Welcome to ISRIC World Soil Information
We are an independent knowledge centre, established in 1966. Our mandate is to serve the international community with information about the world’s soils and thus to resolving major global issues.
We aim to:
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Inform and educate about the world’s soils
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Serve the scientific community as custodian of global soil information
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Undertake applied research on land and water resources
We are the World Data Centre for Soils (WDC-Soils) within the ICSU World Data System. We also maintain the World Soil Museum and World Soil Library.
Current themes
ISRIC develops a range of web-based digital soil maps, for scientists, policy makers and land users
Forty soil profiles are now on show at the temporary World Soil Museum location in the Gaia building. Visitors can learn about the main soil types in the Netherlands and get an impression of the enormous variation of soils in the world.
Do you need soil information of Amsterdam, Zimbabwe, Asia or the whole world? ISRIC’s library has built up a collection of around 8000 (digitized) maps and 15.000 reports and books.
News
11/Oct/2012
Kenya and China start to share experiences on Green Water Credits
23/Jul/2012
ISRIC starts exploring the feasibility of Green Water Credits implementation in China.
14/Jun/2012
Construction of ISRIC museum to start after the summer
Recent publications
Projected changes in soil organic carbon stocks upon adoption of recommended soil and water conservation practices in the Upper Tana river catchment, Kenya. Land degradation & development (2012) more...
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