International Union of Soil Sciences
| Abbreviation | IUSS |
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| Formation | 1924 |
| Type | INGO |
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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Official language
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English |
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President
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Rainer Horn Germany
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Parent organization
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International Council for Science |
| Website | IUSS Official website |
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 General is Prof. Stephen Nortcliff of the University of Reading in the UK; Dr Alfred Hartemink is the Deputy Secretary General.
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.
The IUSS organizes the World Congress of Soil Science on a four-year cycle. The IUSS has divisions and commissions in the following areas:
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.
World Congress of Soil Science and IUSS presidents
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