Mandate and objectives


Mandate

  • To increase worldwide knowledge of the land, its soils in particular, and to support their sustainable use and management
     

Objectives

  • To inform and educate - through the World Soil Museum, public information, education, discussion and publication
     
  • As World Data Centre for Soils, to serve the scientific community as custodian of world soil information collecting, scrutinising, analysing and disseminating data and information, and making them freely available
     
  • To undertake applied research on land and water resources







 

 

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