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Report published in 2018 at ISRIC World Soil Information 

Preface

Many studies have shown that agricultural soils have potential to sequester carbon, when judiciously managed, resulting in various initiatives to sequester organic carbon in agricultural lands. Yet, there is stil much uncertainty about this potential. The EU H2020 CIRCASA project aims to address this knowledge gap.

The CIRCASA project is implemented by a wide range of partners and coordinated by INRA (Institut national de la recherche agronomique, France). ISRIC - World Soil Information is tasked with the development of a Knowledge Information System (KIS) that wil host knowledge on carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. This KIS wil include metadata and data from experiments, as wel as models and methodological guidelines developed by CIRCASA. ISRIC wil also take part in the development of an On-line Col aborative Platform (OCP), a networking tool aiming at bringing together researchers, stakeholders and practitioners in the field. Through these activities, ISRIC wil support the improved exchange and accessibility of information on carbon sequestration in agricultural soils.

As a first deliverable, ISRIC prepared a technical report specifying key requirements for developing a KIS for CIRCASA; in this approach, a new comprehensive platform would essential y have to be developed. Pragmatical y, however, there are already several operational platforms that could be used as a basis for the knowledge information system.

This report aims to provide a brief review of such platforms to inform the decision process.

ir. Rik van Den Bosch
Director, ISRIC – World Soil Information

Read the full article at https://doi.org/10.17027/isric-7y7b-6s67