The EU JRC Soil Portal makes soil datasets and atlases available. A new Soil Atlas of Africa has just been published to add to atlases for Europe, Latin America, soil biodiversity and circumpolar regions. Other data and more detailed mapping resources are also available.
AfriBES/AfriSEB is an information sharing and networking mechanism for biodiversity and ecosystem services in Africa. Supported by the French CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement).
Huge amount of background information on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in Africa on this Norway, Netherlands, French and German-funded site from the Fridtjof Nansen Insitute: worth browsing.
