IUSS News IUSS Inter-Congress Meeting The IUSS Inter-Congress Meeting took place virtually (instead of a physical meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, which had been planned for September 2020) on 18-23 November 2020. It comprised three sessions each of both the Executive Committee Meeting and the IUSS Council Meeting as well as …
IUSS News Outcome of 2020 IUSS Presidential Election Edoardo Antonio Costantino Costantini from Italy, current Secretary of the European Society for Soil Conservation, received a clear majority of the votes and was the successful candidate in this election. He will take up the position of President-Elect on 1st January, 2021. …
IUSS News IUSS Bulletin 136 Bulletin 136 is now online and the Secretariat invites you to browse through the 130 pages. With content ranging from an update on the preparations for the 22nd World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS22), to news from National Soil Science Societies, the reports of IUSS’s four …
IUSS News IUSS – FAO-GSP Children’s book contest on Soil Biodiversity IUSS and FAO-GSP launch together a scientific children’s book contest on Soil Biodiversity in the framework of WSD 2020. The motto is “Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity”. FAO, IUSS and GSP invite all those interested in soil and …
IUSS News IUSS Presidential Elections 2020 – status The election of the next President of the IUSS is due this year. Nominations for two candidates were received, who fulfill the nomination criteria. The IUSS Council shall vote on these two candidates involving the national members until 30 September. The nomination …
IUSS Alert 180 (June 2020) IUSS News IUSS Presidential Elections 2020 – status The election of the next President of the IUSS is due this year. The appointment of the President represents a total of six years commitment to the Union by serving two years each as President-Elect (2021/22), President …
IUSS News IUSS Presidential Elections 2020 – last reminder on call for nominations The election of the next President of the IUSS is due this year. The appointment of the President represents a total of six years commitment to the Union by serving two years each as President-Elect (2021/22), President …
IUSS News COVID-19: The World is One Family Quarterly Viewpoint from the desk of Rattan Lal, Past President, International Union of Soil Sciences The global tragedy of COVID-19 necessitates a paradigm shift in the thinking of the scientific community towards addressing future research and education priorities. The general education curricula, …
IUSS News IUSS Bulletin 136 – request for contributions The IUSS Secretariat (iuss@umweltbundesamt.at) kindly invites all IUSS members to submit their contributions for our next IUSS Bulletin 136 (to be published in June) at their earliest convenience, but no later than 15 May 2020. In particular, the Secretariat would welcome …
IUSS News Reminder on IUSS Stimulus Fund – first call for submissions 2020 IUSS has established an annual Stimulus Fund to support suitable activities within its Commissions and Working Groups. Where appropriate, the Fund will also support other activities to assist the development of soil science generally but particularly in …
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