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IUSS Bulletin 135 International Union of IUSS Reports Soil Sciences (IUSS) International Decade of Soils (2015-2024) Bulletin 135 Conference and Meeting Reports December 2019 IUSS Alerts New Publications In Memoriam International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) President Takashi Kosaki [email protected] President-elect Laura Bertha Reyes Sánchez [email protected] Contents Past President Rattan Lal [email protected] Vice President Congress Bruce Lascelles [email protected] IUSS Reports ............................................................................................................................................................................................4 WCSS22 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Secretary Sigbert Huber [email protected] Report from the IUSS Secretariat .......................................................................................................................................................6 Treasurer Andreas Baumgarten [email protected] News from national Soil Science Societies ....................................................................................................................................8 Awards ......................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Division 1 Erika Micheli [email protected] Other IUSS News ...................................................................................................................................................................................13 Division 2 Ryusuke Hatano [email protected] Division 3 Bal Ram Singh [email protected] International Decade of Soils (2015-2024) ..........................................................................................................14 Division 4 Damien J. Field [email protected] World Soil Day 2019 .............................................................................................................................................................................15 Stop Soil Degradation and the IUSS educative project to achieve it ...............................................................................15 Budgets & Finance Stephen Nortcliff [email protected] Soil Book Series ......................................................................................................................................................................................15 Awards Tom Sauer [email protected] Soilutions .................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Statutes & Structures Alfred Hartemink [email protected] Conference and Meeting Reports ................................................................................................................................18 Presidential elections Rainer Horn [email protected] First Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Tropical Soil Science ...............................................................................19 SOIL 2019 – joint Conference of IUSS Working Groups ‘Digital Soil Mapping’ and ‘Global Soil Map’ ..................20 Soil Science Conference of Malaysia (SOILS 2019) ..................................................................................................................22 Contact Information Sigbert Huber Spittelauer Lände 5 Course on Soil Identification and Classification 2019 ............................................................................................................26 Secretariat of IUSS 1090 Wien Pedometrics 2019 .................................................................................................................................................................................28 T: +43-(0)1-313 04/3670 Austria Report on the 8th International Symposium on the interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic M: +43-(0) 664 80013 3670 www.iuss.org Components and Microorganisms (ISMOM 2019) ..............................................................................................................29 F: +43-(0)1-313 04/3533 Communiqué of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria ..............................................32 [email protected] Report on the 9th ESSC International Congress Soil's Contribution to People: from Food to Life supporting Services ...................................................................................................................................36 ISSN 0374-0447 30th Congress of the Soil Science Society of Poland ‘Soil – source of life’ ......................................................................41 Report about the WETSCAPES Conference.................................................................................................................................43 Report of the First Joint Meeting on Soil and Plant System Sciences (SPSS 2019) .....................................................47 Copyright IUSS, Vienna, Austria Soils as records of Past and Present: the geoarchaeological approach .........................................................................50 2nd National Soil Judging Contest – CNESuelos ........................................................................................................................55 XXII Mexican Congress of Soil Sciences ......................................................................................................................................62 IUSS Alerts June - November 2019 ...............................................................................................................................64 New Publications ............................................................................................................................................................................78 Miscellaneous .....................................................................................................................................................................................86 New classification of soils in Poland .............................................................................................................................................87 Cover photo: © Pedometrics 2019 (for details please see p. 28) The consortium GLobAl Digital SOIL MAP (GLADSOILMAP) ................................................................................................88 In Memoriam .......................................................................................................................................................................................92 Graphic Design: Daniël Loos, www.bureaucontrapunt.nl Louis Dekker.................................................................................................................................................................................................93 Hangsheng 'Henry' Lin ............................................................................................................................................................................95 The IUSS Bulletin is the official Newsletter of the International Union of Soil Sciences. It is freely distributed through the IUSS website. IUSS Honorary Members and Award Winners .................................................................................................98 2 IUSS Bulletin 135, December 2019 Contents 3 WCSS22 1000 days until the World Congress of Soil Science in 2022 (WCSS22) Who should attend? IUSS Reports Research scientists, policy makers, regulators, NGOs and anyone who has an interest in the sustainable use of soils. Why should I attend? At a time of global concern for our planet and its grow- ing population, managing our soils sustainably has nev- er been as important. 90% of our food comes from soil, as does all of our timber and other fibre. Soil, and the ecosystems it supports, have a huge role in mitigating against climate change, is a vast reservoir of biodiversity, plays a significant role in flood management and con- The logo of the 22nd World Congress of Soil Science was tains key evidence of past civilisations. Our understand- launched by the British Society of Soil Science on No- ing of the importance of these functions is developing vember 4, 2019. rapidly and the Congress provides the ideal setting to discover the international state of the art in these critical What is it? global issues and an opportunity to connect across all The WCSS is a leading international soil science con- who work with and rely on soils. ference, held every 4 years in different countries and attended by over 3000 soil scientists from around the Follow us on Twitter: @Soil_Science and globe. The next Congress is being organised by the @WorldSoils2022 British Society of Soil Science on behalf of the Interna- Read more: https://www.soils.org.uk/wcss2022 tional Union of Soil Sciences. The Congress theme, ‘Soil Science – crossing boundaries, changing society’ will focus on the link between soil and society, with sessions covering soil systems, soil processes, soil management and how we interact with and use soils around the world. There will be opportunities for specialist