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Governments are also encouraged to invest in national programmes to improve nutrient use efficiency to guard against land degradation (caused by over-exploitation of soil nutrient resources without replenishment). (...) The following are the main work areas of the nutrient pollution mitigation subprogramme, which also forms the basis for the work of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management, with particular emphasis on countries faced with a high risk of coastal eutrophication and/or land degradation associated with nutrient mining. (...) Through this effort, Governments would be encouraged to consider setting targets for improved nutrient use efficiency and to strengthen regulatory guidelines; (iii) Conduct region-specific economic valuations on the impacts of nutrient pollution and the benefits of sustainable nutrient management (including nutrient recycling) to assist countries in designing appropriate policy and fiscal incentive programmes to encourage improved practices in industry and agriculture; (iv) Contribute to applied research on nutrient cycling and nutrient management at the global, regional and country levels to improve understanding of the complexity of global nutrient cycles and the potential for recycling organic nutrient sources, in order to develop practices that improve use efficiency and policy options based on sound science; (b) Expanded piloting and replication of appropriate on-the-ground solutions that demonstrate best practice for sustainable nutrient management and pollution reduction, with a focus on developing countries: (i) Develop project and programme proposals and secure resources for national initiatives on nutrient pollution mitigation and sustainable nutrient management with a focus on the agricultural sector and the sectors reliant on use of detergents: This would focus particularly on developing countries at high risk of ecosystem impairment and social and economic disruption due to coastal eutrophication and land degradation (from nutrient mining).

Nutrient management systems may not react linearly to management interventions. (...) (b) How did your country address co-benefits and synergies with multiple objectives when improving nutrient use and manure management? (c) How did your country set goals and measure progress in improving nutrient use and manure management? (...) Participants agreed that emissions and other pollution result from inefficient use of nutrients, and that multiple benefits would come from all actors committing to implementing measures to avoid nutrient loss.

The Coordination Office, through the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management, published two key documents: the report Our Nutrient World: the challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution (2013)1 and the technical paper “Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Nutrient Performance Indicators” (2015).2 The report, which was produced by a group of 50 scientists representing 15 nationalities working for various institutions, including the fertilizer industry, provides a concise overview of the state of knowledge of the nutrient challenge. (...) The Coordination Office, through the GEF-supported Global Nutrient Cycle project, developed quantitative modelling approaches on coastal nutrient enrichment, and reached consensus with a number of agencies and institutions with regard to sharing data and reassessing the nutrient load data of the Global Nutrient Export from Watersheds working group. (...) The session was followed by a familiarization exercise and nutrient round-table workshop organized during the eighth GEF Biennial International Waters Conference, held in Negombo, Sri Lanka, from 9 to 13 May 2016, which was attended by participants from 20 countries.5 The nutrient management toolbox is hosted on the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management web portal.6 19.

Global Partnership on Nutrient Management 18. Governments are invited to commit themselves to promoting the sustainable use of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) by making full use of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management. (...) Web-based information platform for nutrients operational and at least 30,000 hits per month recorded. (...) At least 80 per cent nutrient removal and 70 per cent nutrient recycling rates verified in selected demonstration sites.