GSP PILLAR 1 - GLOBAL PLAN OF ACTION:
PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE SOIL
MANAGEMENT
2nd GSP Plenary Assembly
Rome, Italy
22-24 July 2014
Liesl Wiese
Pillar One Working Group
23 July 2014
PILLAR 1
Promote sustainable management
of soil resources for
soil protection,
conservation and
sustainable productivity
6
5
Southwest
Pacific
3
3
5
2
1
North America
1
Original WG (26)
6
2
Southwest
Pacific
2
2
3
1
1
North America
0
Active WG (17)
(1) DEFINING SSM
“Management practices that protect
soil and enhance its performance for
the production of goods and
provision of ecosystem services
without degrading or impairing
on- or off-site ecosystem functions.”
Food security
Soil functions/
Ecosystem services
Maintaining biodiversity
Climate change
Increasing
population
Inappropriate
soil
management
Inadequat
e
governanc
e
Increase SSM
implementation
!
Increase SSM
implementatio
n!
(3) Assess
and address
barriers
(4) Identify
appropriate
SSM
practices
(5)
Sustainable
intensificatio
n of
production -
balanced soil
fertility
management (6) Cost-benefit
analyses of
SSM
(7) Coordinate and
(8) Monitor SSM
implementation (9) Effective
communication
strategy
(10) National
and regional
solutions and
policies
(11) Link
with existing
initiatives
(2) FAO
Members,
please
approve this
plan of
action!!! Barrier
s
to SSM
Soi
l
Working Group
Archis Ambulkar, Joseph Bagyaraj,
Arnulfo Encina Rojas, Rafael Fuentes,
Violette Geissen, Maria Beatriz Giraudo
Hedi Hamrouni, Patrick Heffer, Jeroen Huising, Pem
Kandel, Peter Kuikman, Konrad Meyer, Olegario Muniz,
Peter Weisskopf,
Liesl Wiese (Chair), Pandi Zdruli, Feras Ziadat
FAO Sally Bunning, Ronald Vargas
