World Reference Base (WRB) for Soil Resources

摘要

The World Reference Base (WRB) for Soil Resources serves as a portal for a range of authoritative resources useful to those engaged in soil classification and mapping. The WRB project, ongoing since 1980, attempts to "reach international agreement on the major soil groups to be recognized at a global scale as well as on the criteria and methodology to be applied for defining and separating them.. .to facilitate the exchange of information and experience, to provide a common scientific language, to strengthen the applications of soil science and to enhance the communication with other disciplines". These efforts led to the publication, in 1998, of the three-volume set, World Reference Base for Soil Resources, now in its second edition (published in 2006). The authority and reliability of the print and online output from the WRB project stem from the involvement and collaboration of the International Society for Soil Science, the International Soil Reference and Information Centre, and the FAO.