Abbreviation IUSS Region served Worldwide President Rattan Lal (USA) | Type INGO Official language English | |
Formation 1924; 93 years ago (1924) | ||
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Contents
- Missions
- Organization
- 1 Division 1 Soils in space and time
- 2Division 2 Soil properties and processes
- 3 Division 3 Soil use and management
- 4 Division 4 The role of soil in sustaining society and the environment
- Activities
- References
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
2.Division 2 - Soil properties and processes
3. Division 3 - Soil use and management
4. Division 4 - The role of soil in sustaining society and the environment
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