ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent foundation with a global mandate, funded by the Netherlands Government, and with a strategic association with Wageningen University and Research Centre. Our staff are involved in a wide range of national and international projects and are active in various policy advisory bodies and professional working groups.
Our aims:
- To inform and educate - through the World Soil Museum, public information, discussion and publication
- As ICSU World Data Centre for Soils, to serve the scientific community as custodian of global soil information
- To undertake applied research on land and water resources 


News

		ISRIC - World Soil Information moved to Wageningem UR campus (November 27, 2009) more
		Green Water Credits at World Water Week in Stockholm. Key note presentation in Workshop 3: Green and Blue Water in a Scarcity Situation   PDF   (August 18, 2009)
		Profile descriptions for Africa, held in the ISRIC Soil Information Sytem (ISIS), can now be queried on-line    (July 23, 2009)
		GlobalSoilMap.net - A global consortium of scientists is collaborating to make a new digital soil map of the world using state-of-the-art and emerging technologies. The program, coordinated by ISRIC - World Soil Information, has been inaugurated in New York, 17th February 2009   more ...     (Feb. 2009)

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