Ninth Asian Soil Partnership meeting

23 - 24 April 2024
From 10AM to 1PM GMT+7
Virtual meeting

Draft agenda – 23 April

10:00 – 10:10AM | Opening remarks, endorsement of the agenda and group picture

Ms Gina Nilo, ASP Chair

Mr Li Lifeng, NSL Director, GSP Secretariat ad, Global Soil Partnership

10:10 – 11:30AM | Countries progresses and news on sustainable soil management and soil
health

Moderator: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, FAO

11:30 – 11:50AM | Report of the Center of Excellence for Soil Research in Asia (CESRA)

xxx, Thailand

11:50 - 12:00AM | Status of the world’s soil resources report 2025: updates and way forward

Ms Jeyanny Vijayanathan, Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soil, Malaysia

12:00 – 12:30AM | Global Soil Partnerships: news and activities of regional interest

xxx, GSP

12:30 – 1:00PM | Reporting mechanisms to the GSP Plenary Assembly

Draft agenda – 24 April

10:00 - 10:30AM | Asian knowledge hub on sustainable soil and land management

- Opinions on impacts and suggestions for improvement

- Suggestions of topics to discuss also in preparation to the ISWF2024

10:30 - 11:00AM | Initiatives on soil governance

11:00 – 11:45AM | Asian watch on the impacts of sustainable soil management

11:45 – 12:30PM | Increasing GSP partners participation to the formulation and

implementation of national and regional activities

12:30 – 1:00PM |…

1:00PM | Closure of the meeting