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The Web sites described below contain databases (separate from the TropSCORE soil health database) with information or resources related to soils and organic resources. (NOTE: A wider range of topics can be accessed through the databases index page).
- The
Organic
Resource Database, run by the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility
Programme in Nairobi, Kenya, and Wye College, University of London (UK),
is a database of information such as plant characteristics, soil decomposition,
and nutrient cycling models. It allows users to add new data and must
be downloaded (at no charge) from the Web site.
- FAO's
Soils Databases (Land and Water Development Division)
- ProSoil Problem Soils Database
- Soil Resources Mapping and Classification Portal
- Global Soil and Terrain Database (WORLD-SOTER)
- World Overview of Conservation Technologies and Approaches (WOCAT)
- FAO's
Soil Information
Portal, developed by the Land and Plant Nutrition Management
Service, includes a soil map of the world, a problem soils database,
a crop suitability map database and more.
- The
Australian
Soil Resources Information System (ASRIS) is national database
of soil information for soils of Australia's agricultural zone.
- This on-line glossary of soil science terms in English was developed by the Soil Science Society of America. It was revised in 1997 and can be searched or browsed.
TropSCORE's
Worldwide Soil Health Information Portal
Send us e-mail: lhf2@cornell.edu
© Copyright 2002 by TropSCORE and Cornell University
Last updated: November 16, 2005
by the Development Team