Soil Types and Biochar Land Application Suitability and Hotspots
|| Greater Mekong Subregion
Biochar is the carbon-rich product produced when biomass such as such as wood, manure or leaves, is heated with little or no available oxygen.
The production and application of biochar can store carbon and improve soils.
Layers
1Biochar Hotspots:
Click on a hotspot for more details
Choose base layer
2Soil layer:
3Land Suitability for Biochar Application layer:
Basemap only:
Prepared by the GMS Core Agriculture Support Program Phase 2
Biochar Hotspots
- Hotspots
Land Suitability for Biochar Application Index
- Not Suitable
- Low Suitability
- Medium Suitability
- High Suitability
Region
- 4GMS Region
- AC - Acrisols
- ACf - Ferric Acrisols
- ACg - Gleyic Acrisols
- ACh - Haplic Acrisols
- ACp - Plinthic Acrisols
- ACu - Humic Acrisols
- AL - Alisols
- ALh - Haplic Alisols
- AN - Andosols
- AR - Arenosols
- ARb - Cambic Arenosols
- ARh - Haplic Arenosols
- ARl - Luvic Arenosols
- ARo - Ferralic Arenosols
- ATc - Cumulic Anthrosols
- CL - Calcisols
- CLh - Haplic Calcisols
- CM - Cambisols
- CMd - Dystric Cambisols
- CMe - Eutric Cambisols
- CMg - Gleyic Cambisols
- CMi - Gelic Cambisols
- CMo - Ferralic Cambisols
- CMx - Chromic Cambisols
- FL - Fluvisols
- FLc - Calcaric Fluvisols
- FLd - Dystric Fluvisols
- FLdg - Gleyi-dystric Fluvisols
- FLe - Eutric Fluvisols
- FLt - Thionic Fluvisols
- FLu - Umbric Fluvisols
- FR - Ferralsols
- FRh - Haplic Ferralsols
- FRp - Plinthic Ferralsols
- FRr - Rhodic Ferralsols
- FRu - Humic Ferralsols
- FRx - Xanthic Ferralsols
- GL - Gleysols
- GLd - Dystric Gleysols
- GLe - Eutric Gleysols
- GLk - Calcic Gleysols
- GLm - Mollic Gleysols
- GLt - Thionic Gleysols
- GLu - Umbric Gleysols
- HS - Histosols
- HSf - Fibric Histosols
- LP - Leptosols
- LPd - Dystric Leptosols
- LPe - Eutric Leptosols
- LPq - Lithic Leptosols
- LT - Lithosols
- LV - Luvisols
- LVf - Ferric Luvisols
- LVg - Gleyic Luvisols
- LVh - Haplic Luvisols
- LVj - Stagnic Luvisols
- LVk - Calcic Luvisols
- LX - Lixisols
- LXf - Ferric Lixisols
- LXg - Gleyic Lixisols
- LXh - Haplic Lixisols
- LXj - Stagnic Lixisols
- NT - Nitisols
- PL - Planasols
- PT - Plinthosols
- PTa - Albic Plinthosols
- PTd - Dystric Plinthosols
- LXh - Haplic Podzols
- RGe - Eutric Regosols
- Reside - Residential Area
- Rock - Rock
- SC - Solonchaks
- SCg - Gleyic Solonchaks
- SCh - Haplic Solonchaks
- SNg - Gleyic Solonetz
- SNh - Haplic Solonetz
- VR - Vertisols
- VRe - Eutric Vertisols
- WA - Water bodies
Data Sources
Cambodia: Open Development, MAFF
Lao PDR: Mekong River Commission
Myanmar: Agriculture Atlas, MOECAF
PRC: GMS EOC
Thailand: Land Development Department/MA&C
Viet Nam: National GIS Atlas, MOST & MARD
Fieldwork data collection & Expert consultation
ADB TA 8163REG
Learn more about ICEM's involvement in the project.
Download printable version of soil map: Soil Types in GMS Countries – FAO/UNESCO Classification
Download printable version of biochar land suitability map: Land Suitability for Biochar Application and Hotspots
The land suitability layer has been simplified for ease of viewing on all connection speeds. For a detailed look at land suitability for biochar application in the GMS, please see the printed map linked above.
1. Biochar Hotspots are areas of high biochar production (available biomass) and application (suitable soil and land conditions) potential and were selected in consultation with national counterpart agencies including consideration of government priorities and socio-economic factors.
2. Soil data quality in the GMS region is varied and different soil classification systems have been used in GMS countries. The best available data has been compiled to produce a GMS soil map based on the FAO-UNSECO classification system (1988, 1997).
3. The Land Suitability for Biochar Application layer was developed through combining information on soil type, slope and areas currently under cropping land use. It ranks suitability purely in terms of biochar application to the land and does not include availability of biomass, socio-economic conditions and other additional factors that were considered in identifying Biochar Hotspots.
4. The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) includes Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and Yunnan and Guangxi provinces of the PRC.
This consultant's report does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB or the Government concerned, and ADB and the Government cannot be held liable for its contents.
Boundaries are not necessarily authoritative.