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International Union of Soil
Sciences
Since January 2011 I am the IUSS Secretary General and follow a long
tradition of Dutch in those positions (DJ Hissink 1924-1950; FA van
Baren 1950-1974; WG Sombroek 1978-1990). Since September 2011 I am based
in the USA and it is first time that the IUSS has its seat outside
Europe.
The
website of the IUSS (www.iuss.org) was established in 2001. The IUSS website has been
designed to provide IUSS members with information about the Union, and to
provide links and interesting information about soil and soil related
activities throughout the world. The number of monthly visits to the IUSS website has steadily increase and currently the site is visited over
140,000 times per year. The website is increasingly been used and is one
of the main communication medium for IUSS members. We continue
to develop links with national soil science societies and share
information through the IUSS Alerts and Bulletins.
2011 in Indiana - The IUSS Deputy Secretary General and
Secretary General in the field
2010 in Brisbane - L to R: Alex McBratney (Deputy
Secretary), John Kim (Vice President), Jae Yang
(President) and Alfred Hartemink (Secretary General)
One of the important outreach IUSS activities
was the link
with the Year of Planet Earth initiative, for which we have written the
brochure "Soil - Earth's living skin" (available in 5
languages).
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