Transcript Report of the First Meeting of the Plenary Assembly of the

Pillar 1
‘Promoting sustainable soil
management’
Samarkand, 10 September 2014
Defining ‘Sustainable Soil Management’
“Management practices that protect soil and
enhance its performance for the production
of goods and provision of ecosystem
services without degrading or impairing onor off-site ecosystem functions.”
Why do we need to promote SSM?
• Maintain soil functions and ecosystem
services
• Sustaining long term food security
• Climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Maintain soil biodiversity
PLANS OF ACTION FOR GSP PILLARS
PILLAR 1: Summary of Recommendations
GSP Logical Framework
OUTPUTS
Indicators
ASSUMPTION AND RISK
PILLAR 1. Promote protection and conservation and sustainable management of soil resources for sustained productivity
and restoration/rehabilitation of degraded/problem soils
A.1
Capacity
development
for
strengthening
national
strategy
Pre and post test is carried out in relation
formulation, technical and extension
to the training and other field activities
services and mechanisms on the ground for
aimed at improvement of capacities.
sustainable soil management, conservation
and restoration.
Partners need to select fully
qualified participants.
A.2. Scaling up and implementation of
sustainable soil management practices at
regional and national levels (preventing
degradation) and enhanced soil
productivity and ecosystems services
Successful engagement of top level
scientists and soil practitioners
needs to be ensured.
Reports from national authorities on the
number of hectares in which sustainable
soil management, conservation and
restoration practices have been
implemented.
All classical risks in this type of
A.3. Restoration/rehabilitation of degraded Number of hectares that have been
projects, e.g. regarding the
and/or problem soils for improved restored/rehabiliated; there should be a
selection of suitable areas,
livelihoods, food security and increased strong will from the national authorities to sufficient and timely counterpart
resilience (ecosystems at risk).
implement the activities.
support by country authorities, full
account of local conditions.
Number of networks assisted and
A.4. Networking and disseminating
documented measures effectively and
documentation on measures for soil
widely disseminated
protection, management and restoration.
GLOBAL GEF/FAO DECISION SUPPORT FOR
MAINSTREAMING AND SCALING UP OF SUSTAINABLE LAND
MANAGEMENT
Goal of the Project is: to contribute to arresting and reversing current
global trends in land degradation.
The global environmental objective of the Project is to contribute
to combating desertification land degradation and drought (DLDD)
worldwide through scaling up sustainable land management best
practices based on evidence based and informed decision making.
Country-participants: 15 countries
Project Components
Component 1: National and local decision-support on combating DLDD
and promoting mainstreaming and up-scaling of SLM best practices
1.1.1 DLDD and SLM assessments and information on SLM best practices
1.1.2 Mainstreaming of DLDD and SLM assessment findings
1.1.3 Regional and inter-regional capacity development and experience
sharing
1.2.1 Strengthened delivery mechanisms for SLM upscaling, awareness
raising, and training
1.2.2 Implementation and upscaling of SLM best practices
1.2.3 Strengthening country and regional capacity for DLDD and SLM scaling
up
Component 2; Global DLDD and SLM Knowledge Management and
Decision-support Platform
2.1.1 FAO-WOCAT, online and open access DLDD and SLM decision-support
platform
2.1.2 Guidelines for methods and tools to assess DLDD and SLM
Component 3: Monitoring and Evaluation and diddimination of project
results
Preliminary Outputs for Pillar 1
Outputs
A.1.Scalling up and mainstreaming sustainable soil
management and maintenance of ecosystem services for
increased productivity of salt affected croplands in
different production landscapes
A.2. Networking and disseminating documentation on
measures for soil protection, management and
restoration.
A.3. Linking EASP with global Environmental
Conventions and existing initiatives (ELD, etc)
Indicator
Risks/ Assumptions