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Why are soils important

WEBCredit: David Read. Soil provides plants a foothold for their roots and holds the necessary nutrients for plants to grow. Soil filters the rainwater and regulates the discharge of …

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Why is soil and water so important

WEBSoil water is the global largest ‘reservoir’: globally two-thirds of all fresh water is held in soils as soil ‘reservoir’ or green water, accessible to plant; only one tenth of fresh water is …

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Soils and Biodiversity ISRIC

WEBWorldwide soils contain one quarter of all biodiversity. Properly understanding and managing life in soil is of the essence for maintaining soil health. With partners, ISRIC …

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Standards ISRIC

WEBISRIC has a mission to "serve the international community with information about the world’s soil resources to help addressing major global issues." This process involves all …

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'International' soil standards ISRIC

WEBISRIC collects, standardises, harmonises and publishes global soil geographic information, whereas many national, regional, local and NGO organizations provide soil information …

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World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) ISRIC

WEBThe World Reference Base (WRB) is an international system for classification of soils. It was designed to cater for any soil in the world. WRB is based on the Legend (FAO …

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SoilGrids — global gridded soil information ISRIC

WEBSoilGrids TM (hereafter SoilGrids) is a system for global digital soil mapping that uses state-of-the-art machine learning methods to map the spatial distribution of soil properties …

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Building a Soil Intelligence System for India

WEBObjectives. The primary outcome of this project will be a modern ‘Soil Intelligence System’ (SIS) for three states in India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha. The project will rely …

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New smartphone app, SQAPP, offers regional soil quality analysis

WEBAround the world, soils face pressure from practices that result in land degradation. On December 5, 2020 the Soil Quality Mobile App (SQAPP) officially …

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Soil Information System for Africa

WEBThe Soils4Africa deliverables project include a set of key indicators for soil assessment in Africa, methods for their quantification, and a fully documented methodology for field …

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International review of MRV initiatives for soil carbon stock change

WEBIncreasing soil carbon stocks is one option in our global toolbox to reach important targets such as the Paris Agreement commitments and EU Green Deal. …

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IFDC and ISRIC sign partnership agreement ISRIC

WEBOn 13 April, 2023, ISRIC – World Soil Information (ISRIC) signed a partnership agreement with the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) focused on activities to …

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Soil Degradation in Central and Eastern Europe

WEBRepor t 2000/05 Soil Degradation in Central and Eastern Europe The Assessment of the Status of Human -Induced Soil Degradation (Version 1.0) G.W. J. van Lynden

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SOIL PARAMETER ESTIMATES FOR THE SOIL TYPES OF THE …

WEBThe resulting study was based on the analysis of the 4353 soil profiles held in version 1.0 of ISRIC's World Inventory of Soil Emission Potential (WISE) database. It led to the …

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