Global Soil Partnership

Regional Soil Laboratory Networks

Countries are organized into Regional Soil Laboratory Networks (RESOLANs), the skeleton of GLOSOLAN. After the successful establishment of the Regional Soil Laboratory Networks for Asia (SEALNET) in 2017, Latin America (LATSOLAN) in 2018, and the Pacific (ASPAC), Africa (AFRILAB), Europe and Eurasia (EUROSOLAN) in 2019, GLOSOLAN successful launched the Regional Soil Laboratory Network for the Near East and North Africa (NENALAB) on 9 June 2020. 

 

North American Soil Laboratory Network (NASLN)

No formally defined and controlled Regional Soil Laboratory Network currently exists in North America. In the USA, GLOSOLAN mainly operates through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), National Soil Survey Center (NSSC), Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory (KSSL), which is the standard setting facility for the US National Cooperative Soil Survey. By extension, laboratories that use KSSL standards benefit from its participation in GLOSOLAN.

Countries in NASLN

Canada, United States of America

Network growth