ASIAN SOIL PARTNERSHIP (ASP)
Pisoot Vijarnsorn
Land Development Department Bangkok, THAILAND
Background Note
FAO
RSP
68 th
UNGA(2013)
GSP2011
ASP
WSD5 DEC
IYS2015
NanjingCom (2012)
BangkokCom (2015)
ITPS2013
Mission of GSP (FAO Rome)
- Develop awareness and contribute to the development capacities to exchange of knowledge and technologies for sustainable management and use of soil resources
Intergovernmental Technical Panel of Soils (ITPS)
First meeting in FAO (Rome) : 22 – 26 July 2013
FAORegional office
forAsia and the Pacific
ASP ConsultationWorkshop on
Sustainable Management
and Protection of Soil Resource 13-15 May 2015
Bangkok, Thailand
18Countries
in Asiaparticipated
ASPEstablishment
Bangkok Communiqué
15 May 2015
List of 18 Countries Participating the ASP Consultation Workshop
Bangladesh(2) Bhutan(2) Cambodia(2)
India(2) Indonesia(3) Japan(2)
Korea(3) Laos PDR(3) Malaysia(2)
Mongolia(2) Myanmar(1) Pakistan(2)
Philippines(3) Sri Lanka(2) Taiwan(1)
Timor-Leste (2) Thailand(5) Vietnam(1)
FAO Rome(1) FAO RAP(3) (GSP)
Total : 45 persons
18 countries from Asia participating at the Asian Soil partnership Consultative workshop agreed to the following issues :
1. Appreciate the great diversity of soils in the region and their fundamental value for food security and overall sustainable development
2. Call the attention that soil degradation is a serious process that is threatening the soil resource in the Asian region.
soil pollution
wind erosion
Low o.m.
soil sealingsoil salinity
soil acidification
3. Advocating for the following priorities in the region : promotion of sustainable restoration/rehabilitation of degraded soils with focus on soil erosion, nutrient imbalance, soil acidification, soil pollution, loss of organic carbon and soil salinity.
Hill side ditch
Cover crops
Terracingcontour cropping
Vetiver strip
Organic matter amendment
1. Use proper fertilizer
2. Apply when crop needs
3. Watering after application
4. Use proper amount
5. Apply at right place
Nutrient Application
liming
4. The enhancement of soil information by using digital soil mapping and advocating for having national soil information system.
5. Call the attention that investment on the promotion of sustainable soil management is a pre-condition for achieving sustainable development.
6. The Asian Soil Partnership is a unique opportunity for addressing the current challenges and serve as platform for promoting sustainable soil management in the region.
Partnership
Asian
Soil
To achieve these goals, the participants agreed to consolidate the Asian Soil Partnership by establishing the Secretariat hosted by Thailand and a Steering Committee that is composed by :
Chair : Thailand
East Asia : Republic of Korea, Mongolia : (Japan
to be confirmed)
Southeast Asia : Cambodia, Thailand, Indonisia
South Asia : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1. Pillar 1 : Promote sustainable management of soil resource protection, conservation and sustainable productivity
Soil Challenges and gaps
- Soil degradation (erosion, nutrient depletion, contamination, landslides particularly in sloping areas)
- Soil Organic Matter depletion- Soil Fertility and fertilizer management- Soil management in unfavorable ecosystem- Soil salinity/salinization.- Peatlands/acid sulphate soils management- Soil and water pollution.- Climate change adaptation and mitigation- Water scarcity (water harvesting)- Overgrazing.Chair : Dr. S.K. Chaudhari (India)
All partners agreed to establish working groups for the five GSP pillars of Action
2. Pillar 2 : Encourage investment, technical cooperation, policy, education awareness and extension in soil.
Soil Challenges and gaps
- Academic courses in university, colleges and schools (soil survey, soil chemistry)
- Dissemination of technologies- Lacking/insufficient appropriate policy, national
action programme on land degradation and desertification
- Lack of awareness- Encroachment of forest land used for agriculture
purpose (deforestation, urbanization land use changes)
Chair : Dr. Muhammad Arshad Pakistan-1st 3 year,
Dr. Milkha Singh Aulakh, India-2nd 3 year
3. Pillar 3 : Promote targeted soil research and
development focusing on identified gaps and priorities and synergies with related productive, environmental and social development actions
Chair : Kazuyuki Yaki (Japan)
4. Pillar 4 : Enhance the quantity and quality of soil data and information : data collection (generation), analysis, validation, reporting, monitoring, and integration with other disciplines
Soil Challenges and gaps
- Insufficient Land Resources information
- Insufficient soil analysis, data/map availability and
its use for recommendation
- Lack of land suitability and capability classification
systems
- Soil resource inventory and land use
- Soil quality indicators and soil health monitoring
- Land degradation assessment (methodologies and
tools)
- Lack of proper land use planning
Chair : Dr. Rodelio Carating (Philippines)
5. Pillar 5 : Harmonization of methods, measurements and indicators for the sustainable management and protection of soil resources
Soil Challenges and gaps- Lack of land suitability and capability classification
systems, reliable soil database- Environment risks (climate change, nutrient
imbalance, contamination-develop indicators for sustainable soil management)
- Soil quality indicators and soil health monitoring- Land degradation assessment (methodologies and
tools)- Insufficient soil analysis, data/map availability and its
use for recommendation/planning
Chair : Dr. Audthasit Wongmaneeroj (Thailand)
Time for Implementation Plan for ASP
5 Years
Facilitated bySecretariat
and steering com.
All Partners in the Region
Supported by
Hopefully, The Implementation Plan will Contribute to
Achieving food security and nutrition
Climate change adaptation
Provision of ecosystem services
Sustainable Development
Last but not Least, All Partners of ASP
will try their best to makethe IYS 2015
a Successful Foundation for Advocating
for Sustainable Soil Management in the Region
and
Especially to Bring this Momentum Beyond 2015