World Soil Resources

Commitment to Global Outreach

• Working Group on Land Degradation and Desertification of the International Union of Soil Sciences
• Technical Papers Index
• Global and Regional Maps Index

Online Soil Education Series

• Global Soil Resources
  A Multimedia Educational Tool
• Soil Under the Microscope
  Evaluating Soils in Another Dimension

Technical References

• Keys to Soil Taxonomy - Ninth Edition, 2003
• Key to the FAO Soil Units in the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World, 1974 Legend
• National Soil Survey Center
  • Fieldbook for Describing and Sampling Soils
  • Soil Survey Manual
  • Soil Taxonomy, A Basic System for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys, 2nd Edition

Professional Organizations

• International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
• 18th World Congress of Soil Science — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, July 9-15, 2006
• American Society of Agronomy, ASA, CSSA, SSSA, ASF.
• Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS)
• International Soil Conservation Organization

Natural Resources / Agriculture Links

• National Soil Survey Center (NSSC)
  Located in Lincoln, Nebraska; administers and supports the National Cooperative Soil Survey in the United States.
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  Provides economic development, and humanitarian assistance as part of the foreign policy of the United States.
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  Program information and project descriptions.
• Africa Data Dissemination Service (ADDS)
  A source for digital environmental information on Africa.
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
  Information on sustainable development, program activities, publications and the GRID program.
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
  CGIAR is a system of 16 research centers promoting sustainable agriculture for food security in developing countries.
• International Soil Reference and Information Centre
  ISRIC is a foundation for documentation, research and training about the soils of the world with emphasis on developing countries.
• Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
  CIESIN specializes in global and regional network development and science data management helping scientists, decision-makers and the public to better understand their changing world.
• The GLOBE Program
  GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on primary and secondary school-based education and science program.
• Natural Resources Research Information Pages
  A collection of international links to sites representing the various branches of the natural resource sciences.

Questions or Comments

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