Environment and climate change statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean
FDES Sub-component 2.4: Soil resources
Soil resources comprise the top layers (horizons) of soil that form a biological system. Accounting for soil resources can provide information on the area and volume of soil resources lost due to erosion or degradation, or made unavailable by changes in land cover and other sources. Accounting for soil resources in terms of their types, nutrient content, carbon content and other characteristics is relevant for a more detailed examination of the health of soil systems and of the connections between soil resources and production in agriculture and forestry.
The topic included is:
- Soil resources
Documents and publications
Soil erosion: the Greatest Challenge for Sustainable Soil Management by Publication Date: 2019
Alianzas regionales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe: Principales logros by Publication Date: 2019Actividades y resultaldos de las alianzas regionales por el suelo de Sudamérica y Centroamérica, México y el Caribe para el desarrollo de capacidades en información de suelos y el manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales.
Global Soil Organic Carbon map: Technical Report (GSOCmap) by Publication Date: 2018
Manual on the development and use of FAO and WHO specifications for chemical pesticides by Publication Date: 2017
Status of the World’s Soil Resources Report by Publication Date: 2015
Manual on the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013 - Soil Characteristics Statistics - by Publication Date: 2018 October | Version 1.0Methodology sheet of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES. (Topic 1.1.4 Soil Characteristics of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013)
Databases
- FAOSTAT Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaCurrenlty, online multilingual database containing more than 1 million time series from over 210 countries and territories covering agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food aid, land use and population statistics. See more FAO statistical resources
- FAO - GAEZ - Global Agro-Ecological Zones Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaVersion 3.0 of the GAEZ Data Portal was published on May 25, 2012. It includes thousands of spatial data sets and information in tabular format, on the sustainable management of natural resources for food and agriculture.
- FAO Harmonized World Soil Database | Base de Datos Armonizada de los Suelos del Mundo Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaA collaboration between the FAO with IIASA, ISRIC-World Soil Information, ISSCAS, and the JRC. The Database is a raster database with over 15 000 different soil mapping units that combines existing regional and national updates of soil information worldwide.
- ISRIC - World Soil Information - World Data Center for Soils Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaWorld Soil Information, legally registered as the International Soil Reference and Information Centre, has a mission to serve the international community as custodian of global soil information.
Methodologies and classifications
- FAO - Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD)The Global Assessment of Soil Degradation (GLASOD) is a first attempt to prepare a world map on the status of human-induced soil degradation. The study was conducted by ISRIC between 1988 and 1991 and led to a global paper map at scale of 1:10 million.
Directrices voluntarias para la gestión sostenible de los suelos by Publication Date: 2016
Carta Mundial de los Suelos revisada by Publication Date: 2015
Land Quality Indicators and Their Use in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development by Publication Date: 1996
Enlaces de interés
- FAO - AGP - Fertilizer SpecificationsSpecifications for Commonly uses Fertilizers
- FAO Soils PortalThis portal is designed as a source of soil information and knowledge on the different components and aspects of soils and the value and importance of this vital and finite resource for policy makers, development planners, soil scientists, agricultural extension officers, students and other practitioners.