Nodes that lead GlobalSoilMap.net are:

• Sub-Saharan Africa – Tropical Agriculture Program of the Earth Institute at Columbia University (EI), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute (TSBF-CIAT), and CIESIN/Earth Institute of Columbia University.

• North America – USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Development Center, Morgantown, USA.

• Latin America– EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Europe and Eurasia – Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) of JRC (Joint Research Centre of the European Union) in Ispra, Italy.

• Australia and Oceania – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Canberra, Australia

• East Asia - Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing, China

• West Asia-North Africa - Ministry of Agriculture, Amman, Jordan

• No node has yet been established in South Asia.

  ISRIC – World Soil Information in Wageningen, the Netherlands is the global coordinator. The University of Sydney, Australia and IRD, France, are supporting institutions. 

   Consortium meeting in New York, 18th Feb 2009. (L to R: Luca Montanarella, Sonya Ahamed,

   Jon Hempel, Alfred Hartemink, Neil McKenzie, Lou Mendonca-Santos,

   Pedro Sanchez, Prem Bindraban, Young Hong, Peter Okoth, Gan-lin Zhang)

  At the launch of the African node, 13th January 2009, Nairobi. (L to R: Philippe Lagacherie,

  Jon Hempel, Neil McKenzie, Alfred Hartemink, Luca Montanarella, Ganlin Zhang, Pedro Sanchez)

   Consortium meeting September 2008, Logan, USA (L to R: Amanda Moore, Janis Boettinger,

   Alex McBratney, Jon Hempel, Alfred Hartemink, Mike Grundy, Lou Mendonca Santos,

   Florence Carre, Neil McKenzie, Pedro Sanchez, Vincent van Engelen, Ganlin Zhang)

  First meeting December 2006, New York, USA