Background information on structure and or content In table 5 (II), Parties may choose to report N2O emissions from the drainage of soils from two land use categories, Forest Land and Wetlands, for both organic and mineral soils, if they wish to do so.

SOTER Soils and Terrain Digital Database (UNEP FAO International Soil Reference and Information Center International Society of Soil Sciences)

SOTER Soils and Terrain Digital Database (FAO International Soil Reference and Information Center International Society of Soil Sciences UNEP)

Good earth. Rich earth.

Sustainable management of forests carbon sequestration.

The land of the former base also poses a problem of soil and ground water pollution.

Dirt. Earth. Soil.

SOTER Soils and Terrain (UNEP)

Agricultural soils

Agricultural soils

The soil is extremely good.

Gordon Gekko Reborn

Civil Soil

We'd lay on top of that the soils and the waters, and illuminate the landscape.

The evaluation and survey of soil and underground exploitation works.

These Visual Soil Assessment (VSA) indicators are morphological and measured soil characteristics that allow for the transfer of information between sites, soil types, land uses etc., while providing a cross check and physical reality to structure descriptors.

The other sets of data to be produced include topography, meteorology, soil suitability and land ownership.

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas

The authors identified the important land degradation processes in Uzbekistan as (1) secondary salinization of irrigated lands, (2) flooding and waterlogging of irrigated lands, (3) loss of organic matter and fertility decline in soils, (4) widespread occurrence of erosion in irrigated soils, (5) soil pollution, and (6) aerosol transport of salt and dust from the dry bed of the Aral sea.

8. Southern African Regional Commission for the Conservation and Utilization of Soil (SARCCUS).

The earth says it's high time...

Clean soil is a critical problem the nitrification, the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.

It was also found that up to 30 35 per cent of the soil in those areas was water ice.

The study focused on saline and sodic lands but other degradation processes of great importance in Kenya include fertility decline, soil acidification and aluminium toxicity, organic matter decline, wind and water erosion, and soil compaction.

The major land degradation problems in Egypt are related to hydrological constraints which cause waterlogging, salinity and alkalinity, physical constraints such as deterioration of the soil structure and compaction, and biological constraints caused by a decline in soil organic matter leading to declining soil fertility.

Selamatkan Tanah kita

The soil here is fertile.

Tanah yang sehat (healthy soils) sangat penting bagi nutrisi manusia dan upaya melawan kelaparan. Manusia bergantung pada tanah tidak hanya untuk produksi pangan namun juga perolehan sumber air minum baru.

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 6 11 6

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 36 40 11

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 63 70 15

Sustainable management of land use, particularly of water, soils and vegetation, in affected areas 20 32 11

The report provides a good snapshot of some of the major soil degradation problems. The paper also highlighted the importance of soil organic matter and how the decline of soil organic matter is accelerating salinity problems as well as fertility problems.

Applies remote sensing techniques to monitor agricultural lands and produce land use and soil taxonomy maps.

UNEP will continue the Soil and Terrain Digital Database (SOTER) activities in 1997 with the International Soils Reference and Information Centre and FAO.

(c) Agriculture and forestry, including forest inventory and monitoring (especially mapping of old growth forests and forestry on hilly areas) crop identification and monitoring harvest forecasting crop suitability soil classification (with emphasis on soil moisture and soil suitability measurements) mangrove cover and land cover

We've talked about the soil erosion.

This is very good soil.

(b) Agriculture land cover and suitability, productivity and yield, rural management, soil conservation

In many places, atmospheric moisture depends on the storage of water in the soil.

And the species in the soil go to work basically chewing through those roots, decomposing them the earthworms, the fungi, the bacteria and the result is new soil.

Then, if we added maps like the geology, the bedrock geology, and the surface geology, what the glaciers leave, if we make the soil map, with the 17 soil classes, that are defined by the National Conservation Service, if we make a digital elevation model of the topography that tells us how high the hills were, then we can calculate the slopes.

Having completed the Soils and Terrain Digital Database (SOTER) on the scale 1 5,000,000 for Latin America, UNEP, together with the International Soil Reference and Information Centre and FAO, continue to advance the work and coverage of SOTER.

(c) Environment land degradation, soil erosion, forestry, biodiversity, coastal deterioration, natural disasters and heritage.