World Reference Base for Soil Resources, 2006

World Reference Base for Soil Resources, 2006
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2006
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789251055113

This publication is a revised and updated version of World Soil Resources Reports No. 84, a technical manual for soil scientists and correlators, designed to facilitate the exchange of information and experience related to soil resources, their use and management. The document provides a framework for international soil classification and an agreed common scientific language to enhance communication across disciplines using soil information. It contains definitions and diagnostic criteria to recognize soil horizons, properties and materials and gives rules and guidelines for classifying and subdividing soil reference groups. Published also in Spanish and Arabic.

Land Resources Information Systems in the Near East

Land Resources Information Systems in the Near East
Author:
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251048603

Countries of the Near East vary in the type, quantity and format of the inventories of their land resources. Quite often, these data are sporadic, incomplete, out of date or based on diverse systems of land and soil classification and mapping. There is a need for the establishment of a user-friendly database on land and water Resources for each country, to be easily available at the desktop of land use planners and decision makers. Land resources information systems experiences in the countries are presented in this document, as well as recommendations for future collaboration in database development, reporting and exchange of information, expertise and experiences in land and water management in the region and the implementation of regional projects.

Land Resources Information Systems in the Caribbean

Land Resources Information Systems in the Caribbean
Author: R. Brinkman
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251046241

This document contains the proceedings of the Subregional Workshop on Land and Water Information Systems (LWRIS) in the Caribbean, held in Barbados in October 2000. The meeting was organized by FAO Land and Water Development Division (AGL), in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural and Research Development Institute. LWRIS experiences in the countries are presented as well as recommendations for future collaboration in database development, reporting and exchange of information, expertise and experience in land and water management in the region and the implementation of regional projects. This includes the preparation of national and regional reports on the state of land, water and plant nutrient resources in the Caribbean for dissemination through the Caribbean Land and Water Resources Network (CLAWRENET) Web site that is linked to Web sites in the countries and with the AGL Web site.

Soil Survey

Soil Survey
Author: J. Alfred Zinck
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1995
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789251036624

Land Resources Information Systems in Asia

Land Resources Information Systems in Asia
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251045169

This document contains the proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Ladn Resources Information Systems (LRIS) in Asia, held in Quezon City in January 2000. LRIS experiences in the countries are [presented, along with recommendations for future reporting and exhange of information, data expertise in land resources information. This includes the preparation of national and subregional reports on the state of land, water and plant nutrient resources in Asian countries.