Fourth Working Session of the International Network of Soil Information Institutions (INSII) 6-8 November 2018 | FAO HQ – German Room, Rome, Italy

1. Ukraine: actuality of SIS implementation for
properly decision making at local level
Mykola Miroshnychenko
NSC “ISSAR”

3. Water bodies:
Nature zones
Average content of SOC in the upper soil layer, %
1882 1961 1991 2010 2015
Forest 1,42 1,33 1,15 1,30 1,35
Forest-steppe 2,62 2,21 2,04 1,85 1,86
Steppe 2,60 2,30 2,10 1,97 2,00
Average in
Ukraine
2,42 2,11 1,87 1,82 1,83
Annual losses of
organic Carbon
from arable
soils, kg/ha
Annual losses of
organic Carbon
from arable
soils, kg/ha
Changes of SOC content in the upper soil layer over the past 130 years

4. According to various experts, the soil cover of Ukraine divided on from 650 to 1200 soil species.
These soil species were combined in 23 zonal and 13 intra-zonal soil types, and base on their
properties and fertility - in 222 agronomic groups of soils (with variations).
The map “Soils of
Ukraine”
1 : 1 500 000
(draw up NSC ISSAR).

5. Soil monitoring network requirement:Soil monitoring network requirement:
•should cover all types of landscapes, incl. automorphic, transitoryshould cover all types of landscapes, incl. automorphic, transitory
and accumulative;and accumulative;
•should include all the main types of soils;should include all the main types of soils;
•should represent the main land degradation processes;should represent the main land degradation processes;
•should allow to spatial interpolation of results;should allow to spatial interpolation of results;
•should combine observation “in situ” and remote sensing data;should combine observation “in situ” and remote sensing data;
•should include recommendations, instructions and regulations forshould include recommendations, instructions and regulations for
land users in case of identified degradation;land users in case of identified degradation;
•monitoring sites should have a special legal statusmonitoring sites should have a special legal status

6. Optimal network of
soil monitoring in
Ukraine
Soil Province
Area
of agricultural
land, mio ha
Number of soils
for monitoring
The number of monitoring sites in
total
incl.
arable
species kinds
eco-
systems
farms
testing
sites
field
experiments
East forest 1,64 0,88 30 51 34 71 10 6
Right-bank
forest 1,60 1,09 28 42 32 56 12 6
Left-bank
forest 1,50 0,96 25 42 26 54 5 12
Trans
Carpathian 0,60 0,24 15 38 15 34 2 6
Carpathian 0,61 0,36 28 64 22 46 2 9
West forest-
steppe 2,35 2,00 41 85 29 127 18 6
Right-bank
forest-steppe 7,28 6,53 45 110 36 162 22 7
Left-bank
forest-steppe 6,00 5,00 36 84 41 158 14 6
Trans Dniester 0,98 0,77 17 22 - 108 3 6
Right-bank
steppe 3,69 3,04 19 30 2 197 9 36
Left-bank
steppe 7,69 6,30 24 39 3 323 14 136
Southern dry-
steppe 4,22 3,53 28 56 10 369 8 108
Crimea 1,82 1,40 28 32 8 252 8 10
Total 39,98 32,10 - - 258 1957 127 354
Total observation points 2696

7. 7
Number of monitoring sites in
each administrative region
Soil monitoring network of governmental organization
“Institute of soil conservation of Ukraine”

8. •ensure the correlation between the analysis of
monitoring results and the analysis of economic activities;
Steps of developing soil monitoring and soilSteps of developing soil monitoring and soil
information systeminformation system
•form thematic databases and combine them into a
national soil information system;
•improve software, mathematical, cartographic tools;
•harmonization of methods;
• form a permanent network of observation sites, covering all
categories of land;
• use remote sensing and modeling capabilities to interpolate
monitoring results;
from
single
observations
-to
the
soilinform
ation
system

9. Land owners –
84% of area Local authorities
Land users: small and
middle-size farmers,
large holdings
Governmental “Institute of
soil conservation of
Ukraine” Research institutions
Landusepermit
Infoabout
stateofland
funding
Nationalreport,
nationalprogram
Methods, standards, guidance, assessment, technologies
Data of earth observation “in situ”
funding
specific
recommendations
Scheme of stakeholder engagement into Soil Information System
taxes
funding
Government
taxes
Local programs of soil conservation
Data for national report of LDN
funding

10. Land owners –
84% of area
Local authorities
Land users: small and
middle-size farmers,
large holdings
Governmental “Institute of
soil conservation of
Ukraine” Research institutions
Landusepermit
Infoabout
stateofland
funding
Nationalreport,
nationalprogram
Methods, standards, guidance, assessment, technologies
Data of earth observation “in situ”
funding
specific
recommendations
Scheme of stakeholder engagement into Soil Information System
taxes
funding
Government
taxes
Local programs of soil conservation
Data for national report of LDN
funding