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AcknowledgementsThis report is based on <strong>the</strong> information contained in <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Soil</strong> Database, <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> more than ten years <strong>of</strong> fruitfuleffort and collaboration between <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, and Europe’s leadingsoil science institutions.Without this considerable cooperation, <strong>the</strong> production <strong>of</strong> this report would not have been possible. The authors gratefullyacknowledge <strong>the</strong> assistance <strong>of</strong> following individuals and organizations.The maps at <strong>the</strong> core <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> present report are based on <strong>the</strong> efforts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> scientific contributors to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Soil</strong> Map <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>European</strong> Communities 1.1,000,000 (CEC 1985)Belgium: J. Ameryckx, A. Louis, R. Maréchal, R. Tavernier; Denmark: K. Rasmussen; France: J. Dupuis, M. Jamagne, A.Mori, E. Servat; Germany: E. Mückenhausen; Greece: A. Koutalos, N. Yassoglou; Irish Republic: M. Gardiner, J. Lee;Italy: F. Mancini, R. Salandin; Luxembourg: A. Puraye, J. Wagener; Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands: H. De Bakker, J. Pons, J. Schelling, R.Van der Schans; Portugal: J. Carvalho Cardoso; Spain: A. Guerra, F. Monturiol; United Kingdom: B. Avery, R.Glentworth, R. Grant; FAO: R. Dudal; CEC: A. Cole, J. Gillot, A. Prendergast; Advisors: K. Beek, S. Lunt, G. Smith, C.Sys.The scientific contributors to <strong>the</strong> compilation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Soil</strong> Database.Albania: P. Zdruli, K. Cara, Sh. Lushaj; Austria: O. Nestroy; Belarus: N Smeyau; Belgium, Luxembourg: E. Van Ranst, L.Vanmechelen, R. Vermeire; Bulgaria: I. Kolchakov, B. Georgiev, S. Rousseva, D. Stoichev; Cyprus: C. Hadjiparaskevas;Czech Republic: J. Nemecek, J. Kozak; Denmark: H.B. Madsen, M. Olsson, T. Balstrøm; Estonia: L. Reintam, I. Rooma;Finland: J. Sippola; France: M. Berland, M. Jamagne, D. King; Germany: W. Eckelmann, R. Hartwich; Greece: N.Yassoglou; Hungary: G. Várallyay, E. Michéli; Irish Republic: S. Diamond; Iceland: O. Arnalds, E. Gretarsson; Italy: D.Magaldi, U. Galligani, U. Wolf; Latvia: A. Karklins, O. Nikodemus.; Lithuania: V. Buivydaite; Moldova: V. Ungureanu;Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands: A. Bregt, P. Finke; Norway: A. Nyborg; Poland: S. Bialousz; Portugal: M. Bessa, L. Reis, P. Marques, M.Madeira; Romania: C. Rauta, I. Munteanu, F. Nicholae, M. Parachi, M. Zota; Russia: I. Savin, V. Stolbovoi; Slovakia: J.Hrasko, V. Linkes; Slovenia: B. Vrscaj, T. Prus; Spain: J. Boixadera, J.J. Ibáñez-Martí, A. Rodriguez, C. Arbelo; Sweden:M. Olsson; Switzerland: L.F. Bonnard; Turkey: D. Murat Ozden, S. Keskin, U. Dinc, S. Kapur, E. Akca, S. Senol, O. Dinc;Ukraine: V. Medvedev; United Kingdom: J. Hollis, M.G. Jarvis, R.J.A. Jones, A. Thomasson, J. Bell; General coordinationINRA: J. Daroussin, M. Jamagne, D. King, C. Le Bas, V. Souchère; JRC: A. Burrill, J. Meyer-Roux, L. Montanarella, P.Vossen.For <strong>the</strong>ir constant support to <strong>the</strong> project, special thanks are due to Guido Schmuck, Head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Land Management andNatural Hazards Unit and Giovanni Bidoglio, Head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit, Institute forEnvironment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.The authors would like to thank to Otto Spaargaren for his considerable and invaluable advice for appropriate use <strong>of</strong> soilclassifications and nomenclatures.Special thanks is due to Francisco Larios who handled kindly our request for using <strong>the</strong> soil pr<strong>of</strong>ile pictures for illustrating<strong>the</strong> front page <strong>of</strong> this report from Kubiëna’s book ‘The soils <strong>of</strong> Europe’ published by <strong>the</strong> C.S.I.S.We <strong>of</strong>fer our apologies and thanks if we have inadvertently and unintentionally omitted anybody.1