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FAO Global Soil Partnership
An international platform for soil governance, awareness, and technical cooperation.
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A curated set of public resources for soil ecology, land management, and metagenomics methods. Every link below leads to an independent organization. SOILS does not control or endorse their content.
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Soil institutions
FAO Soils Portal
A public entry point to FAO soil information, publications, and country data.
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ISRIC World Soil Information
Soil data, maps, and reference collections from an independent research institute.
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USDA Agricultural Research Service
Public soil and agricultural research from the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Soil Association
A United Kingdom charity working on soil health, farming, and land use.
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British Society of Soil Science
A United Kingdom professional body for soil science, with events and public guidance.
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Canadian Society of Soil Science
A national society for soil scientists, with publications and public outreach.
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European Commission Soil Health
Public information on European soil policy, monitoring, and land management.
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Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
A network linking soil biodiversity science with policy and land management.
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Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas
A public atlas of soil life, habitats, and threats from the European Soil Data Centre.
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World Soil Museum
A reference collection of soil profiles and educational material at ISRIC.
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GEO BON
The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network, with public biodiversity data.
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IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, with public conservation knowledge.
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Catalogue of Life
An international index of known species and their taxonomy.
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FAO Soil Biodiversity Portal
Public material on soil organisms, ecosystem functions, and land management.
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Earth Microbiome Project
An open collaboration on global microbial samples, protocols, and data.
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MGnify
A public resource for metagenomic analysis and browsing at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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QIIME 2
An open source microbiome analysis platform with documentation and tutorials.
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GTDB
A taxonomy resource for bacteria and archaea based on genome sequences.
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SILVA
A reference database for ribosomal RNA sequences and taxonomy.
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NCBI
Public sequence, taxonomy, and literature databases from the United States National Library of Medicine.
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European Nucleotide Archive
A public archive for nucleotide sequence data at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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DADA2
An open source pipeline for amplicon sequence analysis in R.
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Bioconductor
An open source collection of tools for the analysis of high throughput genomic data.
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mothur
An open source package for microbial community sequence analysis.
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CRAN
The Comprehensive R Archive Network, with packages for statistics and data analysis.
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Galaxy Project
An open platform for accessible data analysis workflows in the life sciences.
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Nature Reviews Microbiology
Review articles on microbial ecology, evolution, and applied microbiology.
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Frontiers in Microbiology
An open access journal covering microbiology and its subfields.
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ISME
The International Society for Microbial Ecology, with a journal and community events.
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Microbiology Society
A membership organization with journals, events, and public policy work.
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American Society for Microbiology
A broad microbiology community with journals, policy work, and public education.
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European Geosciences Union
A geoscience union with public sessions and resources on soil systems.
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Microbiome
An open access journal on microbial communities and their environments.
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The ISME Journal
Research on microbial ecology across habitats, including soil and sediment.
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Nature Microbiology
Research and review content on microbiology, including environmental communities.
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Frontiers in Soil Science
An open access journal covering soil biology, chemistry, and management.
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SOIL
An open access journal on soil science, published by Copernicus.
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UNCCD
The United Nations convention on desertification, land degradation, and drought.
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European Environment Agency Soil
Public reporting on European soil condition, land use, and environmental policy.
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European Soil Data Centre
European soil maps, data, and research reports for policy and science.
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World Meteorological Organization
The United Nations agency for weather, climate, and water, and a parent body of the IPCC.
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State of the World's Soil Resources
A public FAO assessment of soil condition, threats, and management options.
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Convention on Biological Diversity
An international agreement with material on soil biodiversity and ecosystems.
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OpenLandMap
Open global land and soil data products for mapping and analysis.
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SoilGrids
Global soil property maps at several depths, produced by ISRIC.
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ISRIC Data
A catalogue of soil data, maps, and services from ISRIC.
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JRC Data Catalogue
Public data sets and maps from the European Commission Joint Research Centre.
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