International Soil Reference and Information Centre
Encyclopedia
World Soil Information, established in 1964 is an independent foundation with a global mandate, funded by the Netherlands
Government, and with a strategic association with Wageningen University and Research Centre.
Our aims:
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Government, and with a strategic association with Wageningen University and Research Centre.
Our aims:
- To inform and educate - through the World Soil Museum, public information, discussion and publication
- To serve the scientific communityScientific communityThe scientific community consists of the total body of scientists, its relationships and interactions. It is normally divided into "sub-communities" each working on a particular field within science. Objectivity is expected to be achieved by the scientific method...
as custodian of global soil information as ICSU World Data Centre for Soils - To undertake applied researchApplied researchApplied research is a form of systematic inquiry involving the practical application of science. It accesses and uses some part of the research communities' accumulated theories, knowledge, methods, and techniques, for a specific, often state, business, or client driven purpose...
on land and water resources