| 英文简介: | World Soils and their Assessment (WSA)
This is a course on international standards for soils classification and assessment. It will provide an introduction to the soils of the world and their diversity, their main forming factors, classification (according to the World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014), and management. The course will include lectures and hands-on exercises. It will make use of the facilities of the World Soil Museum. The course includes a field excursion in the area around Wageningen, which has a rich diversity of landscapes and soils. In the field, several topics will be addressed including: soil and landscape relations, soil formation, soil classification, field description of soils, and soil management. This course aims at scientists, professionals, e.g. in natural resources management planning, and students who have an interest in soils and their assessment for their work or study, with aspects of soil formation, description, classification and evaluation.
Registration and fees
The deadline for registration is February 12, 2017.
Early-bird, reduced fee: 400 euro
Early-bird, full fee: 800 euro
Regular, reduced fee: 500 euro
Regular, full fee: 1000 euro
The fee includes all workshop materials, coffee and tea, lunches and spring school dinner. Deadline for the early-bird registration is December 15, 2016. The reduced fee applies to BSc and MSc students, PhD candidates, staff of public (national) institutes and organizations based in ODA-listed countries; see the spring school website for more details.
For further information about the ISRIC Spring School, please visit http://isric.org/springschool or contact springschool@isric.org |