The Soil Map of the World, backed by UNESCO and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), began in 1961 – just a few months before President Kennedy proclaimed the 1960s were the Decade of ...

ABSTRACT: Rapid population growth and increasing economic activities have resulted in unsustainable exploitation and rapid decline in the spatial extent of forest reserves in Nigeria. Studying land ...

Kenya’s agricultural potential is widely celebrated, yet beneath this promise lies a hidden crisis. Our soils are under ...

This report was produced from the FAO Soil Map of the World at a scale of 1:5,000,000, which was created between 1970 and 1981. Due to its coarse resolution, high generalization, and environmental ...

The map was developed in collaboration with the International ... Sasha Koo-Oshima, Deputy Director of Land and Water Division, FAO, said: "Soil biodiversity sustains life on earth and provides an ...

US$11 billion. Lebanon’s reconstruction will require not only a huge amount of money, but also a real political commitment ...

Several Midwestern U.S. states have issued air quality alerts to residents as smoke from Canadian wildfires begins to move ...