Edmundo Barrios Seventh session of the GSP Plenary Assembly | 5 - 7 June 2019 | FAO HQ, Rome, Italy

1. Advances in the Global Report on the
State of Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity
Edmundo Barrios – GSP Secretariat

2. Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas
Orgiazzi et al. 2016 (EC and GSBI)
• Key milestone
• Call for Global Soil Biodiversity Assessment

3. Global Report on the State of
Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity
• CBD/COP/14/L.21
CBD also invited FAO, in collaboration with other
organizations and subject to the availability of resources,
to consider the preparation of a report on the state of
knowledge on soil biodiversity covering current
status, challenges and potentialities and to make it
available for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
(SBSTTA) at a meeting held prior to the fifteenth
meeting of the Conference of the Parties (May 2020).

4. Timeline
COP14Nov2018
COP15Nov2020
GSOBIMar2020
SBBSTAMay2020
The State of Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity Report

5. • Advances:
Joint concept note completed
Editorial Board in place
Agreed timeline for preliminary status reviews and
delivery by March 2020
Lead and expert authors (call for experts open)
Country survey on state of knowledge on soil
biodiversity, including challenges and opportunities.
Global Report on the State of
Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity

6. • Tentative Outline:
1. Introduction
2. Global state of knowledge on soil biodiversity
3. Soil biodiversity in different ecoregions worldwide
4. Regional status and trends in the state of knowledge
on soil biodiversity
5. Contributions of soil biodiversity and soil-mediated
ecosystem services to facing key sustainability policy
challenges
Global Report on the State of
Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity

7. • Tentative Outline:
6. Policy, Education and Outreach
7. Challenges and Opportunities
8. Summary for Policy Makers
Global Report on the State of
Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity

8. • CBD/COP/14/L.21
B.24 “Review the implementation of the
International Initiative for the Conservation
and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity, in
consultation with the FAO under the framework of
the Global Soil Partnership as well as other
interested partners, and present an updated draft
plan of action for consideration by the SBSTTA at
a meeting held prior to COP15;
International Initiative for the
Conservation and Sustainable
Use of Soil Biodiversity

9. Background:
2006_COP 8 (Curitiba, Brazil): International Initiative for the
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity –
Framework for Action
2011 Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative launched
2014 1st GSB Conference - GSBI (Dijon, France)
2017 2nd GSB Conference - GSBI (Nanjing, China)
2020 GSOBI20 (Rome, Italy)
2020_COP15 (Kumming, China)
International Initiative for the
Conservation and Sustainable
Use of Soil Biodiversity

10. Timeline
COP14Nov2018
COP15Nov2020
GSOBIMar2020
SBBSTAMay2020
The State of Knowledge on Soil Biodiversity Report
Updated workplan International Initiative

11. International Initiative for the
Conservation and Sustainable
Use of Soil Biodiversity
Global Report
The State of Knowledge
on Soil Biodiversity
Global Symposium
on Soil Biodiversity
(GSOBI20)
UPDATE & REVISE
Plan of Action
International Initiative
for the Conservation
and Sustainable Use
of Soil Biodiversity

12. Thank You