1. Soil of Russia in Global Programs
Vladimir Stolbovoy1
Luca Montanarella1
Freddy Nachtergaele2
1European Soil Bureau, EC Joint Research Center, Ispra;
2United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome.
Conference: ““Scientific Session on Fundamental Soil Science” ” Moscow State University, 30 November-2 December, 2004

2. Outline Need for Russia to be seen globally.
Soil of Russia in global projects:
Global (revised FAO);
Intercontinental (Circumpolar Soil database);
European and Northern Eurasia (SOVEUR; ESDB).
Land resources of Russia.
What is next?

3. Shortcomings in global estimates
IIASA on ground Land Cover (1X1 km) c.
IIASA on ground NPP
Кг углерода м2 в год
0.1 – 0.21
< 0.1
Source: CD-ROM “Land Resources of Russia”, 2002.
0.21 – 0.28
0.28 – 0.4
0.61 – 0.87
0.4 – 0.61
Source: CD-ROM “Land Resources of Russia”, 2002.
IGBP space-derived Land Cover (1Х1km)
Воды
> 0.87
Model-derived Global NPP
Cropland&pastures
Forests
Wetlands
Grasses and shrubs
Foley et al., 1996 b.
Comparison of areas d.
Comparison of areas
200
400
600
800
1000
Пашня и пастбища
Леса
Болота
Травы и кустарники
106 га
IIASA CD-ROM
IGBP
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
> .7
IIASA
Global

4. Mosaic of changes in temperature and precipitations (source: IPCC, 2001)
Patterns of warming
Patterns of wetting
Changes have great spatial diversity and do not following climate zones in Russia

5. Russia representation in global soil collections
Global soil sampling (Batjes et al, 1996)
New EU Soil Database (Stolbovoi et al., 2001)

6. Underestimate of carbon reserves in soils of Russia
Soil carbon pool (based on Stolbovoi, 2002)

7. International Programs
IUSSS
International. Union of Soils Science Societies
ESB
European Soil Bureau
FAO
UN Food & Agriculture Organization
ISRIC
Internat. Soil Reference Information Center
EURASIA Global Land&Environment Resource Analysis
Customers: International Agencies and programs
Product: CD-ROM
Circumpolar Soil Database
Collaboration: Canada, USA, Northern Europe, and Russia
Applications: Arctic Monitoring, Carbon mitigation strategy in permafrost zone
IIASA
International. Inst. for Applied Systems Analysis
Soil Vulnerability in Central&Eastern Europe
Collaboration: FAO, Netherlands and Central&East European Countries
Customers: FAO, UNEP, EEA
European Soil Database
Collaboration: ESB, Belorus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine
Applications: European Crop Growth Monitoring, Carbon sequestration potentials, Land&Environment analysis

8. Reproduction of national soil typological units (STU) in International systems
49% new
39 % same FAO, 1988
12 % renamed
* 1:2.5 M soil map **1:5 M soil map

9. World soils
1995 FAO produces a CD ROM with a global vector map and derived soil properties with a 5’ x 5’ resolution as raster.
1998 FAO-UNESCO re-issues the digital version with derived soil properties
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10. Eurasian soils More information on this product is available at

11. Central and Eastern European soils
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12. Circumpolar soils

13. Soils of Europe and Northern Asia
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14. Soil Regions of Europe
R. Hartwich - BGR

15. Обложка СД-РОМа содержит название, эмблемы Международного Института Прикладных Системных Исследований и Российской Академии Наук

17. Source: Stolbovoi, 2001. In CD-Rom “Land Resources of Russia”, Laxenburg, Austria.

18. Source: Stolbovoi, 2001. In CD-Rom “Land Resources of Russia”, Laxenburg, Austria.

19. Source: Stolbovoi, 2001. In CD-Rom “Land Resources of Russia”, Laxenburg, Austria.

20. Correlation as a tool to transfer soil information
Reclassification
Conversion
Reclassification
WRB Database
Re-association
ST Database
Conversion

21. What is next: Soil Atlas of Europe

22. What is next: EU-SOIL COMMUNICATION 2002 (COM(2002)179)
“Towards a Thematic strategy for Soil Protection”
Definition of:
- 5 Soil Functions
Food and other biomass production
Storing, filtering and transformation
Habitat and gene pool
Physical and cultural environment for humankind
Source of raw materials
- 8 Main Threats to Soil
Erosion
Decline in organic matter
Soil contamination (local and diffuse)
Soil sealing
Soil compaction
Decline in soil biodiversity
Salinisation
Floods and landslides

23. Thank you