ISRIC-World Soil Information

ISRIC’s mandate is to increase worldwide knowledge of the land, its soils in particular, and to support their sustainable use and management.

IIASA has worked with ISIRC in the following areas:

Harmonized World Soil Database

First released in July 2008, HWSD is a global database, framed within a Geographic Information System (GIS), that contains up-to-date information on world soil resources. More


Print this page

Last edited: 29 May 2012

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Phone: (+43 2236) 807 0 Fax:(+43 2236) 71 313

Twitter Facebook Youtube
Follow us on