ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent, science-based foundation. The institute was founded in 1966 following a recommendation of the International Soil Science Society (ISSS) and a resolution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ISRIC has a mission to serve the international community with information about the world’s soil resources to help addressing major global issues. ISRIC produces and serves quality-assessed soil information together with our partners at global, regional and national levels. ISRIC stimulates the use of this information to address global challenges such as improved food security, land degradation and climate change mitigation through capacity building, awareness raising and direct cooperation with users and clients. ISRIC is a regular member of the ISC World Data System (ISC-WDS) since 2011; originally, it was accredited as the World Data Centre for Soils (WDC-Soils) in 1989. For 25 years ISRIC is a consortium member of the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT). ISRIC is a member of Global Open Data on Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) and co-chairs the GODAN Working Group on Soils focusing on interoperability of soil databases for better policy & investment decisions and risk mitigation. ISRIC strategy considers four priority areas ( https://www.isric.org/about/vision-mission): • Global Soil Information and Standards • Community of practice for soil information providers • Products and services to support sustainable land management decision making • Awareness, Education and Dialogue Supporting services include: • World Data Centre for Soils • Scientific research to support methodology development • Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) • Reference Collection and Library