Official Website

https://ctp.org/es/alianza-de-suelos-de-los-pirineos-aspir/ (ES)

https://www.opcc-ctp.org/fr/noticia/enquete-alliance-des-sols-pyreneens

Governance

Chair: Jokin del Valle de Lersundi, Spanish Society of Soil Science (SECS)

Vice-chair: Jacques Thomas, Association Française pour l’Étude du Sol (AFES)

Secretary: Agnès Lladós, Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC)

Working Community of the Pyrenees (CTP): Jean-Louis Valls (delegate Eva Garcia-Balaguer OPCC-CTP)
Representatives from the 7 regions

The Steering Committee is in charge of defining the strategic orientation (ToR) and monitoring ASPir activities. Coordinators of the working groups and a representative from each of the regions, ensure a maximum diversity of entities like public, private, associations, research organizations, natural parks.

Working groups:
GT1: Soil information
GT2: Dissemination - Awareness
GT3: Soil Degredation

Countries and Membership

France, Spain, Andorra

Currently there are 38 partners from the 7 regions. Among the adherents there are mainly public administrations, universities, research centers, public companies, professional associations, natural parks and individuals.

History and Activities

The ASPir (Allianza de Suelos de los Pirineos) was launched on 27.05.2021 and has 20 partners (incl. Institut d’Estudis Andorrans).
2020 Promoting group of the ASPir
27/05/2021: ASPir First Assembly (online)
14/12/2021: ASPir Second Assembly
05/07/2022: ASPir Third Assembly

About the specificis of the Pyrenees

The soils of the Pyrenees present an enormous soil diversity, with multiple functions and properties that must be guaranteed, conserved or restored, for the health of the ecosystem and human well-being. Faced with climate change and other environmental and anthropogenic threats, these soils are highly fragile, which makes them a non-renewable resource on a human scale.

The current situation of soil management in the Pyrenees is very heterogeneous, since they are spread over 3 countries and different regions or autonomous communities with very different laws and regulations. This situation generates the need to have agreed guidelines or principles of action with respect to soils, which allow applying sustainable management practices trying to balance the different demands for use in a harmonious way.

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