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*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable production intensification*


Dear Subscribers,


Please see herebelow an invitation to an online consultation for developing
the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management.


The Zero Draft can be improved considerably!


*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca



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*Subject:* Invitation to an online consultation for developing the
Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management - Reply by 29.02.2016



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*DISCUSSION No. 124  *

*Online consultation for developing the Voluntary Guidelines for
Sustainable Soil Management *

until* 29 February 2016*



*[image: icon]How to participate *

Send your contribution to
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<[log in to unmask]>or post it on the
FSN Forum website *www.fao.org/fsnforum* <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum>

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<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/files/124_Soil_Guidelines/Zero_Draft_VGSSM.docx>

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to invite you to an open online consultation on the *‘Zero
draft’ of the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM)*,
which have just been released.

Eduardo Mansur, Director of the Land and Water Division in FAO, invites all
those interested in soils to comment on the issues presented below, or to
send track changes on the Zero Draft directly.

This online consultation is organised by the Global Soil Partnership
<http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/en/> and is hosted on FAO's
Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)
<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/soilguidelines>, with the
aim to seek your feedback on the questions presented below.

Please find the invitation below and the questions proposed. Your comments
are welcome in English
<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/soilguidelines>, French
<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fr/forum/discussions/soilguidelines> and
Spanish <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/es/forum/discussions/soilguidelines>;
track changes to the draft can also be sent.

To participate you can either register
<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/user/register> to the FSN Forum here
<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/user/register> and post online or send your
comments via email to
[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>.

On the webpage you will find further resources and links.

Looking forward to a lively exchange,

*The FSN Forum team *





Dear Partner,

We are tasked with the unique opportunity to mould the future of soils
sustainability.

The *‘Zero draft’ of the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil
Management*
<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/files/124_Soil_Guidelines/Zero_Draft_VGSSM.docx>
(VGSSM), developed in order to promote sustainable soil management
effectively in all regions, needs your contribution. Your input is
necessary to allow the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils to better
frame the multifaceted needs of all the stakeholders.

This online consultation invites you to address the following questions:

·         *Does the zero draft sufficiently outline a way to achieve
sustainable soil management worldwide?*

·         *Have all the key technical elements to achieve sustainable soil
management been included in the guidelines? *

·         *Do the guidelines take into account the great variety of
ecosystem services provided by soils?*

·         *Will the results of the guidelines, once implemented be
sufficient enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?*

·         *Do the guidelines identify activities that should be avoided to
achieve multiple benefits through sustainable soil management?*

The consultation will be facilitated by *Dan Pennock*, Intergovernmental
Technical Panel on Soils, and *Ronald Vargas*, Global Soil Partnership
Secretary.

Thank you very much for engaging in this critical process.

We look forward to receiving your valuable inputs to make these guidelines
a reality.

*Eduardo Mansur*, Director Land and Water Division, FAO



*Background and process*

The recently published Status of the World’s Soil Resources report
identified ten major threats to our soils that need to be addressed if we
are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Therefore, urgent efforts must be made to enable and engage with
sustainable soil management at all levels. Achieving sustainable soil
management will generate large benefits for all, therefore the availability
of comprehensive guidelines on SSM is of major importance.

The revised World Soil Charter - developed under the Global Soil
Partnership by the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils - already
contains carefully drafted principles and guidelines for action to
implement sound sustainable soil management. However, the World Soil
Charter may be complemented by the preparation of more detailed technical
guidelines for the sustainable management of soil resources.

In December 2015 - during the celebration of the International Year of
Soils - the 153rd FAO Council supported the development of Voluntary
Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management (VGSSM) with the aim of
facilitating the implementation of the World Soil Charter and promote
effective and sustainable soil management in all regions.

The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils was tasked to develop a
zero-draft of the VGSSM. This draft will now be subject to a comprehensive
e-consultation process with all interested partners and stakeholders. These
contributions will directly feed the VGSSM  first draft prepared by the
Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils; the process will then continue
and the ‘first draft’ will be submitted to an Open-Ended Working Group for
its finalization and submission to the Global Soil Partnership Plenary
Assembly, the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) and, if endorsed, to the FAO
Council.



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