Links > Soil related bodies (National and Regional Organisations)
This is a list of organizations (alphabetically grouped by country) that
relate to soil issues. The list was compiled from various sources including
own research on the Web, European Soil Bureau Network Organisations (ESBN), ESSC’s
“Directory
of European Organizations and Persons Working on Soil Protection” and
suggestions from European colleagues.
If you would like to add your organisation to this list, please send an E-mail to Panos
Panagos
TOTAL: 224 Organisations and soil related bodies from 43 Countries
Albania, 1
Austria, 8
- European Confederation of Soil Science Societies - ECSSS
- Federal Agency for Water Management - BAW
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management - BMLFUW
- Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - IIASA
- International Union of Forestry Research Organizations - IUFRO
- Umweltbundesamt GmbH - UBA
- University of Natural Resources and Applied Life sciences - BOKU
Belgium, 8
- Brussels Institute for the Management of the Environment - IBGE-BIM
- European Chemical Industry, Ecology and Toxicology Centre - ECETOC AISBL
- European Conservation Agriculture Federation - ECAF
- European Landowners Organisation - ELO
- Laboratory of Soil Science, Ghent University
- Soil Service of Belgium
- Public Waste Agency of Flanders - OVAM (Flanders - Vlaanderen)
- Support Centre GIS-Flanders (Flanders - Vlaanderen)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1
Bulgaria, 3
- Executive Environment Agency - ExEA
- Ministry of Environment and Water - MOEW
- Nikola Poushkarov. Institute of Soil Science - SSNP
China, 1
Croatia, 4
- Croatian Environment Agency
- Croatian Society of Soil Science
- Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning - MZOPU
- Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture
Cyprus, 3
- Agricultural Research Institute (ARI)
- Cyprus Conservation Foundation
- M.A.N.R.E. (Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment), Cyprus
Czech Republic, 4
- Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture - CISTA
- Czech Environmental Information Agency - CENIA
- Czech University of Agriculture Prague - CUA
- Ministry of Environment - MECzR
Denmark, 4
- Danish Forest and Nature Agency - SNS
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland - GEUS
- National Environmental Research Institute - NERI
- The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark - KVL
Estonia, 4
- Estonian Agricultural University - EAU
- Estonian Environment Information Centre | EEIC
- Ministry of Environment - MEEE
- Pedo-ecological characterization of Estonian soils
Finland, 2
Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), 2
- Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje
- Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning - MOEPP
France, 19
- ADES - Portail national d'Accès aux Données sur les Eaux Souterraines
- Agence de l'Environnment et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie - ADEME
- Association Regionale pour l´Etude et l´Amelioration des Sols - AREAS
- BASIAS - Inventaire des anciens sites industriels et activités de service
- BASOL - Base de données sur les sites et sols pollués
- BRGM - Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières
- Centre de Recherche d'Orléans - INRA
- Charbonnages de France -| CDF
- Décharges illégales - Suivi de la fermeture des décharges non autorisées
- Forêt Méditerranéenne | FM
- Groupement d'Intérêt Scientifique sur les Sols (GIS Sol)
- Institut Français de l´Environnement - IFEN
- Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Aménagement et du Développement durables
- National Institute for Agronomic Research - INRA
- Portail "Sites Pollués"
- SIG Mines France - Ressources minérales & environnement
- Valpedo: valorisation des données pédologiques tropicales et méditerranéennes
- Valsol:Basses de donnees sols et enviroment
- Sol Info Rhône-Alpes (Rhône-Alpes)
Germany, 25
- Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
- Bundesverband Boden e.V.
- Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
- Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft
- Ecology Centre
- European Affairs of Soil and Biowaste
- European Compost Network | ECN
- European Land and Soil Alliance - ELSA
- Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture - BMVEL
- Fraunhofer-Institute for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology | FhG-IUCT
- German Association for Humus and Substrate industry (Humus and Soil)
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements-European Regional Group | IFOAM-EU
- Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research | ZALF
- Umweltbundesamt - UBA
- Bavarian Environment Agency (Bavaria)
- Bavarian Ministry of Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (Bavaria)
- Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture-Institut for Agroecology,Organic Farming and Soil Pro (Bavaria)
- Geological Survey of Lower Saxony - NLfB (Lower Saxony)
- Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein-Westfalen - NRW (Westfallen)
- Hessian Agency for Environment and Geology (Hessen)
- Institut für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Kiel)
- Landesamt für Geologie und Bergwesen (LAGB) (Saxony-Anhalt)
- Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (Schleswig - Holstein)
- North Rhine-Westphalia State Environment Agency (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Saxon State Agency for Environment and Geology (Saxony)
Greece, 12
- Agricultural University of Athens - AUA
- Environmental Education Resources Portal (Env-Edu)
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tessaloniki
- Forest Research Institute of Athens - FRI
- Greek Soil Science Society
- Hellenic Ministry of Rural development and Food
- Institute of Soil Mapping and Classification of the National Agricultural Research Foundation
- Laboratory of Hydrogeochemical Engineering and Remediation of Soil (HERS)
- Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania - MAICH
- Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works
- National Agricultural Research Foundation (N.AG.RE.F.)
- Soil Science Laboratory (university of Thessaly)
Hungary, 10
- Center for Environmental Studies Foundation - CES
- Ecological Institute Sustainable Development - EISD
- Geographical Research Institute - GRI HAS
- Karcag Research Institute
- Ministry of Environment
- Plant Health and Soil Protection Service
- Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Szent István University
- University of Miskolc
- University of Pannonia
Iceland, 1
Ireland, 2
- Environmental Protection Agency Headquaters - EPA
- Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority - TEAGASC
Italy, 15
- Agenzia per la protezione dell’ambiente e per i servizi tecnici (APAT)
- Associazione Italiana Pedologi (AIP)
- Associazione Italiana per la Gestione Agronomica e Conservativa del Suolo - AIGACoS
- Centro Nazionale di Cartografia Pedologica
- Experimental Institute for Soil Study and Conservation
- Institute for Ecosystem Studies - ISE
- Instituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante - CRA-ISNP
- Instituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi | CNR-ISE
- Portale Cartografico del Ministero dell'Ambiente
- ARPAV Environment Protection Agency of the Veneto Region (Veneto)
- Agro-food System Development Service - Geological, Seismic and Soil Survey (Emilia-Romagna)
- ERSAF - Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste (Lombardy)
- Istituto Per le Piante da legno e l’ambiente Ipla s.p.a (Piemonte)
- Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (Bari)
- Servizio Geologico della Regione Toscana (Tuscany)
Latvia, 1
Liechtenstein, 1
Lithuania, 3
- Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture - LZI
- Lithuanian University of Agriculture - LZUU
- Ministry of Environment of Lithuania
Luxembourg, 1
Malta, 2
- Malta Environment and Planning Authority - MEPA
- Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment - National Soil Unit
Moldova, 1
Netherlands, 11
- Alterra
- Centre for World Food Studies Vrije Universiteit | SOW-VU
- Dutch normalization institute NEN
- Institute of Environmental and Energy Technology - TNO
- International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation - ITC
- National Institute for Public Health and Environment - RIVM
- Nederlands Informatiecentrum Bodembeschermende Voorzieningen - NIBV
- Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe - NICOLE
- Nutrient Management Institute - NMI
- Soil Protection Technical Committee
- Van Hall Instituut (University of Professional Education in Agriculture, Food Technology, Environmen
Norway, 5
- Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research - NIVA
- Norwegian Institute of land Inventory (NIJOS)
- Norwegian Pollution Control Authority - SFT
Poland, 2
Portugal, 2
- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas - INIAP
- Soil Science Department of Estação Agronómica Nacional – LINIA
Romania, 5
- Agricultural Research and Development Institute - ARDI
- Banat´s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine - USABT
- Ministry of Waters and Environmental Protection - MAPPM
- Research Institute of Soil Sciences and Agrochemistry - ICPA
- University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary - USAMVB
Russia Federation, 1
Slovakia, 4
- Ministry of Environment of Slovakia
- Slovak Environmental Agency - SAZP
- Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute
- Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute - SSCRI
Slovenia, 3
- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia - KIS
- Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia - ARSO
- Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning - MOP
Somalia, 1
Spain, 25
- Asociación Española de Agricultura de Conservación/Suelos vivos | AEAC/SV
- Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Industrial de los Recursos Naturales - AITEMIN
- Centre de Recerca Ecológica i Aplicacions Forestals - CREAF
- Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales | CCMA-CSIC
- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura | CEBAS-CSIC
- Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo - CEAM
- Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas - CIEMAT
- Departamento de Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente / Deparment of Agrochemistry and Environment
- Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas - EEZA-CSIC
- Institute of Sustainable Agriculture
- Laboratorio de SIG y Teledetección Ambiental / Environmental GIS and Remote Sensing Lab - ENGISREM
- Ministerio de Medio Ambiente - MIMAM
- NEIKER – The Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development
- Consejería de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente-Junta de Extremadura (Extremadura)
- Consejería de Fomento y Medio Ambiente-Ceuta (Cueta)
- Consejería de Industria y Medio Ambiente-Comuidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia)
- Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio-Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Ordenación del Territorio e Infraestructuras-Principado de Asturias (Asturias)
- Consejería de Medio Ambiente-Gobierno Balear (Mallorca)
- Consejería de Medio Ambiente-Junta de Andalucia (Andalucia)
- Consejería de Territorio y Vivienda-Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia)
- Consellería de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible-Xunta de Galicia (Galicia)
- Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge-Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalunya)
- Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio -Gobierno Vasco (Bilbao)
- Departamento de Medio Ambiente-Gobierno de Aragón (Zaragoza)
Sweden, 4
- Centre for Sustainable Agriculture - SLU
- Stockholm Environment Institute - SEI
- Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences-Soil Sciences - SLU
Switzerland, 8
- Agroscope FAL Reckenholz - FAL
- Amt für Umweltschutz - AFU
- Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agroekologie und Landbau
- Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
- Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - ITÖ
- International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry - IAEAC
- Swiss Soil Monitoring Network
- Osservatorio ambientale della Svizzera Italiana (Canton Ticino)
Switzerland , 1
Turkey, 2
- Ministry of Environment and Forestry - CEVRE
- Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, Reforestation & the Protection of Natural Habitats
Ukraine, 2
- Department of physical and economic geography Dnepropetrovsk National University
- National Agricultural University - NAUU
United Kingdom, 7
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency - SEPA
- WOSSAC : World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue
- WRc plc
- Macaulay Institute, Land Use Research Centre (Scotland)
- NSRI (National Soil Resources Institute) (England Wales)
- Soil-Net Educational Soil web portal (England Wales)
United States of America, 3
- EcoEarth.Info -- Environment Portal
- Harvest Choice Initiative
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
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