We plan to see soils of the following Reference Soil Groups: Cryosol, Solonetz, Solonchak, Andosol, Stagnosol, Phaeozem, Gypsisol, Calcisol, Luvisol, Cambisol, Arenosol, Fluvisol. The purpose of the excursion is to test whether the current edition of the WRB is adequate to classify these soils.'
The chief organizer is Undrakh-Od Baatar from the Soil Division, Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Grassland, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and from the Soil Monitoring Professorship Team, Mongolian University of Life Sciences. She is also Vice-President of the Central Asian Soil Science Society.