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History <strong>of</strong> WRB (1)<br />

In the past decades there has been an <strong>in</strong>creased<br />

<strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> <strong>soil</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation for global environmental<br />

studies.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 20 year old, but still the only available<br />

harmonized global <strong>soil</strong> map, the FAO-UNESCO<br />

Soil Map <strong>of</strong> the World (1:5 M), is based on<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation collected thirty or more years ago.

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