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Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management
The PISLM for CSIDS is the only independent IGO with a mandate to help countries meet their obligations under the UNCCD and land and soil areas of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA)
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#Quickcheckin with Dr. Gaius Eudoxie, Team lead for Guyanaβs ongoing National Soil Sampling Survey. π¬πΎ![]()
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π±π¬ Eudoxie believes that for the βLand of Many Waters,β the data and information on the soils of Guyana are important to the conservation of the diversity of natural resources and sustainable development.![]()
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πΏThis National Soil Survey is one of the components of the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) multicounty soil management initiative for integrated landscape restoration and sustainable food systems: phase 1 known as SOILCARE.![]()
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It is a flagship project on soils funded by ππ the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and executed by the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) with the Food and Agriculture Organisaton as the implementing agency. ![]()
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Currently, teams are deployed to conduct the survey as per the sampling design developed for Guyana; collect soil samples using Standard Methods of Soil Surveys at the 0 to 30 cm depths at the predetermined GPS locations; package, store, and transport, without contamination, all samples collected at the survey site to NAREIβs Soil Chemical Laboratory Services (SCSL) at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.![]()
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This survey which commenced on January 13, is being made possible through collaboration among the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM), National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, with support from the University of the West Indies.![]()
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A Historic Moment for Guyana! π¬πΎ ![]()
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The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management is pleased to collaborate with the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute, Guyana Lands Surveys-Commission and the University of the West Indies- St. Augustine, to commence the first National Soil Survey in almost 30 years! ![]()
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The survey will cover all 10 regions of Guyana, collecting soil samples to test soil fertility, along with crucial parameters like soil nutrients and carbon. π¬ ![]()
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π The initiative which commenced on Monday, will cover :![]()
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πΉBarima-Waini, Pomeroon-Supenaam, πΉEssequibo Islands-West Demerara, πΉDemerara-Mahaica, ![]()
πΉMahaica-Berbice, ![]()
πΉEast Berbice-Corentyne, ![]()
πΉCuyuni-Mazaruni, ![]()
πΉPotaro-Siparuni, ![]()
πΉUpper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, ![]()
πΉUpper Demerara-Upper Berbice ![]()
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This National Soil Sampling Survey, is a major step for us in advancing sustainable soil and land management, helping to build on Guyanaβs Land Degradation Neutrality, attain their Land Degradation Neutrality Targets and improve their reporting to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) ![]()
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The survey team, led by Dr. Gaius Eudoxie from the UWI and Mr.David Fredericks from NAREI are hard at work with 32 surveyors across the country. ![]()
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Guyana lets encourage our farmers, landowners, and the community to support this vital project!![]()
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πThis National Soil Survey is one of the components of the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) multicounty soil management initiative for integrated landscape restoration and sustainable food systems: phase 1 known as SOILCARE.![]()
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It is a flagship project on soils funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and executed by the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) with the Food and Agriculture Organisaton as the implementing agency. @followers![]()
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#SoilSurvey #SustainableLandManagement #Guyana #LDN #Agriculture #SoilHealth #UNCCD #Sustainability #pislmimpact
πβ¨The CSIDS SOILCARE Project has received high praise for its success in the countries involved in its first phase.![]()
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Asha Bobb-Semple, an Environment Specialist from the GEF Secretariat, commended the work of the PISLM in implementing the project during the CSIDS Side Event on Wednesday, December 11th, at COP16 in Riyadh, which focused on "Advancing High-Resolution Geodata and Facilitating Access to Earth Observation Tools for National LDN Targets." π±![]()
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She said SOILCARE continues to be featured in various GEF events and is viewed as project that can be replicated in many other regions.![]()
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The session, led by Executive Director Calvin James, highlighted the project as a best-practice model for producing high-resolution data, testing Sustainable Land Management (SLM) technologies in critical hotspots in participating countries and supporting the achievement of Parties' obligations under the Convention. This initiative also plays a key role in developing capacity and advancing the LDN-TSP (Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme). @topfans ![]()
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Our #throwback π from ZNS News.![]()
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π§πΈ The report by Felicity Darville, highlights the perspectives of π§πΈ Representatives from The Bahamas, including Deon Gibson, Director for Agriculture, and Hon. Vaughn Miller, Minister for the Environment, who discussed the importance of their presence at COP16 in Saudi Arabia, last Decemberπ±π€ ![]()
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