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TAPESTRIES project Ethiopia

Start year
2019
End year
2023
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A ploughed field of a soil rich in organic matter (Luvic Chernozem). Location: Agricultural Research Station in Turda, Romania.

Space-time Statistical Modelling of Soil Organic Carbon

Start year
2018
End year
2021
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Collection of soil data in SOTER format from 14 Danube strategy countries, at scale 1:250 000

Soil and terrain database for the Danube basin

Start year
2019
End year
2021
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Building a Soil Intelligence System for India

Start year
2018
End year
2021
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a maize field in Vitré/France (T. Caspari)

Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience (iSQAPER)

Start year
2015
End year
2020
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REALISE - survey and mapping of soil resources

Start year
2019
End year
2020
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Spatiotemporal sufficiency of water and nutrients for major crops in Burkina Faso

Start year
2020
End year
2020
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Flax is an industrial fibre crop (image of a field in the Netherlands). Image: ISRIC

Marginal lands for Growing Industrial Crops ( MAGIC)

Start year
2017
End year
2019
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Madagascar landscape

LAUREL (Land Use Planning for Enhanced Resilience of Landscapes)

Start year
2017
End year
2019
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Enhancing rice markets in Uganda through smart micronutrient fertilization (ENRICH)

Start year
2016
End year
2018
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taking monolith NL043

SOiL EXploration and Sampling for Science and Education (SOLEX)

Start year
2011
End year
2018
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Prof. Artemi Cerda discussing soil management under orange plantations in Xàtiva/Spain (T. Caspari)

Preventing and Remediating Degradation of Soils in Europe through Land Care (RECARE)

Start year
2013
End year
2018
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Contributions to Policy Report PBL for Global Land Outlook

Start year
2016
End year
2017
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Soil nutrient maps of Sub-Saharan Africa at 250 m resolution

Start year
2016
End year
2017
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Taking fertilizer recommendations to scale for major crops in West Africa

Start year
2017
End year
2017
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Soil organic carbon stock map of the Otjozondjupa Region in Namibia

Developing baselines for Land Degradation Neutrality target setting in Namibia

Start year
2016
End year
2017
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World Inventory of Soil Emission Potentials (WISE)

Start year
1991
End year
2016
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soil-landscape resource map for Enemor Ener intervention woreda

Capacity building for scaling up of evidence-based best practices in agricultural production in Ethiopia (CASCAPE)

Start year
2013
End year
2016
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Soil and Terrain (SOTER) database programme

Start year
1986
End year
2016
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Green Water Credits (GWC)

Start year
2006
End year
2016
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Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS)

Start year
2009
End year
2016
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Geospatial Farm Fertilizer Analysis

Start year
2014
End year
2015
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Grasslands, rangelands, livestock and climate resilient mitigation (Africa)

Start year
2014
End year
2015
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Participants of the SCOPE RAP BSC meeting (JRC, 18-22 March 2013)

Benefits of Soil Carbon (BSC-SCOPE)

Start year
2013
End year
2014
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Carbon mapping Tanzania

Start year
2013
End year
2013
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Soil Atlas of Africa

Start year
2009
End year
2013
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Carbon Benefits Project: Modelling, Measurement and Monitoring (GEF-CPB)

Start year
2009
End year
2013
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Global Earth Observing System (GEOSS)

Start year
2010
End year
2013
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Modelling of soil degradation and its impact on ecosystem services globally

Start year
2010
End year
2013
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GlobalSoilMap.Net

Start year
2009
End year
2013
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Poorly managed rice field

Calculating productivity loss due to land degradation

Start year
2010
End year
2012
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DESIRE General Meeting Cape Verde - January 2008

Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land (DESIRE)

Start year
2007
End year
2012
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eSOTER soil class map (WRB soil classification) of the Central European window

e-SOTER

Start year
2008
End year
2012
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Chaco Paraguay, cattle ranch, Presidente Hayes Department, Peer V

Land Degradation Assessment in the Chaco, Argentina

Start year
2011
End year
2012
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Verrijst

Start year
2010
End year
2012
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Digital elevation model of Cotopaxi, NASA (Wikimedia Commons)

Global DEM interoperability

Start year
2011
End year
2012
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Global distribution of soil phosphorus retention potential

Global assessment of soil phosphorus retention potential

Start year
2011
End year
2011
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presentation of project results in Ankara

Land Degradation and Risk Mapping in Turkey (TULADA)

Start year
2010
End year
2011
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C. Crozier: A phosphorus deficiency in corn grown in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ (unchanged)

Overview of soil phosphorus data from a large international soil database

Start year
2010
End year
2011
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Global Assessment of Land Degradation and Improvement (GLADA)

Start year
2006
End year
2009
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Land Degradation Assessment for Dryland Areas (LADA)

Start year
2006
End year
2009
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example of a scanned soil legacy map

EuDASM - European Digital Archive of Soil Maps

Start year
2004
End year
2009
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Global Environmental Outlook4 (GEO4)

Start year
2005
End year
2007
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Chittagong Hill Tracts Improved Natural Resources Management (CHARM)

Start year
2005
End year
2007
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Soil and water protection in Northern and Western Europe (SOWAP)

Start year
2004
End year
2006
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Kalimantan project

Start year
2006
End year
2006
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Carbon Sequestration Project (CSEQ)

Start year
2005
End year
2006
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Group photo of GEFSOC team on the steps at The United Nations Offices in Nairobi (UNON)

Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Changes (GEF-SOC)

Start year
2002
End year
2005
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Harmonized continental SOTER-derived database (SOTWIS)

Start year
2005
End year
2005
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Impact of desertification on food security in southern Africa: a case study for Zimbabwe (ZILRIS)

Start year
2000
End year
2004
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PAN-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment (PESERA)

Start year
2000
End year
2003
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Berau Forest Management Project (BFMP)

Start year
2002
End year
2003
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Mapping of soil and terrain vulnerability in Central and Eastern Europe (SOVEUR)

Start year
1997
End year
2000
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Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems (PAGE)

Start year
1999
End year
2000
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Management options for increased soil carbon sequestration (SOC-NOP)

Start year
1998
End year
1999
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Scaling of trace gas fluxes (SCALING)

Start year
1997
End year
1998
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Viticultura area, Catalonia (Spain). Credit: Josep Miquel Ubalde

Soil parameter estimates for the soil types of the world for use in global and regional modelling (WISE-IFPRI study)

Start year
1997
End year
1997
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ASSOD map: download high-resolution version from links below

Assessment of Soil Degradation in South and Southeast Asia (ASSOD)

Start year
1995
End year
1997
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Global Environment Outlook 1 (GEO1)

Start year
1995
End year
1996
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Ethno-Pedological studies in Ghana, Peru and the Philippines (ILEIA)

Start year
1995
End year
1996
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participants presenting a poster during the information market

Establishment of National Soil Reference Collections (NASREC)

Start year
1980
End year
1995
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GLASOD map

Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD)

Start year
1988
End year
1991
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Filtering soil samples (Credit: Prof. Ray R. Weil, Univ. of Maryland)

Laboratory methods and data exchange (LABEX)

Start year
1980
End year
1990
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