Status of the World’s Soil Resources: Regional Assessment of Soil Change in Asia

This chapter describes the status of soil resources in the member countries of the Asian Soil Partnership (ASP), which includes East Asia, Southeast Asia (11 countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia…etc.) and South Asia. In general, Asia enjoys a warm and seasonally humid climate and is well-endowed with natural resources for agriculture. . In particular, rapid economic development and urbanization are changing land management systems in many countries, and climate change has emerged as a significant source of risks. These changes are having major impacts on the status of soil resources in the region.