Consulta electrónica para la redacción de las Directrices voluntarias para la gestión sostenible de los suelos
Estimados todos,
Se nos ha brindado la oportunidad única de moldear el futuro de la sostenibilidad de los suelos.
El “borrador cero” de las Directrices voluntarias para la gestión sostenible de los suelos (DVGSS), redactado con el fin de promover eficazmente la gestión sostenible de los suelos en todo el mundo, requiere su ayuda. Su contribución resulta necesaria para que el Grupo técnico intergubernamental sobre los suelos (GTIS) formule mejor las diversas necesidades de todas las partes interesadas.
Mediante diversas preguntas, esta consulta electrónica le permitirá abordar los siguientes temas:
- ¿Describe adecuadamente el borrador cero una forma de alcanzar la gestión sostenible de los suelos en todo el mundo?
- ¿Se han incluido en las directrices todos los elementos técnicos clave para lograr la gestión sostenible de los suelos?
- ¿Tienen en cuenta las directrices la gran variedad de servicios ecosistémicos que aportan por los suelos?
- Una vez implementados los resultados de las directrices, ¿serán suficientes para alcanzar los ODM?
- ¿Identifican las directrices actividades que deben evitarse para lograr múltiples beneficios mediante la gestión sostenible de los suelos?
También puede compartir comentarios o sugerencias específicas para modificar las DVGSS, directamente en un documento Word (por favor utilice el Control de cambios) que puede enviar a [email protected].
La consultación será facilitada por Dan Pennock, Grupo técnico intergubernamental sobre los suelos y Ronald Vargas, Secretario de la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo.
Muchas gracias por participar en este importante proceso. Esperamos recibir sus valiosas aportaciones para hacer realidad estas directrices.
Eduardo Mansur
Director de la División de Tierras y Aguas, FAO
Para más información: antecedentes y proceso
El informe El estado de los recursos de suelos en el mundo (SWSR, por sus siglas en inglés) publicado recientemente, identificó diez amenazas principales para nuestros suelos que deben abordarse si se quieren alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. Por tanto, se debe actuar con urgencia para facilitar y participar en la gestión sostenible de los suelos (GSS) a todos los niveles. Lograr la GSS tendrá grandes beneficios para todos, por lo que disponer de directrices generales sobre ella resulta de suma importancia.
La nueva Carta Mundial de los Suelos (CMS) -elaborada por el Grupo técnico intergubernamental sobre los suelos (GTIS) en el marco de la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo- incluye ya principios y directrices para la acción redactadas con atención para implementar una GSS adecuada. Sin embargo, se puede complementar la CMS con la redacción de directrices técnicas más detalladas para la gestión sostenible de los recursos del suelo.
En diciembre de 2015 -durante la celebración del Año Internacional de los Suelos- el 153º Consejo de la FAO respaldó la redacción de las Directrices voluntarias para la gestión sostenible de los suelos (DVGSS) con el objetivo de facilitar la implementación de la Carta Mundial de los Suelos y promover la gestión eficaz y sostenible de los suelos en todas las regiones del mundo.
Se encargó al GTIS la redacción de un borrador cero de las DVGSS. Este borrador será sometido ahora a una amplia consulta electrónica entre todos los socios y partes interesadas. Estas contribuciones se incorporarán al primer borrador de las DVGSS que redactará el GTIS; el proceso continuará y el “primer borrador” se remitirá al Grupo de Trabajo de Composición Abierta para su finalización y presentación ante la Asamblea plenaria de la Alianza Mundial por el Suelo, el Comité de Agricultura (COAG, por sus siglas en inglés) y, en caso de ser aprobado, al Consejo de la FAO.
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Dear FSN-moderator,
I attach for your consideration some comments on the VGSSM.
Best regards,
Ian
Ian Hannam PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law
University of New England, Armidale 2351 NSW, Australia
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law
Chair Specialist Group, Sustainable Use of Soil and Desertification
Dear Colleagues,
In addition to my previous message I suggest to consult and refer in the review of the guidelines the attached FAO Policy Support Guidelines for the Promotion of Sustainable Production Intensication and Ecosystem Services, particularly the last chapters with the practical guidelines, which include specific recommendations for soil management, including compaction, input application and irrigation.
In any way, a coherence should exist between the new voluntary guidelines and these previously published FAO policy guidelines.
With best regards,
Theo
Dr. Theodor Friedrich
Representante en Cuba
Organización de las Naciones Unidas
para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
Calle 154 y 3ra, #301, Rpto. Náutico, Playa
La Habana, Cuba
Dear colleagues,
I have gone through the voluntary guidelines – I have chosen to work on the English version, hence my comments in English. Attached the document with my suggested changes in track change mode inserted in the text. In general I think this is a very important long overdue exercise for FAO – congratulations. In the substance, I have to criticise that the document is still written from a point of view “before sustainable intensification”, i.e. with an agricultural paradigm accepting soil tillage as necessary practice and soil degradation as unavoidable consequence.
If we are serious about sustainable soil management, this is not acceptable. It is scientifically proven, that any kind of mechanical soil disturbance (tillage) applied in a regular way leads to soil degradation at rates very much higher than the natural soil formation processes. Therefore, only with strict no-till approach a truly sustainable soil management will be possible. This should be clearly stated.
The representation of such no-till systems, as characterized by conservation agriculture, in the end of the document, is still full of prejudices from sources with limited practical CA experience. For the problems mentioned there is in the meantime sufficient literature available confirming feasible solutions to these problems. With this in mind, the literature list should be extended and the last chapter might be rewritten, reflecting the experiences from actually implemented CA systems around the world. References such as the FAO 2008 soil health workshop report should be included in the document along with other books on CA, published in the recent past.
I am copying this comment also to Amir Kassam, moderator of the CA-CoP, for further inputs. I hope, these comments and contributions are found useful and will be taken up.
With best regards,
Theo
Dr. Theodor Friedrich
Representante en Cuba
Organización de las Naciones Unidas
para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
Calle 154 y 3ra, #301, Rpto. Náutico, Playa
La Habana, Cuba
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for the Draft of VGSSM.
My comment :
In page 2 on Goal2 , after ...soil functions .... add "and the proper assessment and management of socio-ecological production landscapes at local level".
Thank you,
Best regards,
Hijaba Ykhanbai,
National Project Coordinator,
FAO project GCP/MON/008/GFF "Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation, SFM and carbon sink enhancement into Mongolia's productive forest landscapes" project
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
Bayangol district, 2nd khoroo,
Chingunjav street,
State owned bldg. II
Dear colleagues,
Please find my comments to the Zero Draft in the form of tracked changes in the attached file. Thank you for the important work.
Kind regards,
Pieter Ploeg
founder Summer of Soil & Common Soil
Msc in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability
Dear ITPS and GSP secretariat
Thank you for taking this initiative of the voluntary guidelines for sustainable soil management, with soils being an essential global ecological good that should be judiciously utilized.
Therefore please find some suggested text recommendations with track changes.
I look forward to the advancement of this document.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for questions of additional information.
Prem
Dear Moderator,
As a start, here is a recent article I wrote that has not been published but is aimed at focusing would-be no-tillers on what is required to make no-tillage most effective.
I applaud the objectives of your forum because there is so much “woolly” thinking and so many sub-standard practices around at present that anyone starting out could be excused for becoming totally confused.
All of the statements made in my article are backable by solid science, but I will be interested in your opinion as to whether or not this is the sort of material you are seeking in a less popular press form.
My CV and publications list are also attached if it helps.
Kind regards
John Baker
Dear Friends,
Please find attached my comments to the Zero Draft on Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management
Best regards
José Luis Rubio
Vice Chair of the European Soil Bureau Network - ESBN (JRC, EC)
Immediate Past President of the European Society for Soil Conservation - ESSC
Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación- CIDE
(CSIC,Universitat de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana)
CIDE Web: http://www.uv.es/cide
ESSC Web: http://www.essc.sk
Personal Web: http://www.uv.es/~jlrubio
Observations to Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management
General comments
The Zero Draft is a good Document underlining most important aspects to be consider for general Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management. The task is difficult owing to the enormous variety of soil type and conditions, crops, management, environmental situations and socio cultural background. I like the emphasis on soil biological aspects to enhance soil functions, including of course soil productivity, and the provision of ecosystem services. I lack more considerations on the management of drylands
Answers to the five questions submitted:
Question 1.Generally yes but also it should be considered, between others:
a) The need to include land use planning and the need to adapt land use to land agroecological capacity
b) Restoration of degraded land
Question 2. Dry land management and combating desertification strategies and measures are not included. Desertification risk is one of the most important problems worldwide with serious ecological, economic and social consequences that deserves better consideration and appoaches
One specific aspect not included: the need to eliminate or drastically reducing burning of stubble and plant residues
Qustion 3. Yes, but more emphasis on the mitigation capacity of soil in relation to climate change should be more highlighted
Question 4. If they are really implemented a great advance in the sustainable soil management will be achieved
Question 5. Besides the mentioned aspects in combating desertification, the Document is weak in urban and periurban soil aspects (urban orchards, urban soils, sealing,..) which are important and emerging subject
Some other comments on the Zero Draft text
- The wording of Goal 15/ 15.3 (pg 2) should be changed. The present text say: “By 2030, combat desertification, and restore degraded land….” It’s give the wrong and misleading impression that we should wait until 2030 to start combating desertification and the other indicated topics ¡¡¡¡. The new wording should indicated the message that the efforts into combating desertification…. will reach a satisfactory level of accomplishment by 2030, for example
- The same is applicable to the wording of paragraph Goal 2/2.4. The message should be to indicate to start now to meet all this important objectives
- In pg 3, in the second point of the scope, I do not like the differentiating reference to “technical and biological aspects”. I propose : “technical and biotechnical aspects”
- In pg 3, in the fifth point of the scope, the reference to the report on The Status of the World Soil Resources creates some points of doubts because, and just as one example of confusion, in the mentioned Report, and surprisingly, there is not any reference to desertification as a soil problem
- The title of the document Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management seems to consider “Soil” in its wider range of use and conditions. A long the text, the references are exclusively for agricultural soils. Of course this is the main focus of the Document in the context of food security and the others related objectives (nutrition…) but in my opinion some references to other related soil uses influencing food security like agroforestry, pastures (only a mention in pg13 on grazing land), agronomy,.. even urban soils,.. should be at least mentioned as general consideration in some adequate place in the Document.
- In pg 8,in the paragraph on “The consequences of excess nutrient…”, a mention to the impacts of excess of nitrogen fertilizers in subsurface waters and aquifers, should be included
- In pg 9 paragraph on “The soil efficiently captures precipitation….” A mention to the benefits of adequate soil and water conservation measures and practices, mainly in step land, should be included. The new approaches on bioengineering soil and water conservation should be highlighted
- In pg 11 paragraph on “The area of current agricultural….” and pg 12 paragraph 3.1, a mention to the need to incorporate permeable surfaces on urban an periurban areas should be indicated
- In pg 17 besides the mentioned disadvantage of conservation agriculture others negative aspects should be indicated such as the increased reliance on herbicides which can originated water contamination and the requirement of new machinery and new technological input and capital. It should be promoted new and more ecological use of the soil by improving its biological component and promoting agroecological functions and services of the land but the Document should carefully avoid any connotation of endorsing private commercial business
- Direct seeding method Requires new machinery with new technology; input capital may cause financial strain on farmers
Hello!! A few comments and / or clarifications on the draft.
- Page 2. The current state of soil degradation was examined…… where was it examined?
- Page 5. Table 1.1 Soil regulation, I don’t get the clear meaning
- Page 8. First bullet. I think the addition of the term “soil aggregation” might be more specific because OM aggregates soil particles.
- Page 10. 2nd bullet point. Is it related to fragipan?
- Page 13. 2nd bullet point. Construction of mini-catchment- I don’t get the meaning how we could do that.
- Page 13. 3rd bullet point- enough growing plants- does this mean increase in biomass or something else.
- Page 15. 3rd bullet- rising ground water tables- I think we need to mention the location
Yoga
Yoganath ADIKARI (PhD)
Forestry Officer, Forest Protective Functions
Soil & Water Conservation
Global Forest Resources Assessment
FAO Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome 00153, Italy
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