The Regional Soil Partnership in Center America, Mexico and the Caribbean

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Olegario Muñiz-Ugarte

Abstract

In 2012, FAO members approved the establishment of the Global Soil Partnership (GSP), an initiative aimed for improving the governance of natural resource soil and raising awareness of its importance on a global scale. The GSP is directed to stop and reversing the soil degradation process through the establishment of regional strategies based on Sustainable Soil Management. So, in October of 2013, it was launched in Havana for the region of Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean with the participation of officials with responsibility for soil activity of 15 of the countries in the area; as well as international institutions and NGOs. Thus was established the Regional Soil Partnership, at the head of which was a Steering Committee conformed by seven of the countries present, and Cuba as President. In the article, the Plan of Implementation of activities, approved in that meeting for the following 5 years in the region, is presented as a contribution to the Food Security, the adaptation and mitigation to the Climate Change and the provision of ecosystem services. Some activities developed or under development are also described.

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Muñiz-Ugarte, O. (2017). The Regional Soil Partnership in Center America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Ingeniería Agrícola, 7(3), 57–60. Retrieved from https://revistas.unah.edu.cu/index.php/IAgric/article/view/773
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Puntos de Vista

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