Summary
Zusammenfassung
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Objective and approach
2 Stocktake of existing international soil governance
2.1 Sustainable Development Goals
2.1.1 Analysis
2.1.1.1 Scope of application
2.1.1.2 Institutions
2.1.1.3 Practice
2.1.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.1.3 Potential avenues for action
2.2 UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD)
2.2.1 Analysis
2.2.1.1 Scope of application
2.2.1.2 Core obligations
2.2.1.3 Institutions
2.2.1.4 Practice
2.2.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.2.3 Potential avenues for action
2.3 UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2.3.1 Analysis
2.3.1.1 Scope of application
2.3.1.2 Core obligations
2.3.1.3 Institutions
2.3.1.4 Practice
2.3.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.3.3 Potential avenues for action
2.4 Paris Agreement and climate regime
2.4.1 Analysis
2.4.1.1 Scope of application
2.4.1.2 Core obligations
2.4.1.3 Institutions
2.4.1.4 Practice
2.4.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.4.3 Potential avenues for action
2.5 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
2.5.1 Analysis
2.5.1.1 Scope of application
2.5.1.2 Core obligations
2.5.1.3 Institutions
2.5.1.4 Practice
2.5.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.5.3 Potential avenues for action
2.6 Soil Conservation Protocol to the Alpine Convention
2.6.1 Analysis
2.6.1.1 Scope of application
2.6.1.2 Core obligations
2.6.1.3 Institutions
2.6.1.4 Practice
2.6.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.6.3 Potential avenues for action
2.7 Maputo Convention
2.7.1 Analysis
2.7.1.1 Scope of application
2.7.1.2 Core obligations
2.7.1.3 Institutions
2.7.1.4 Practice regarding LDN
2.7.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.7.3 Potential avenues for action
2.8 Sahel Committee CILSS
2.8.1 Analysis
2.8.1.1 Organisational structure
2.8.1.2 Mandate and tasks
2.8.1.3 Cooperative activities
2.8.1.4 Practice
2.8.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.9 UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
2.9.1 Analysis
2.9.1.1 Institutional structure
2.9.1.2 Mandate and tasks
2.9.1.3 Practice
2.9.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.9.3 Potential avenues for action
2.10 UN Environment (UNEP)
2.10.1 Analysis
2.10.1.1 Institutional structure
2.10.1.2 Mandate and tasks
2.10.1.3 Practice
2.10.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.10.3 Potential avenues for action
2.11 Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
2.11.1 Analysis
2.11.1.1 Institutional structure
2.11.1.2 Mandate and tasks
2.11.1.3 Practice
2.11.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.11.3 Potential avenues for action
2.12 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
2.13 The New Urban Agenda
2.13.1 Analysis
2.13.1.1 Scope of application
2.13.1.2 Core obligations
2.13.1.3 Institutions
2.13.1.4 Practice
2.13.2 Assessment and opportunities
2.13.3 Potential avenues for action
2.14 Initiatives for an international instrument for soil
2.14.1 History of initiatives for an international instrument for soil
2.14.2 Content of an instrument for soil conservation
2.14.3 Assessment and opportunities
2.15 Summary of key governance aspects and timeline of milestones
3 Assessment, conclusions and options for strengthening international soil governance
3.1 Overarching issues: Improving international framework conditions for soil policy
3.1.1 Land use and soil protection not sufficiently established as an ‘international’ issue
3.1.2 Recognise the significance of the global land footprint for soil policy
3.1.3 Further engage in SDGs and developing indicators and implementing tools
3.1.4 Feasible policies independent of tenure rights
3.2 New treaty or institutions
3.3 Improve existing soil governance within existing fora
3.3.1 CCD: International transparency and accountability of national policies and actions
3.3.2 CBD
3.3.3 FAO
3.3.4 UNEP
3.3.5 Paris Agreement and climate regime
3.4 Means of implementation
3.4.1 Capacity building for accessing international support
3.4.2 Tackle adverse subsidies
3.5 Enhancing coordination and coherence
3.5.1 Clarify division of labour
3.5.2 Establish a coordinating forum
3.5.3 Check coherence of existing guidance
3.6 At a glance: Compilation of options
4 References
