Global soil changes (Report of an IIASA-ISSS-UNEP Task Force on the Role of Soil in Global Changes)

Abstract

The present report is one of a series of documents by soil scientists in preparation of a coordinated input by the various national and international centers on soil research and management into the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programs (IGBP or "Global Change" Program) initiated by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).