Since SOC is highly dynamic we need to know how much SOC is stored in our soils and monitor changes around the world, especially in vulnerable hotspots. While remote sensing technology, particularly satellite imagery, have played a key role in providing land cover datasets, the quantity and quality of SOC is typically more difficult to map and in many cases cannot be remotely sensed. Large discrepancies have been noted between different available products and worldwide, data, need to be harmonized. In-situ or ground-based data and high resolution imagery are thus an important requirement for producing accurate SOC datasets. More

DIGITAL SOIL MAPPING TRAININGS

The GSP and the ITPS launched a global endeavor to develop the GSOCmap using a country-driven approach as part of the Global Soil Information System (GLOSIS). GSP provides technical support and on-the-job training to most countries to produce national SOC maps according to standardized specifications. Send an email for more information.