• The Vision of the GSP is the improvement of the global governance of the limited soil resources of the planet in order to guarantee healthy and productive soils for a food secure world, as well as sustain other ecosystem services on which our livelihoods and societies depend including water regulation and supply, climate regulation, biodiversity conservation and other cultural services.
GSP Vision and MissionGSP Vision and Mission
• The Mission of the GSP is to develop capacities, build on best available science, and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and technologies between stakeholders, for sustainable management of soil resources at all levels with a view to enhancing food security, protecting ecosystem services, and contributing to poverty alleviation in an era of increasing human demands and climate change.
• The Regional Soil Partnership should be formed among interested and active stakeholders. These regional partnerships will work in close coordination with FAO Regional Offices and will establish an interactive consultative process with national soils entities, regional soil science societies and other relevant regional mechanisms under the various related conventions. Preferably, they will build on existing regional networks or collaborative processes (e.g. African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility‐AfNET), linking National and local networks, partners, projects and activities to ensure that the partnership process is country‐driven.
Regional Soil PartnershipRegional Soil Partnership
What is ASSN
• A network, a partnership• A platform• A team
=> Expects to work together with existing networks
Country / region
Organization
Bangladesh Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka Soil Science Society of BangladeshSoil Resources Development Institute, University of Darka
Bhutan Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Cambodia Department of Agricultural Land Resources Management, General Directorate of Agriculture
China Mainland Institute of Soil Science, CAS; Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, CAASInstitute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CASComputer Network Information Center, CASZhejiang UniversityShenyang Agricultural UniversityChina University of Geosciences;
China Taiwan Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan UniversityChinese Society of Soil and Fertilizer Sciences
Institutions in ASSN
Country & region
Organization
Japan Natural Resources Inventory Center, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences Department of Forest Site Environment, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Lao PDR Agriculture Land Use Research Center (ALURC), National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute , Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Malasia Bahagian Pengurusan Dan Pemuliharaan Sumber Tanah (BPPST)
Mongolia Soil Science Department, Institute Geography, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Nepal Soil Science Division, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
Pakistan Soil Survey of Punjab
Philippines Bureau of Soils and Water Management
RO Korea National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA)
Country & region
Organization
Sri Lanka Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya; Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka
Thailand Land Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
VietnamSoils and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI)
GSP Proposed Pillars of GSP Proposed Pillars of Action Action
1. Promoting sustainable management of soil resources and improved global governance for soil protection and sustainable productivity;
2. Encouraging investment, technical cooperation, policy, education awareness and extension in soils;
3. Promoting targeted soil research and development focusing on identified gaps and priorities and synergies with related productive, environmental and social development actions;
4. Enhancing the quantity and quality of soil data and information: data collection, analysis, validation, reporting, monitoring and integration of data with other disciplines;
5. Harmonization and establishment of voluntary guidelines of methods, measurements and indicators for the sustainable management and protection of soil resources;
Recent activities
• Soil atlas of Asia• Asia soil information system• Training in relation to GSM.net
Secretariat
• The coordination and facilitation body of the ASP that will be in charge of supporting the implementation of the ASP work programme through its network
LETTER OF AGREEMENTBetween
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (“FAO”)
and the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
For the establishment of the Asian Network of Soil Science
and creation of the Asian Soil Information System (Phase I)
Objective:contribution to the promotion of
Sustainable Land Management through the inventory and assessment of soil,
land resources and their use.
Outputs/outcomes
The Service Provider will produce, achieve or deliver the following outputs or outcomes:
1. Asian Soil Science Network formally established. 2. National Soil Maps at 1:1000000 scale using the WRB2010 classification system are available.3. Regional Soil Map at 1:1000000 scale using the WRB2010 classification system is available.4. Regional Soil database of soil profile data is available.
5. Design of the Asian Soil Information System (ASIS) is available.
MONTHSACTIVITIES
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Asian Soil Network
National soil class maps
Regional soil class map
Regional soil proile database
Asian Soil Information System (ASIS)
Workplan and Timeframe (Duration)