soil analysis (for information and decision-making), Lucrezia Caon, Land Management Officer, FAORAP
• Pacific Soil Portal 2024 Update, James Barringer, GIS Scientist and International Consultant, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research (MWLR)

Item 7. Open discussion: burning issues and way forward

• Downward Spiral of Soil Productivity in The Pacific Islands, Siosiua Halavatau, Pacific Soil Partnership Chair ad-interim
• Pacific knowledge hub on sustainable soil and land management, Lucrezia Caon, Land Management Officer, FAORAP

Item 8. Pacific Soil Partnership governance, Lucrezia Caon, Land Management Officer, FAORAP