Excursion on Technosols and Stagnosols.
This joint venture of the WRB-group and the working group "soil systematics" of the German Soil Science Society (DBG) will take place at the end of August 2007. We want to come together with a group of 25 to 30 for lectures and intense discussion regarding a number of soil profiles. The properties, development, understanding and use of Technosols, Stagnosols and related soils will be the main topic of the excursion. You are warmly welcome to this excursion, which can become and outstanding event with your participation. For details, please see
http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/TechnoStagno2007

World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2006
ExExpected for release as a printed version by the end of June 2006. Click here for the electronic draft.

WRB-2006-KEY for discussion in FORUM starting 15 December

Key to the Major Reference Groups
Diagnostic Soil Horizons
Diagnostic Soil Materials
Diagnostic Soil Properties

Major Soils of the World
CD-ROM in Chinese

For further information, please contact Mr Zhao Yuguo,
Institute of Soil Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
at wjzhao@issas.ac.cn

Suggestions for Harmonized Terminology on Soil Classification (E.Micheli et al)
(.pdf format - 893 KB)

WRB site in Norwegian...
http://www.nijos.no/Publikasjoner/dokumenter/2003/Dok6_03.pdf

Soil Correlation and Mapping on Paleo and Human Influenced Landscapes
Rosario Napoli and Edoardo Costantini are organizing a scientific meeting and field tour on the above topic in June 2004 in Tuscany. This conference should discuss topics related to both the Paleopedology and WRB activities. If interested, contact
Dott. Rosario Napoli
Sezione Genesi, Classificazione e Cartografia
Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo
Piazza M.D'Azeglio, 30 - 50121 Firenze
e-mail: napoli@issds.it
tel. 55-2491250 fax. 055-241485
cell. 348-2935990

Special WRB Newsletter (18th WCSS) - 1 July 2006
(doc format - 66 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 8 - July 2008
(pdf format - 328 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 7 - January 2007
(doc format - 480 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 6 - January 2005
(doc format - 98 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 5 - October 2004
(zip format - 1501 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 4 - December 2003
(zip format - 773 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 3 - March 2003
(doc format - 46 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 2 - May 2002
(doc format - 47 KB)

WRB Newsletter # 1 - November 2001
(doc format - 428 KB, pdf format - 195 KB)

Key to the Reference Soil Groups (1)
(doc format - 65 KB, pdf format - 131 KB)

Key to the Reference Soil Groups (2)
(doc format - 83 KB, pdf format - 58 KB)

Focus on WRB in the International Symposium on "Soil Classification 2001", 8 - 12 October, 2001, Velence, Hungary
(doc format - 52 KB, pdf format - 107 KB)

Rapport de Synthèse
Formation Regionale sur la Base de Référence Mondiale pour les Ressources en Sols, Ghana – Burkina Faso, 2 – 11/ 12 / 2001
(doc format - 38 KB, pdf format - 129 KB)

Report on the West and Central Africa Soil Correlation meeting held in Abomey, Benin, 9 - 13 October 2000 (doc format - 123 KB)

Report on the Correlation Tour in Georgia, 20/7 - 1/8/2000
(rtf format - 89 KB)

WRB Circular - March 2000
(Download full document with annexes - 4.6 MB !)

European Soil Bureau adopted WRB
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the European Soil Bureau has adopted WRB for its new "Georeferenced Soil Database for Europe".

WRB Soil Correlation tours
A WRB soil correlation tour will be organized in Southern Mexico in March 2005