Presentations to the fifth GSP Plenary Assembly | 20 - 22 June 2017, FAO HQ

Presentation	Presenter
The Importance of Soil in Managing the Anthropocene	Rattan Lal
Soil Regeneration in El Salvador	Rafael Alemani
Work of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) for information and decision	Luca Montanarella
Report on the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon	Viridiana Alcantara
Progress in the implementation of agreed Plans of Action: Pillar 1: Soil management Pillar 2: Awareness Pillar 3: Research Pillar 4: Information and Data Hosting the GSP Soil Data Facility (Pillar 4) Pillar 5: Harmonization
The Compilation of the Global Soil Organic Carbon Map
Report on Regional Soil Partnerships: African Soil Partnership Asian Soil Partnership Central America, Mexico and Caribbean Soil Partnership European Soil Partnership : European Soil Partnership \| Eurasian Soil Partnership South America Soil Partnership Pacific Soil Partnership NENA Soil Partnership North America Soil Partnership
Report on the financial status of GSP, including the Healthy Soils Facility	Vanja Maslovarick
The Glinka World Soil Prize	Giulia Stanco
The Communication Campaign for World Soil Day	Isabelle Verbeke

Side event - Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground

Opening remarks	Josiane Masson
State of art on soil pollution and contamination	Luca Montanarella
Case study - Heavy metals: Soil evaluation in Cuba	Olegario Muniz Ugarte
The case of Italy: Soil pollution and food production	Anna Benedetti
Sustainable soil management to reduce agricultural inputs: What is the role of microorganism?	Raffaella M. Balestrini
Why is soil biodiversity so important in keeping soil healthy? A case-study in the Mediterranean area	Annamaria Bevinino
Soil pollution, contamination: The way forward	Ronald Vargas