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ISRIC – World Soil Information

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ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent, science-based foundation, founded in 1966 following a recommendation of the International Soil Science Society (ISSS) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
ISRIC produces and serves quality-assured soil information together with our partners at global, regional and national levels. ISRIC stimulates the use of this information to address global challenges such as improved food security, land degradation and climate change mitigation through capacity building, awareness raising and direct cooperation with users and clients. ISRIC has been elected in 2017 to host the soil data facility for the Global Soil Partnership (GSP). ISRIC is the International Council for Science (ICSU) accredited World Data Centre for Soils (WDC-Soils) since 1989 and it maintains the World Soil Museum.
ISRIC collaborates with a wide range of partners worldwide and it operates in four priority areas:
• soil standards
• soil data and soil mapping
• application of soil data in global development issues
• training and education

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http://www.isric.org/

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Droevendaalsesteeg 3 (Building 101)
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands

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Dr Zhanguo Bai
Project leader

Tel: +31 317 483692
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Senior researcher;
Integrated soil and land degradation assessment and restoration using GIS, remote sensing and environmental radionuclides/isotopes tracers

MSc Maria Ruiperez Gonzalez

Tel: +31 317 483494
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Remote sensing and GIS specialist in ongoing projects in digital soil mapping, capacity building, participatory approaches and land degradation.

Ir Niels Batjes

Tel: +31 317 483699
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Drs Godert van Lynden

Tel: +31 317 483755
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Dep. Director and Senior researcher in land degradation and sustainable land management

Dr Tom Hengl

Tel: +31 317 484199
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Dr Gerard B.M. Heuvelink

Tel: 31 317 482723
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