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IUSS News Season’s Greetings The IUSS would like to wish all its members and friends a very merry Christmas, and a prosperous and happy New Year!   IUSS Bulletin 133 IUSS Bulletin 133 in a totally new look and feel is now online, featuring a variety of articles from a review of the 21st …

IUSS News 21WCSS in words and pictures During the 21st World Congress of Soil Science, eight conferences from highly renowned scientists and authorities were held, with subjects related to the event theme – Soil Science: beyond food and fuel. There were also 73 conferences in 16 Interdivisional Symposia, and 5 …

IUSS News Outcome of 2018 IUSS Presidential Election The election of the next IUSS President has been concluded. The Council (National Soil Science Societies in good financial standing with IUSS, Executive Committee members and 3 Honorary Members) cast their vote by the closing date 15 October 2018. The result of the election was presented to …

IUSS Viewpoints also available on Youtube IUSS president, Rattan Lal, continues to publish monthly viewpoints on soil-related issues including topics such as The Glamour of Soil Science (April 2018), Soil Degradation: The Case of Human Parasitism (May 2018), The Urbanization Challenge (June 2018), Drylands (July 2018), Did the Stone Age End Because …

We are sorry, but due to holiday reasons this Alert could be sent out just today.   21st World Congress of Soil Science in Rio was a success The IUSS thanks the Brazilian organisers of this Congress, in particular the Brazilian Soil Science Society, Flavio Camargo as Chairman of this congress and his …

21st World Congress of Soil Science in Rio With less than 3 weeks to go, the last preparations are being made for this major soil science event to be held 12-17 August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. IUSS will be represented at booth no 32 in the exhibition hall. We are looking …

IUSS Bulletin 132 The IUSS Secretariat (iuss@umweltbundesamt.at) would like to thank all IUSS members for their contributions to Bulletin No 132 which shall be published online end of June 2018.   IUSS viewpoints on YouTube In the beginning of each month a Viewpoint on soil issues from the desk of Rattan Lal, IUSS president, is published on the IUSS website, …

Contributions to the next IUSS Bulletin 132 The IUSS Secretariat (iuss@umweltbundesamt.at) would like to thank all IUSS members for their contributions to our next IUSS Bulletin 132 which shall be published in June 2018.   IUSS Special Alert on personal data protection – Reminder According to the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 coming into force on May …

Announcement of IUSS Special Alert on personal data protection According to the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 coming into force on May 25, 2018, the IUSS Secretariat located in Vienna is obliged to ask all subscribers to the IUSS Alert for their explicit consent to further use their personal data (e.g. your name and …

National voting of Officers for IUSS Divisions and Commissions 2017 – results Every four years the officers for the IUSS Divisions and Commissions are newly elected. Voting by IUSS Members is conducted electronically on a one vote per individual in each National Member Society basis. In line with the IUSS Bye-laws (version Oct. 2014) the national Soil Science …