Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), founded in 1924 under the name International Society of Soil Science, is a scientific union and member of the International Science Council (ISC). The Union has 86 national and regional member societies with about 60,000 scientists [1] in several countries and individual members in 57 countries.
The World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS) is a conference held every four years (although interrupted by World War II) under the guidance of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). The purpose of a congress is to: (i) ensure the advancement of soil science and its application, and (ii) to handle the business of the society.
He was the president of the Soil Science Society of South Africa from 2015 to 2017, and its vice-president from 2013 to 2015. He became a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa in 2012, The World Academy of Sciences in 2010, the International Union of Soil Sciences in 2008, the Soil Science Society of America in 2007, and the American ...
ISRIC - World Soil Information, also known as the International Soil Reference and Information Centre, is a science-based independent foundation.It was established in 1966, following a recommendation by the International Society of Soil Science (ISSS, now known as the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). [1]
The World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) is an international soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps. The currently valid version is the fourth edition 2022. [1] It is edited by a working group of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). WRB, 4th edition (2022)
The International Union of Soil Scientists has proclaimed 2015–2024 the International Decade of Soils. This is a continuation of the efforts made during the International Year of the Soils 2015. [22]
Lal served as president of the International Union of Soil Science from 2017 to 2018. [13] He currently serves as Chair in Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador of to Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and with IICA launched the "Living Soils in the Americas" initiative in 2021.
After that he led the chemistry laboratory of the Dokuchaev Soil Institute in Moscow (1915–17) and the Department of Soil Science of the Forest Institute in Saint Petersburg (1917–30). In 1929–30 he headed the Dokuchaev Soil Institute, and in 1927 was elected as president of the International Union of Soil Sciences.