Ecsss.net
Title
ECSSS SOIL
Description
In September 2004, during the EUROSOIL Conference 2004 in Freiburg, Germany, a European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS) was founded by 21 presidents of European soil science societies, by unanimous vote. The foundation of this Confederation has been prepared during the past two years by Prof. Winfried E.H. Blum, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Soil Research, at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), who had been Secretary-General of the International Union of Soil Sciences for 12 years, from 1990-2002.
The foundation of the ECSSS was very timely, due to new initiatives for soil protection in Europe by the European Commission, since 2002, (European Soil Thematic Strategy). – Moreover, scientific research and scientific co-operation across Europe are increasingly determined by the European Union. This means that the soil science societies of Europe now have a new platform for co-operating with important Directorates-General of the European Commission in Brussels.
The new Confederation is a regional member of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), with the goal to foster all branches of soil science and their application, as well as to support soil scientists in their professional activities. Moreover, the Confederation will facilitate information for politics and decision making and for the broad public, especially in view of a future sustainable use of natural resources, in particular soil and land. – Specific activities of the Confederation will be the organisation of meetings, conferences and congresses and the publication of scientific and other material, as well as the co-operation with other scientific organisations. Most important is the organisation of the EUROSOIL Conference, an event which is well known also outside Europe, and which is organised every four years in another European country.
Languages
Deutsch (German)
Contact
- ECSSS Prof.Dr. Winfried E.H. Blum
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