International Union of Soil Sciences

International Union of Soil Sciences
Abbreviation IUSS
Formation 1924 (1924)
Type INGO
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
President
 Rattan Lal (USA)
Parent organization
 International Council for Science
Website www.iuss.org

The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) founded in 1924, is a Scientific Union member of the International Council for Science (ICSU), which it recognizes as the coordinating body for the international organization of science.

The group has 86 member National and Regional Societies, with about 55,000 scientists in several countries, and individual members in 57 further countries. Every four years, the IUSS holds the World Congress of Soil Science in various countries.

The Secretary is Sigbert Huber of the Umweltbundesamt (Environment Agency Austria) located in Vienna;

Missions

The purpose of the IUSS is to promote all branches of soil science and its applications, to promote contacts among scientists and other persons engaged in the study and the application of soil science; to stimulate scientific research and to further the application of such research.

Organization

The IUSS organizes the World Congress of Soil Science on a four-year cycle. The IUSS has divisions and commissions in the following areas:

1. Division 1 - Soils in space and time

  • C1.1 Soil morphology and micromorphology
  • C1.2 Soil geography
  • C1.3 Soil genesis
  • C1.4 Soil classification
  • C1.5 Pedometrics
  • C1.6 Paleopedology

2.Division 2 - Soil properties and processes

  • C2.1 Soil physics
  • C2.2 Soil chemistry
  • C2.3 Soil biology
  • C2.4 Soil mineralogy
  • C2.5 Soil interfacial reactions

3. Division 3 - Soil use and management

  • C3.1 Soil evaluation and land use planning
  • C3.2 Soil and water conservation
  • C3.3 Soil fertility and plant nutrition
  • C3.4 Soil engineering and technology
  • C3.5 Soil degradation control, remediation, and reclamation

4. Division 4 - The role of soil in sustaining society and the environment

  • C4.1 Soil and the environment
  • C4.2 Soil, food security, and human health
  • C4.3 Soil and land use change
  • C4.4 Soil education and public awareness
  • C4.5 History, philosophy, and sociology of soil science

This structure and the commissions have grown from the original six commissions established in 1924. The IUSS is a founding partner of the International Year of Planet Earth and supports all of its activities. The IUSS has contributed to the International Year of Planet Earth’s brochure “Soil – earth’s living skin”, which has been translated into several languages.

Activities

World Congress of Soil Science and IUSS presidents[1]

NrCongressLocationPresident
22.2022Glasgow United Kingdom2018-2019Takashi Kosaki Japan
21.2018Rio de Janeiro Brazil2017-2018Rattan Lal United States
20.2014Jeju-do Island South Korea2014-2016Rainer Horn Germany
19.2010Brisbane, Queensland Australia2010-2014J.E. Yang South Korea
18.2006Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States2006-2010R.S. Swift Australia
17.2002Bangkok Thailand2002-2006D.L. Sparks United States
16.1998Montpellier France1998-2002S. Theerawong Thailand
15.1994Acapulco Mexico1994-1998A. Ruellan France
14.1990Kyoto Japan1990-1994A.A. Santelises Mexico
13.1986Hamburg West Germany1986-1990A. Tanaka Japan
12.1982New Delhi India1982-1986K.H. Hartge West Germany
11.1978Alberta Canada1978-1982J.S. Kanwar India
10.1974Moscow Soviet Union1974-1978C.F. Bentley Canada
9.1968Adelaide Australia1968-1974V.A. Kovda Soviet Union
8.1964Bucharest Romania1964-1968E.G. Hallsworth Australia
7.1960Madison, Wisconsin United States1960-1964N.C. Cernescu Romania
6.1956Paris France1956-1960R. Bradfield United States
5.1954Kinshasa (Leopoldville)Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo1954-1956A. Oudin France
4.1950Amsterdam Netherlands1950-1954R. Tavernier Belgium
x1950C.H. Edelman Netherlands
3.1935Oxford England
2.1930Leningrad Soviet Union1930-1935J. Russell United Kingdom
1.1927Washington DC United States1927-1930K. Gedroiz Soviet Union
Fd.19241924-1927J.G. Lipman United States

See also

References

  1. ↑ IUSS Past Presidents. Retrieved 02/06/2015.
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