Status and prospect of soil information in south- eastern Europe: soil databases, projects and applications Edited by: Tomislav Hengl, Panos Panagos, Arwyn Jones and Gergely Tóth Institute for Environment and Sustainability 2007 EUR 22646 EN The mission of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability is to provide scientific and technical support to the Euro- pean Union’s policies for protecting the environment and the EU Strategy for Sustainable Development. European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability Contact information Address: TP Box 280 JRC Via E. Fermi 1, 21020 ISPRA (VA) Italy E-mail:
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