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1International Soil Reference and Information Centre — [http://www.isric.org ISRIC World Soil Information] , established in [http://www.isric.org/UK/About+ISRIC/Key+dates 1964] is an independent foundation with a global mandate, funded by the Netherlands Government, and with a strategic association… …
2Alfred Hartemink — Alfred E. Hartemink (b. 1964, the Netherlands) is a soil scientist based in Wageningen, the Netherlands. He works at ISRIC World Soil Information in Wageningen, the Netherlands. He holds a Master of Science degree in soil science and plant… …
3Soil science — is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and… …
4Cation exchange capacity — In soil science, cation exchange capacity (CEC) is the capacity of a soil for ion exchange of positively charged ions between the soil and the soil solution. (A positively charged ion, which has fewer electrons than protons, is known as a… …
5International Year of Planet Earth — The United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth to increase awareness of the importance of Earth sciences for the achievement of sustainable development.UN document |docid=A RES 60 192 |type=Resolution… …
6European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World — European Digital Archive on Soil Maps [http://eusoils.jrc.it/esdb archive/EuDASM/EUDASM.htm (EuDASM)] is a digital inventory of the maps holding valuable information pertaining to soil that are highly demanded in various environmental assessment… …
7Bodendegradation — Als Bodendegradation bezeichnet man die Herabsetzung bzw. Verschlechterung der ökosystemaren Dienstleistungen des Bodens bis hin zu deren völligem Verlust.[1] Bodendegradation kann sowohl ein natürlicher Prozess sein, der zum Beispiel durch… …
8Agriculture — General …
9Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …
10Laterite — (from the Latin word later meaning brick or tile) is a surface formation in hot and wet tropical areas which is enriched in iron and aluminium and develops by intensive and long lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock. Nearly all kinds… …
