IUSS Bulletin 101 (2002)

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ADDRESSES OF THE OFFICERS AND CHAIRPERSONS OF
COMMISSIONS, SUBCOMMISSIONS, WORKING GROUPS AND STANDING COMMITTEES OF IUSS

OFFICERS:

President: Sompong Theerawong, Soil and Fertilizer Society of Thailand, Dpt. of Soil Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <o.sfst@nontri.ku.ac.th>.

Vice President: Irb Kheoruenromne, Soil and Fertilizer Society of Thailand, Dpt. of Soil Science, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <agrrbk@ku.ac.th>.

President elect: D. Sparks, Dept. of Plant&Soil Science, Univ. of Delaware, 153 Townsend Hall, Newark DE 19717-1303, USA; <dlsparks@udel.edu>.

Vice-President elect: G. Petersen, Penn State Univ., 6 ASI Building, University Park, PA 16802,
USA, <gwp2@psu.edu>.

1st Past President: A. Ruellan, 2, Bd. Berthelot, 34000 Montpellier, France, <ruellan@agropolis.fr>.

2nd Past President: A. Aguilar Santelises = November 1999

3rd Past President: A. Tanaka, 2Jo-17-3-18 Miyanomori, Chou-Ku, Sapporo 064, Japan; < -- >.

Secretary-General: W.E.H.Blum, Inst. f. Bodenforschung der Universität für Bodenkultur, Gregor Mendel-Str.33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; <iuss@edv1.boku.ac.at>.

Deputy-Sec. Gen.: J.H.V. van Baren, IUSS, P.O. Box 353, 6700 AJ Wageningen, Netherlands; <iuss@isric.nl>.

Treasurer: P.U.Lüscher, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee u.Landschaft (WSL), Zürcherstr.111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland; <peter.luescher@wsl.ch>.

COMMISSION I:

Chairperson: D. Tessier, INRA, Science du Sol, Route de Saint Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cédex, France; <tessier@versailles.inra.fr>.

Past Chairp.: R. Horn, Institut f. Pflanzenernaehrung u. Bodenkunde, Olshausenstr. 40, 24118 Kiel, Germany; Fax: +49-431-880-2940; < -- >.

1st Vice Chairp.: M. Pagliai, Istituto Sperimentale per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo, 50121 Firenze, Italy; <marcello.pagliai@dada.it>;

2nd Vice Chairp.: Cao Zhihong, Institute of Soil Science, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 821, Nanjing 210008, China; <zhcao@ns.issas.ac.cn>.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Tawachai Na Nagara, Soil Sci. Div., Dpt. of Agric., Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; Fax: (+662)561-4681 or 940-5942

COMMISSION II:

Chairperson: D.L. Sparks, Univ. of Delaware, Dept. of Plant & Soil Sci., Newark, DE 19717-1303, USA; <dlsparks@UDel.Edu>.

Past Chairp.: Nicola Senesi, Univ. of Bari, Istituto di Chimica Agraria, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy; Fax: +39-80-544-28-13, < -- >.

1st Vice Chairp.: A. Piccolo, Dpt. de Scienze Chimico-Agrarie, 80055 Portici, NA, Italy; < -- >.

2nd Vice Chairp.: L. Martin-Neto, EMBRAPA/CNDDIA, Rua XV de Novembro 1452,13560 970 Sao Carlos SP, Brazil; Fax: +55-162-725-958.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Tasnee Attanandana, Dpt. of Soil Sci., Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <agrtna@nontri.ku.ac.th>.

COMMISSION III:

Chairperson: J.K. Ladha, I.R.R.I., P.O. Box 933, 1099 Manila, Philippines, Fax: +632-845-0606 or +632-891-1292; <j.k.ladha@cgiar.org>.

Past Chairp.: J.M. Tiedje, Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State Univ., 540 Plant&Soil Sci. Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824-1325, USA; <tiedjej@pilot.msu.edu>.

1st Vice Chairp.: R.G. Burns, Univ. of Kent, Dpt. of Biosciences, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK; <r.g.burns@ukc.ac.uk>.

2nd Vice Chairp.: M.H. Beare, Inst. for Crop & Food Research, Private Bag 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand; < -- >.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Omsub Nopamornbodi, Dpt. of Agric., Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <omsubn@hotmail.com>.

COMMISSION IV:

Chairperson: M.J. Swift, TSBF, P.O.Box 30592, Nairobi, Kenya; <mail: mike.swift@tsbf.unon.org>.

Past Chairp.: P.A. Sanchez, ICRAF, United Nations Av., Gigiri, P.O.Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya; < -- >.

1st Vice Chairp.: B.H. Janssen, Elterse Hof 7, 6721 ZX Bennekom, The Netherlands; Fax: +31-317-483-766; < -- >.

2nd Vice Chairp.: N. Pasricha, Punjab Agric. University, Dpt. of Soils, Ludhiana 141004 P.B., India; < -- >.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Amnat Suwannarit, Dpt. of Soil Sci., Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <agrans@nontri.ku.ac.th>.

COMMISSION V:

Chairperson: A.R. Mermut, University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Soil Science, Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 5A8, Canada; <mermut@sask.usask.ca>.

Past Chairp.: V.O. Targulian, Inst. of Geogr., Russian Acad. of Sci., Staromonetny, 29, Moscow 109017, Russia; <targul@centro.ru>.

1st Vice Chairp.: T.F. Urushadze, Georgian State Agrarian Univ., Av. David Agmashenebeli, Tbilisi 31, Georgia; <tengiz.urushadze@mailcity.com>.

2nd Vice Chairp.: M.S. Pazos, Fac. de Agronomía, UNCPBA, 7300 Azul, Argentina; Fax: +54-281-22902.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Pisoot Vijarnsorn, Dpt. of Land Development, Paholyothin Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <pisootvijarn@hotmail.com>

COMMISSION VI:

Chairperson: Dr. P. Rengasamy, Univ. of Adelaide, Dpt. of Soil and Water, Walte Campus, PMB1, Glen Osmond S.A. 5064, Australia; <pichu.rengasamy@adelaide.edu.au>.

Past Chairp.: S.M. Virmani, ICRISAT, Pantancheru P.O., 502 324 Hyderabad, India.

1st Vice Chairp.: B.N. Swami, Manglam 129/3, Hiran Magri, Udaipur-313 002, India; <mehevel@adl.vsnl.net.in>.

2nd Vice Chairp.:

3rd Vice Chairp.: Sumitra Poovarodom, Dpt. of Soil Science, Fac. of Agric. Technology, KMITL, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand; <kpsumitr@kmitl.ac.th>.

COMMISSION VII:

Chairperson: K.Stahr, Univ. Hohenheim/Bodenkunde, Emil-Wolff-Str.27, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; Fax: +49-711-459-31-17; <kstahr@uni-hohenheim.de>.

Past Chairp.: M. Robert, INRA, Science du sol, Route de Saint Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France; +33-1-3083-3259.

1st Vice Chairp.: R.W. Fitzpatrick, CSIRO, Div. of Soils, P.M.B. 2, Glen Osmond, S.A. 5064, Australia; <rob.fitzpatrick@adl.clw.csiro.au>.

2nd Vice Chairp.: D.G. Schulze, Purdue University, Dpt. of Agronomy, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Anchalee Suddhiprakarn, Dpt. of Soil Sci., Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <agrals@nontri.ku.ac.th>.

COMMISSION VIII:

Chairperson: Ch. de Kimpe, Agriculture Canada, Direction Générale de la Recherche, Sir J. Carling Bldg. 725, 930 Carling Av., Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0C5, Canada; <dekimpe@em.agr.ca>.

1st Vice Chairp.: J. Bech Borras, Londres 84, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; Fax: +34-93-411-28-42.

2nd Vice Chairp.: F. Andreux, Centre des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Bourgogne, 6, bd. Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France; < -- >

3rd Vice Chairp.: Supamard Panichsakpatana, Fac. of Agric., Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <agrsmp@nontri.ku.ac.th>

SUBCOMMISSION A:

Chairperson: S. Arunin, Land Development Department, Phahon Yo Thin Rd., Chatuchak 10900, Thailand; <arunin@mozart.inet.co.th>.

1st Vice Chairp.: D.L. Suarez, USDA-ARS, US Salinity Lab, 450 Big Springs Rd., Riverside CA 92507-4617, USA; < -- >

2nd Vice Chairp.: V. D'Costa, Dpt. of Soil Science Cavs., P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya; < -- >.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Apisit Eiumnoh, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand; <apisit@ait.ac.th>.

Secretary: J. Batlle Sales, Departamento Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universitat de València, Avda. Vicent Andrés Estellés, 48100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain; <jorba@post.uv.es>.

SUBCOMMISSION B:

Chairperson: S. Shoba, Moscow State University, Dokuchaev's Soil Inst., Pygevsky per 7, 109017 Moscow, Russia; <shoba@micro.soils.msu.ru>.

1st Vice Chairp.: G. Stoops, Belgium; Lab. voor Petrologie en Micropedologie, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281, S8, 9000 Gent, Belgium;< -- >.

2nd Vice Chairp.: F. Terribile, DISCA, Univ. Napoli, Federico II, Via Università 100. 80055 Portici (Napoli), Italy; <terribile@stat0.ispaim.na.cnr.it>.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Sunan Kunaporn, Soil Survey and Classification Division, Dpt. of Land Development, Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900; <vearasil@mozart.inet. co.th>.

Secretary: L. Sullivan, School of Res. Sci. & Management, Southern Cross Univ., POB 157, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia; < -- >.

SUBCOMMISSION C:

Chairperson: S.C.F. Dechen, Escola Sup. "Luiz de Queiroz", Av. Pádua Dias, 11 - Cx.P.9, 13400 Piracicaba - SP, Brazil; <dechen@cec.iac.br>.

1st Vice Chairp.: D. Gabriels, University of Gent, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium; Fax: +32-92-6462-47.

2nd Vice Chairp.: F. Delgado Espinoza, CIDIAT, Edificio CIDIAT, Parque "La Isla". Mérida 5101-A, Venezuela, < delgado@cidiat.ing.ula.ve >.

3rd Vice Chairp.: Manu Srikhajon, Soil and Water Conservation Division, Dpt. of Land Development, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <manu@mozart.inet. co.th>.

Secretary: G. de Noni, ORSTOM, B.P. 5045, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1, France; < -- >.

SUBCOMMISSION D:

Chairperson: Dr. A.J. Reinecke, Dept. of Zoology, University Stellenbosch, South Africa. < -- >.

1st Vice Chairp.: I. Barois, Instituto de Ecología, Apt. Postal 63, 91000 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico; < -- >.

2nd Vice Chairp.: J.T. Curry, 172 Pleasant Str., Millis, MA 02054, USA; < -- >.

3rd Vice-Chairp.: Juckgrit Homchan, Dpt. of Land Resources and Environment, Fac. of Agric., Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand; <juhom@kku1.kku.ac.th>.

Secretary: Dr. G.H. Baker, Dept. of Entomology, CSIRO, Australia.

SUBCOMMISSION E:

Chairperson: P.K. Khanna, CSIRO, Div. of Forest Res., P.O.Box 4008, Queen Victoria Terrace, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia; <partap.khanna@cbr.for.csiro.au>.

1st Vice-Chairp.: .A. Schulte, Univ. Paderborn, Forest Ecology, An der Wilhelmshöhe 44, 37671 Höxter, Germany; <gschu1@huxor.uni-paderborn.de>.

2nd Vice-Chairp.: M.A.V. Madeira, Inst. Sup. de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1399 Lisboa Codex, Portugal; < -- >.

3rd Vice-Chairp.: Bonvong Thaiutsa, Dpt. of Silviculture, Fac. of Forestry, Kasetsart University; Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <fforbvt@nontri.ku.ac.th>.

SUBCOMMISSION F:

Chairperson: D. Dent, Land&Water Sciences Division, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Agr., Fisheries& Forestry – Australia, P.O. Box E 11, Kingston ACT 2604, Australia; <david.dent@agso.gov.au>.

1st Vice-Chairp.: D. Rossiter, ITC, P.O.Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, Netherlands; < -- >.

2nd Vice-Chairp.: A. Ramalho-Filho, EMBRAPA-CNPSOLOS; Rua Jardin Botanico 1024, 22460-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; < -- >.

3rd Vice-Chairp.: Taweesak Vearasilp, Soil Survey and Classification Division, Dpt. of Land Development, Phaholyothin Rd. Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; <vearasil@mozart.inet.co.th>

SUBCOMMISSION G:

Chairperson: S. McGrath, IACR, Rothamsted Experim.Station, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, UK; <steve.mcgrath@bbsrc.ac.uk>.

1st Vice-Chairp.: W. Wenzel, Univ. f. Bodenkultur, Inst. f. Bodenforschg., Gregor Mendel-Str. 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; <wazi@edv1.boku.ac.at>.

2nd Vice-Chairp.: G. Pierzynski, Dpt. of Agronomy, Throckmorton Hall, Manhattan KS 66506-5501, USA; <gmp@ksu.edu>.

3rd Vice-Chairp.: Preeda Parkpian, Envir. Engineering Program, AIT, P.O. Box 4, Klong Laung, Pathumthani 120120, Thailand; <preeda@ait.ac.th>.

WORKING GROUP AS:

Chairperson: Dr. F. Cook, CSIRO, Dpt. for Environm. Mechanics, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. < -- >

WORKING GROUP CR:

Chairperson: Dr. C. Tarnocai, Centre for Land & Biol. Resources Research, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, K1A 0C6, Canada; <tarnocaict@em.agr.ca>.

WORKING GROUP DM:

Chairperson: Dr. W. Sombroek, ISRIC, P.O. Box 353, 6700 AJ Wageningen, Netherlands; <soil@isric.nl>.

WORKING GROUP FA:

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. P. Sequi, Istituto Sperimentale per la Nutrizione delle Piante; Via della Navicella 2-4, 00184 Roma, Italy; <psequi@isnp.it>.

WORKING GROUP GC:

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. Rattan Lal, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2021 Coffey Road, 210 Kottman Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; <swank.4@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu>.

WORKING GROUP IC:

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Hans Hurni, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Institute of Geography, University of Berne, Hallerstr. 12, 3012 Berne, Switzerland; <hurni@giub.unibe.ch>.

WORKING GROUP LD:

Chairperson: Dr. Hari Eswaran, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, POB 2890, Washington D.C. 20013, USA; <hari.eswaran@usda.gov>.

WORKING GROUP LI:

Chairperson: Dr. J. Dumanski, Land Resources Research Institute, Agric. Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada; <dumanski&@nccot.agr.ca>.

WORKING GROUP MO:

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. P.M. Huang, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Soil Science, Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 0W0, Canada; <huangp@sask.usask.ca>.

WORKING GROUP PM:

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. M. Van Meirvenne, Univ. of Gent, Dpt. of Soil Managemt. and Soil Care, Coupure LInks 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium; <marc.vanmeirvenne@rug.ac.be>.

WORKING GROUP PP:

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. Arnt Bronger, Dpt. of Geography, University of Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany; <bronger@geographie.uni-kiel.de>.

WORKING GROUP PS:

Chairperson: Dr. Rogelio N. Concepcion, Bureau of Soils and Water Management SRDC, Building, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; <bswm@phil.gn.apc.org>.

WORKING GROUP PT:

Chairperson: Dr. J. Koolen, Dept. of Soil Tillage, Wageningen Agric. Univ., Diedenweg 20, 6703 GW Wageningen, Netherlands; < -- >.

WORKING GROUP RB:

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. J. Deckers, Wildenhoge 13, 3020 Winksele, Belgium; <seppe.deckers@agr.kuleuven.ac.be>.

WORKING GROUP RS:

Chairperson: Dr. Richard Escadafal, CESBIO, 18, av. Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex, France <richard.escadafal@cesbio.cnes.fr>.

WORKING GROUP RZ:

Chairperson: Dr. Ph. Hinsinger, INRA UFR de Science du Sol, Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France; < -- >.

WORKING GROUP SG:

Chairperson: Prof. E. Steinnes (co-chair), Dept. of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Sciience & Technology, 7034 Trondheim, Norway; <eiliv.steinnes@chembio.ntnu.no>.

WORKING GROUP SM:

Chairperson: Prof Dr. R. Horn, Inst. f. Pflanzenernährung u. Bodenkunde, Olshausenstr. 40, 24118 Kiel, Germany; <rhorn@soils.uni-kiel.de>.

WORKING GROUP SP:

Chairperson: Dr. J.W. Hopmans, Univ. of California, Dpt. of LAWR, Davis, CA 95616, USA; <jwhopmans@uc.davis.edu>.

WORKING GROUP SU:

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. W. Burghardt, Univ. GH Essen, Inst. of Ecology, Universitätsstr.5, 45117 Essen, Germany, <wolfgang.burghardt@uni-essen.de>

Standing Committee on Statute and Structure (CSS):

Chairperson: Prof.Dr.P.B.Tinker, GCTE Associate Project Office, Deptmt. of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK; <bernard.tinker@btinternet.com>.

Standing Committee on International Programmes (CIP):

Chairperson: Dr. J. Kimble, SCS/NSSC, Federal Bldg., Room 152, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3866, USA; <john.kimble@nssc.nrcs.usda.gov>.

Standing Committee on Standardization (CST):

Chairperson: Dr. S. Nortcliff, Dept. of Soil Sci., Univ. of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O.Box 233, Reading RG6 2DW, UK; <s.nortcliff@reading.ac.uk>

Standing Committee on Budget and Finances (CBF):

Chairperson: Prof.Dr.W.R. Gardner, 1 Shadow Mountain Dr., Logan, Utah 84321, USA, <wgardner@cc.usu.edu>.

Standing Committee on Education in Soil Science (CES):

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. M. Dosso, CNEARC, 1101 Av. Agropolis, B.P. 5098, 34033 Montpellier Cédex, France; <dosso@cnearc.fr>.

STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF SOIL SCIENCE (CHP):

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. D.H. Yaalon, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; Telefax: +972-2-5662-581. <yaalon@vms.huji.ac.il>.

IUSS-Committees and Representatives

Committee on Statute and Structure (CSS), to ensure correct application of Statutes and Bylaws of IUSS, and to propose changes in the organizational structure as required.

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. P.B. Tinker, U.K; <bernard.tinker@btinternet.com>.

Members: Prof.Dr. W.E.H. Blum (Austria), Dr. S. El-Swaify (USA), Dr. N.N. Goswami (India), Prof.Dr. K.H. Hartge (Germany), Prof. Dr. K. Kyuma (Japan), Dr. F.N. Muchena (Kenya), Prof.Dr. I. Pla-Sentis (Venezuela), Dr. W.G. Sombroek (The Netherlands) and Prof.Dr. G. Varallyay (Hungary).

Committee on Interdisciplinary Cooperation (CIC), to liaise with international organizations and to promote joint programmes.

Chairperson: Dr. John M. Kimble, USDA-NRCS-NSSC, Federal Bldg. Room 152, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3866, USA; <john.kimble@nsc.nrcs.usda.gov>.

Members: Dr. I.P. Abrol (India), Dr. R.W. Arnold (USA), Prof.Dr. W.E.H. Blum (Austria), Prof.Dr. A.M. Elgala (Egypt), Dr. A. Gennadiev (Russia), Dr. D.J. Greenland (UK), Prof.Dr. K. Kyuma (Japan), Dr. H.U. Neue (Philippines), Prof.Dr. P.A. Sanchez (USA), Prof.Dr. H.W. Scharpenseel (Germany), Dr. W.G. Sombroek (The Netherlands), Prof. J.W.B. Stewart (Canada), Prof.Dr. P.B. Tinker (UK), Dr. G. Vachaud (France), Prof.Dr. G. Varallyay (Hungary), Prof.Dr. D.H. Yaalon (Israel).

Committee on Standardization (CST), to liaise with the International Standardization Organization (ISO, Geneve-Switzerland) and its Technical Committee on Soil Quality (ISO/TC 190, NNI, Delft, The Netherlands).

Chairperson: Dr. Stephen Nortcliff, Dptmt. of Soil Science, PO Box 233, Whiteknights, The University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6DW, UK; <s.nortcliff@reading.ac.uk>.

Members: vacancy (Comm.I), Prof. A.L. Page(USA, Comm.II), vacancy (Comm.III), Prof. K. Syers (Thailand, Comm.IV), vacancy (Comm. V), Y.P. Kalra (Canada, Comm.VI), vacancy (Comm.VII), vacancy (Comm. VIII), Prof. Somsri Arunin (Thailand, Subcomm.A), Dr. W. McDonald (Australia, Subcomm.B), Prof. R. Lal (USA, Subcomm.C), Prof. L. Brussard (Netherlands, Subcomm.D), Dr. K.-J. Meiwes (Germany, Subcomm E), Dr. A. Mtimet (Tunisia, Subcomm. F), vacancy (Subcomm. G).

Committee on Budget and Finances (CBF), instead of ad-hoc committees at Congresses.

Chairperson: Dr. W.R. Gardner, College of Natural Resources, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; <wgardner@cc.usu.edu>.

Members: Prof.Dr. W.E.H. Blum (Austria), Dr. D. Gabriels (Belgium),Dr. P.U. Luescher (Switzerland), Dr. W.G. Sombroek (The Netherlands) and one representative of the regional Society of Africa, East/Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Committee on Education in Soil Science (CES), with particular attention to secondary school/college level

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. M. Dosso, CNEARC, B.P. 5089, 1101 Av. Agropolis, 34033 Montpellier, France; <dosso@cnearc.fr>.

Members: Rabah Lahmar (Algeria), Pamela Hazelton (Australia), Stephen Nortcliff (Great Britain), John Hatzopoulos (Greece), Mamadou Khouma (Senegal), Angélique Lansu (The Netherlands), Bruce James (USA).

Committee on History, Philosophy and Sociology of Soil Science (CHP)

Chairperson: Prof.Dr. Dan H. Yaalon, Inst. of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91 904, Israel; Fax: +972-2-566-2581; <yaalon@vms.huji.ac.il>.

Members: to be defined

IUSS Representatives in Committees/Commissions of International Organizations:

ICSU-SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment: Dr. F. Fournier (France).

ICSU-CSFS: Scientific Committee on Sciences for Food Security: Prof.Dr. W.E.H. Blum, (Austria).

ICSU-IBN International Biosciences Networks: Prof.Dr. P.A. Sanchez (USA).

ICSU-IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme: Dr. J. Kimble (USA)

ICSU-COSPAR Committee on Space Research: Dr. Karale (India).

ICSU-CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology: Prof.Dr. M.F. Baumgardner (U.S.A.).

IUBS-UNESCO-TSBF Dr. J. Kimble, USA

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