1 / 5

World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue (British-sourced materials) www.wossac.com

World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue (British-sourced materials) www.wossac.com. WOSSAC. Professor Peter Bullock Dr Stephen Hallett Dr Ian Baillie Dr James Hunt. Background.

dai
Download Presentation

World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue (British-sourced materials) www.wossac.com

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. World Soil SurveyArchive and Catalogue(British-sourced materials)www.wossac.com WOSSAC Professor Peter BullockDr Stephen Hallett Dr Ian Baillie Dr James Hunt

  2. Background • Substantial numbers of soil surveys were made worldwide by British companies over the past 80 years, and 250 countries represented • Funded by development assistance donors & governments • Estimated to be thousands of survey volumes • At today’s prices would have cost well over £200 million • Extremely valuable bank of international data about soils, their nature, properties and potential use • Soil surveys not likely to be repeated • Current volumes may represent only existing information about the soils in many of the countries of the world • Materials in danger of beingdestroyed and lost

  3. British Society of Soil Science (BS3) funded 2 pilot projects at Cranfield, backing University investment Project commenced January 2004 Recruited dedicatedstaff as well as bodyof existing volunteerand paid workers HTSPE Ltd. Collection

  4. Other Major Holders of International Soil Survey Reports and Maps • FAO • IRD (ORSTOM) • ISRIC • USDA

  5. Plans for the Future • Establishment of an International Catalogue • Preliminary discussions during this meeting • Meeting of representatives of the five major holders early in 2006 • Research Programme • To develop improved means of remote access to the information in the reports and maps

More Related