Standards and methodologies regarding natural resources and the environment

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Standards and methodologies regarding Natural Resources and the Environment

  • The national soil classification system (development, updating and correlation with other international classification systems, primarily the FAO/UNESCO system, the World Reference Base and the USDA taxonomic system – United States Department of Agriculture);
  • Methodologies for land evaluation/bonitation;
  • Methodologies for preparing pedological studies (soil mapping) and the corresponding national systems for: basic soil maps (at scales 1:10,000, 1:50,000, 1:200,000, 1:500,000, 1:1,000,000, etc.) and thematic soil maps (for soil erosion, excess moisture, salinity and sodicity, etc.);
  • Interpretative soil/land classification systems (suitability assessment) for:
    • – Irrigation,
    • – Artificial drainage,
    • – Prevention and control of soil erosion;
    • – Tillage,
    • – Agricultural land uses (including fruit growing and viticulture),
    • – Soil vulnerability to chemical and physical contamination,
    • – Soil vulnerability to drought stress and acidification.
  • Ecological soil classification systems;
  • Methodologies for conducting agrochemical studies;
  • Standards for (chemical and physical) analysis of soil and plants;
  • Standards for pollution limits;
  • Methodologies for characterizing composts;
  • Analysis of the sensitivity of edaphic parameters in HNV agricultural areas;
  • Assessment of the edaphic impact of maintaining HNV systems.