{"id":650,"date":"2023-10-25T18:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuss.org\/?p=650"},"modified":"2023-10-25T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:06:13","slug":"iuss-alert-144-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iuss.org\/alert\/iuss-alerts-2017-2020\/iuss-alert-144-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"IUSS Alert 144 (June 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

IUSS News<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

IUSS Bulletin 130 about to go online<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The most recent\u00a0IUSS\u00a0publication is about to go online, featuring a variety of articles from an activity report of the\u00a0IUSS\u00a0Secretariat, the Minutes of the\u00a0IUSS\u00a0Council meetings which took place during the\u00a0IUSS\u00a0Inter-Congress Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, activities and recent achievements during the International Decade of Soils (2015-2024), conference and meeting reports and obituaries of outstanding soil scientists.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Should you wish to submit contributions for the next Bulletin, which will be published in December 2017, or place paid advertisements, please contact the\u00a0IUSS\u00a0Secretariat at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>iuss@umweltbundesamt.at<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Viewpoints and fact sheets \u2013 new items on the IUSS website<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the Newsroom of the\u00a0IUSS\u00a0website Prof. Rattan Lal, President of the International Union of Soil Sciences, regularly provides viewpoints on soil issues mainly addressed to the soil science community. In addition, the\u00a0IUSS\u00a0has started to provide fact sheets on soil in relation to issues of high importance for society. Topics covered will include Soil and climate change, Soil degradation and desertification, Soil perception of society, Soil and water quality, Soil and biodiversity, Soil governance, Soil and arts, Soil and health, Soil and history and Soil and food security. The fact sheets are written by well-known experts and are addressed not only to scientists, but also to decision makers and opinion leaders.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Read more about Fact Sheets<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Read more about View Points<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

IUSS Distinguished Service Award for Prof. Klaus T\u00f6pfer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On 24 May 2017 the International Union of Soil Sciences awarded Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus T\u00f6pfer the Distinguished Service Medal in Berlin. The medal was presented during the Closing Plenary of the Global Soil Week 2017 addressing the theme \u2018Catalyzing\u00a0SDG\u00a0Implementation through a Land and Soil Review.\u2019 Attended by almost 300 participants, the meeting aimed to develop policy messages as input to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
\nWith this award\u00a0IUSS\u00a0recognizes that Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus T\u00f6pfer translated knowledge of soil science into policy and governance as German Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Civil Engineering and Urban Development; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme; founding and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies.
\nIUSS\u00a0has been and shall continue to be pleased to work with Prof. Klaus T\u00f6pfer and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies towards the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular by providing knowledge and expertise on soil functions and their impacts on sustainable life on planet earth.
\nThus far the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) has presented the Distinguished Service Medal to two prominent world citizens and policy makers. In 2012 the first medal was awarded to\u00a0HRH\u00a0the late King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej in order to recognize His outstanding achievements in soil care and sustainable soil and land management. The second medal was presented to HE Hon\u2019ble St\u00e9phan Le Foll for promoting soil science on the global agenda through COP21, and for pointing out that soil and agriculture present integral solutions to climate change and advancing food security by implementing the \u201c4 per Thousand\u201d programme.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Read more<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Call for Nominations: Dokuchaev Award, Von Liebig Award, and the IUSS Jeju Award<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Three awards are presented by the\u00a0IUSS\u00a0at each World Congress of Soil Science to recognize outstanding contributions in three areas:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n