Interactive database and electronic and archive allowing users to quickly get an overview of selected types of problem soils, to search on literature sources which treat problem soils, to identify tables, figures and case studies related to problem soils, and to retrieve literature sources, tables, figures and case studies in... [read more]

Countries known collectively as Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have in common their smallness and insularity which, often, also indicates their vulnerability. These small island and low-lying coastal countries are subject to structural vulnerability that affects their productivity, development and cooperation policies. Since SIDS were identified as a special... [read more]

Strengthening mountain populations' livelihoods with improved policies for sustainable agriculture and rural development.

TERRASTAT houses databases containing information on major soil constraints, soil in deserts and dryland areas, population distribution, steeplands analysis, land degradation severity and human-induced land degradation due to agricultural activities.

TEMS, Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites, is an international directory of sites and networks that carry out long-term terrestrial monitoring and research activities. The database provides the "who, what and where" and additional services i.e. metadata registration, qualitative change assessment, methodology sheets that can be useful to both the scientific community... [read more]