international year of the soils
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NRCS - Latin America Soil Science Collaboration
Thomas ReinschUSDA-NRCS National Leader
World Soil Resources
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Objective
• Increase collaboration with soil scientists in Latin America– Initiatives– Conferences– Workshops– Publications
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Outline
• Mexico Initiative• World and Latin America Congress• Soil Classification Workshops• Soil Science Exchanges• Publication - Latin America Soil
Atlas
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México Initiative
• Mexico delegation visits USDA-NRCS
• Chief of the NRCS assigned staff to: – Establish communications and
develop collaborative relationships– Determine interest in the U.S. and
Mexico in using the collaborative approach
• FAS-USAID funding obtained
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Activities• May 2010 Ecological Site Descriptions
and the Nine Steps of Conservation Planning – Guadalajara – Attended by 50 representatives from CONAFOR and related agencies
• June 2010 Rangeland Management and Arid Area Conservation Study Tour – Albuquerque, NM – Attended by four CONAFOR representatives and one NGO representative (from San Miguel de Allende)
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Activities• August 2010 Soil and Natural Resource
Conservation Forum – (Universidad de Chapingo outside of Mexico City) – Attended by 300 students of the university and local professors and conservation experts.
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Activities• February 2011 Begin translation into
Spanish of NRCS Technical Field Guide by CONAFOR
• May 2011 CONAFOR US study tour to attend Bureau of Land Management workshop on arid land rangeland management- Las Vegas
• August 2011 Binational Desertification conference, Zacatecas Mexico
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Benefits• Contribute to the creation of a “green wall” at
the Mexico-U.S. border with activities that promotes conservation, biodiversity and productive, environmentally sustainable land use.
• Explore opportunities for applying lessons learned to evolving local, state and federal policy regarding mitigation, carbon sequestration, rural economic development and agriculture in the border region as a whole.
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World Congress Soil Science
Soil Classification Workshops
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Soil Taxonomy
• Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Venezuela
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International Soil Classification Seminar UNAM Mexico• Technology transfer - Soil Taxonomy and
Classification.
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Latin AmericaCongress Soil ScienceCLACS
Petrocalcic
Vertisols
Oxisols
Soil Characterization Field and LaboratoryStudies
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CLACS2009 Costa Rica2012 Argentina2014 Peru2016 Ecuador
Examples of Ideas shared
• Since 75% of SOC is in the subsoil .3-3M, don’t just concentrate on SOC in upper .3 m.
• What is soil mineralogy of iodine• Find a way to use P stored in soils• Cd accumulating in Cocoa above .06
ppm thresholds in several test sites.• Soil monitoring is an important
developing issue. Slide 16
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Atlas content
• Soils and the environment in LAC• Soil classification• Soil maps• Soils and land use in LAC• Soils and climate change in LAC• Soils and large landscapes• LAC soils: National perspectives
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Summary• Build capacity to utilize Soil
Taxonomy and other USDA soil science standards to increase food security and sustainable land use.
• Promote soil conservation• Establish permanent contacts
with institutions and organizations responsible for soil conservation and soil survey in Latin America.
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• Thank you
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