References and electronic sources relevant to measure Indicator 2 - Soil quality
References:
- FAO. 2008, 2010. Visual Soil Assessment. Field Guides. Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. ISBN 978-92-5-105937-1. (Part 1 to 9) - RSB. 2010. RSB Principles & Criteria for Sustainable Biofuel Production. Version 2.0
- Soil Survey Staff. 2009. Soil Survey Field and Laboratory Methods Manual. Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 51, Version 1.0. R. Burt (ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C., USA.
University of Minnesota. 2002. Soil Scientist. Organic Matter Management. - USDA. 2001. Soil Quality Test Kit Guide. July.
- Bonsucro. 2011. Bonsucro Production Standard. Version 3.0. Including Bonsucro EU Bonsucro Production Standard. March.
- Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection - COM (2006) 231
Electronic sources:
- AfSIS: The Africa Soil Information Service website
- ENVASSO. Environmental Assessment of Soil for Monitoring – Resource pool of EU-JRC
- EU-JRC resources
- The European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World (EUSDAM)
- Department of Ecology. State of Washington
- FAO Global Terrestrial Observing System website. Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites database
- Global Soil Map
- The Global Soil Partnership (GSP)
- ISO catalogue. Soil quality -- Determination of organic and total carbon after dry combustion
- International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC)
- The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA)
- OECD Environmental Data Compendium
- Sensing Soil Quality
- European Soil Portal - Soil Data and Information Systems -Soil Compaction
- European Soil Portal - Soil Data and Information Systems - Soil Organic Carbon Content
- The Government of Alberta website - Soil Organic Matter
- European Soil Portal - Soil Data and Information Systems - Soil Sampling Protocol
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- UNEP on Persistent Organic Pollutants