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 organised a meeting to discuss scientific challenges in soil science (see: PDF1, PDF2 ,PDF3, PDF4)    (June 15, 2009)
		Carbon Benefits Project (CBP) - This GEF co-funded project, implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will provide scientifically rigorous, cost-effective tools to establish the carbon benefits of sutainable land management interventions in terms of protected or enhanced carbon stocks and reduced greenhouse-gas emissions  more ...   (May 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, will be inaugurated in New York, 17th February 2009   more ...   (Feb. 2009)
		AfricaSoils.net - The African part of the GlobalSoilMap.net has been launched in Nairobi on 13th January 2009. This large collaborative effort, involving JRC, CSIRO, NRCS, ISSAS, CIAT and EMBRAPA, is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)   more ...  (Jan. 2009)

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