Eurasian Soil Partnership

Eurasian Subregional Soil Partnership (EASP)

Official website

https://eurasian-soil-portal.info/ (Russian language)

Governance

Chair: Murat Temirzhanov (Kazakhstan)

Vice-chair: Aliaksandr Chervan (Belarus)

Regional facilitator: Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio (GSP Secretariat)

Executive Secretary: Pavel Krasilnikov (Russian Federation)

The following EASP Steering Committee members took over the leadership for the pillars of action.

Pillar 1: Sustainable soil management	Mr Hakki E. Erdogan (Türkiye)
Pillar 2: Soil awareness raising	Ms Elena Sukhacheva (Russian Federation)
Pillar 3: Soil information & research	TBC
Pillar 4: Regional coordination	Mr Iurii Rozloga (Moldova)
Pillar 5: Data comparison & harmonization	Mr Hukmatullo Ahmadov (Tajikistan)

List of countries

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

History

The launch of this partnership took place as part of the International Conference on Eurasian Food Security Network and Eurasian Soil Partnership, held in Moscow on 18-20 November 2013.

The Subregional Partnership is embedded in the Global Soil Partnership of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the subsequent European Soil Partnership.

Activities Akkordeon

Main Activities of the EASP

> 2025

Two ongoing RECSOIL projects are in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan which focus on the adoption of sustainable soil management (SSM). Both countries are currently reviewing their existing soil related legislations.

> 2024

Series of webinars and a two-week in-person training for soil experts at the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy hosted by the EASP Secretariat

> 2023

May 2023: Sixth Eurasian Soil Partnership plenary in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Appointment of the new EASP chair Murat Temirzhanov (Kazakhstan) and Vice-chair Aliaksandr Chervan (Belarus). Secretariat remains in the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Provision of activity report following the new 6 GSP action areas: Action area 3: Implementation of global soil doctors programme in Kazakhstan in collaboration with the CACILM2 project; preparation for implementation of global soil doctors programme in Uzbekistan
Action area 4: World Soil Day with 31 celebrations in 2022
Action area 6: GLOSOLAN/EUROSOLAN: several partners contributed to ring tests and global map products.
Updating of the official website Eurasian Soil Portal (Russian language)
Ukraine stepped out of the EASP

> 2022

Dec 2022: Extraordinary Meeting online
Oct 2022: Fourth Meeting EUROSOLAN, Regional Soil Laboratory Network for Europe and Eurasia, Online

> 2021

Key activities:
Pillar 1: Publication of the Book «Sustainable Soil Management in Eurasian Region» (detailed overview of the implementation of sustainable soil management practices in the Eurasian sub-region, as the result of the regional experts’ collaboration - Link to Download book in Russian language)
Pillar 2: www.eurasian-soil-portal.info; Webinar “Sustainable Soil Management. Climate Change and Agriculture in the Eurasian Region: Threats, Challenges or New Opportunities” (24 February 2021)
Practical Conferences on Food Security and Soil Science, dedicated to World Soil Day in 2020
Sept 2020: Pillar 4 – Regional training on National Soil Information Systems

> 2019

Sept 2019: Fifth EASP Meeting in Chisinau, Moldova
Sept 2019: Launch of EUROSOLAN, the Regional Soil Laboratory Network for Eurasia in Chisinau, Moldova
May 2019: Launch of the Ukrainian Soil Partnership in Kyiv, Ukraine

> 2017