Report on the collaboration between ITPS and SPI of UNCCD, IPBES and IPCC

Luca Montanarella (ITPS Chair)European Commission

Fifth Working Session of the Intergovernmental

Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), 14-18 March 2016

Civil SocietyNGOs

Industry

Land owners

Land users

Farmers

National and

International

Institutions

The GSP: An open voluntary partnership federating all stakeholders concerned with Sustainable Soil Management

Universities

Research Agencies

Scientific Organizations

Governments Research and Academia

UNCCDCBD

Climate Change

BiodiversityDesertification

IPCC

SPIIPBES

Food Security

Bridging the gap between soil science and policy

Mandate of the ITPS

(Rule VI of the GSP Rules of Procedures)

a) provide scientific and technical advice on global soil issues primarily to the GSP and in

relation to specific requests submitted by global or regional institutions (UNCCD, UNFCCC, CBD)

b) advocate for the inclusion of sustainable soil management into different development

agendas.

c) review and follow up on the situation and issues related to soils in the contexts of food

security, use and management of natural resources, ecosystem services provision, climate change

adaptation and mitigation, and other relevant areas.

d) review and endorse from a technical viewpoint the GSP Plans of Action.

e) follow up on the implementation of these Plans of Action with due attention to their impact

and contributions to different global policies and initiatives related to sustainable development,

MDGs, food security, climate change adaptation and other subject matters.

f) in exceptional cases, when complex technical matters arise, request the Plenary Assembly and

the Secretariat to form technical committees aiming to gather specific advice.

Terms of Reference of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP):

7. Links with the Rio Conventions

18. The GSP’s five pillars of action will contribute to the “strive to

achieve a land degradation neutral world in the context of

sustainable development” as agreed by the Rio+20 outcome

document as well as the “zero hunger challenge” proposed by

the United Nations. Sustainable management of soil resources

contributes directly and indirectly to all three Rio Conventions

(UNFCCC, CBD and UNCCD) in terms of sustainable soil

management, soil fertility and productivity, soil carbon fluxes,

and soil biodiversity. To achieve the above, active participation

of other institutions organizations will be required.

Links and collaborations with other scientific panels

Close links developed with the Science – Policy Interface

(SPI) of UNCCD (joint meeting at the 2015 Global Soil Week)

Close links established with the Intergovernmental Platform

for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES):

Appointment of the ITPS Chairperson as co-chair of the thematic assessment

on land degradation and restoration

Still lacking closer collaboration with the Intergovernmental

Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

THE 27 SCIENTSTS MEMBERS OF THE ITPS 2015-2017

Proposed by GSP Partners and nominated by FAO Members

NORTH AMERICA

• Mr. Dan Pennock (Canada)

• Mr. Gary M. Pierzynsky (United States

of America)

EUROPE

Chair: Mr. Luca Montanarella (EC)

• Mr. Gunay Erpul (Turkey)

• Mr. Rainer Horn (Germany)

• Mr. Peter de Ruiter (The

Netherlands)

• Mr. Pavel Krasilnikov (Russian

Federation)

AFRICA

• Mr. Nsalambi V. Nkongolo

(Democratic Republic of Congo)

• Mr. Bhanooduth Lalljee (Mauritius)

• Mr. Martin Yemefack (Cameroon)

• Ms. Isaurinda dos Santos Baptista

Costa (Cape Verde)

• Ms. Botle Mapeshoane (Lesotho)

ASIA

• Mr. Patiram Brajendra (India)

• Mr. Sopon Chomchan (Thailand)

• Mr. Kazuyuki Yagi (Japan)

• Mr. Bahriuloom Amanullah (Pakistan)

• Mr. Gan-Lin Zhang (China)

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

• Mr. Juan Antonio Comerma

(Venezuela)

• Mr. Miguel Taboada (Argentina)

• Ms. Maria de Lourdes Mendonca

Santos Breffin (Brazil)

• Mr. Fernando Garcia Préchach

(Uruguay)

• Ms. Oneyda Hernandez Lara (Cuba)

NEAR EAST

• Mr. Talal Darwish (Lebanon)

• Mr. Ahmad S. Muhaimeed (Iraq)

• Mr. Saéb AbdelHaleem Khresat (Jordan)

SOUTH WEST PACIFIC

• Mr. Neil McKenzie (Australia)

• Mr. Siosiua Halavatau (Tonga)