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    <p>Estimados,</p>
    <p>Les envío el Newsletter de la Sociedad internacional de la
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                  <h1>IUSS Alert 146 (August 2017)</h1>
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                  <h1>IUSS News</h1>
                  <h2>Website for IUSS World Congress 2018 now online</h2>
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                    <p>The website for the 21st World Congress of Soil
                      Science has gone online. The congress, which is
                      arguably the most acclaimed meeting in the area of
                      soil science, will be held in Rio de Janeiro,
                      Brazil, August 12-17, 2018. Registration and call
                      for abstracts is open.<br>
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                        href="https://www.21wcss.org/index.php">Read
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                  <h2>Anthropcentrism and Soil Health</h2>
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                    <p>The newest Viewpoint on “The Anthropcentrism and
                      Soil Health” by Rattan Lal, President of the
                      International Union of Soil Sciences is now
                      available on the <span class="caps">IUSS</span>
                      website.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.iuss.org/index.php?article_id=636">Read
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                  <h2>Pedometron 40</h2>
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                    <p>The current issue of the newsletter of the <span
                        class="caps">IUSS</span> Commission 1.5
                      Pedometrics is dedicated to the 25th anniversary
                      of Pedometrics. It contains articles about the
                      history of Pedometrics, portraits about related <span
                        class="caps">IUSS</span> Working Groups and
                      Prof. Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov as well as
                      interviews with soil experts.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://iuss.org/index.php?article_id=421">Read
                        more</a></p>
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                  <h2>IUSS Stimulus Fund – last call for submissions in
                    2017</h2>
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                    <p><span class="caps">IUSS</span> has established an
                      annual Stimulus Fund to support suitable
                      activities within its Commissions and Working
                      Groups. Where appropriate, the Fund will also
                      support other activities to assist the development
                      of soil science generally but particularly in
                      regions of the world where lack of resources limit
                      opportunities. The current submission period will
                      end September 15, 2017.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.iuss.org/index.php?article_id=594">Read
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                  <h2>National voting of Officers for IUSS Divisions and
                    Commissions 2017 about to start</h2>
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                    <p>Every four years the officers for the <span
                        class="caps">IUSS</span> Divisions and
                      Commissions are newly elected. Voting by <span
                        class="caps">IUSS</span> Members shall be
                      conducted electronically on a one vote per
                      individual in each National Member Society basis.
                      Elections will be decided by a simple majority of
                      votes cast.<br>
                      In line with the <span class="caps">IUSS</span>
                      Bye-laws (version Oct. 2014) the national Soil
                      Science Societies shall organize the national
                      voting of officers for Divisions and Commissions.
                      The voting system for society members shall be
                      open from 1 September to 31 December 2017. The
                      list of nominated persons (ballot), the
                      corresponding biographies and the guideline for
                      the voting procedure in 2017 are provided on the <span
                        class="caps">IUSS</span> website.<br>
                      The Presidents of the National Member Society are
                      kindly requested to send the results of elections
                      to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:iuss@umweltbundesamt.at">iuss@umweltbundesamt.at</a>
                      (Cc to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:rhorn@soils.uni-kiel.de">R.Horn</a>)
                      before 28 January 2018. <br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://iuss.boku.ac.at/index.php?article_id=649">Read
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                  <h2>Investiture as "Doctor Honoris Causa" at the
                    University of Lleida (Spain) of Prof. Dr. Rattan
                    Lal, President of IUSS (13 June 2017)</h2>
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                    <p>One of the most relevant programmed activities of
                      the 1st World Conference on Soil and Water
                      Conservation under Global Change (<span
                        class="caps">CONSOWA</span> Lleida 2017), was
                      the ceremony of investiture of Prof Dr Rattan Lal,
                      President of <span class="caps">IUSS</span>, as
                      “Doctor Honoris Causa” at the University of Lleida
                      (UdL) (Spain), upon proposals of the Departments
                      of Soils and Environmental Sciences and of Crop
                      and Forest Science of the Agricultural and
                      Forestry Schools of UdL and the support of the
                      Sections of Control de la Degradación y
                      Recuperación de Suelos and of Conservación de
                      Suelos y Aguas of the Soil Science Spanish Society
                      (<span class="caps">SECS</span>). For this
                      investiture, there was taken into account Dr.
                      Lal’s long time and pioneer research, reflected in
                      numer ous publications, directed to solve problems
                      of soil and water management of agricultural
                      soils, and their relations both with C
                      sequestration in soils, control and mitigation of
                      climate changes and finally with food production
                      and food security.<br>
                      The presentation of merits (laudatio) of Prof. Dr.
                      Rattan Lal was in the hands of Prof. Dr. Ildefonso
                      Pla Sentís. For the ceremony old traditions of the
                      UdL were followed, which was founded in the year
                      1300.</p>
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                  <h1>General News</h1>
                  <h2>Future Policy Award crowns the World’s Best Land
                    Restoration Policies </h2>
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                    <p>Ethiopia wins Gold Award; other winning policies
                      from China, Brazil and Jordan. More people, less
                      erosion – Ethiopia’s Tigray region demonstrates
                      that this can be a reality: They will take home
                      the Gold Future Policy Award 2017, beating 26
                      other nominated policies to the prize. Also known
                      as “Oscar for Best Policies”, the Future Policy
                      Award highlights the world’s best policies that
                      combat desertification and land degradation this
                      year. With unique collective action, voluntary
                      labour and the involvement of the youth, people of
                      Tigray are restoring land on a massive scale. As a
                      result, erosion has decreased significantly,
                      groundwater levels are recharged, and the uptake
                      of sustainable agricultural practices made a
                      significant contribution to food self-sufficiency
                      and economic growth.<br>
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                        href="https://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/p/2017-desertification/">Read
                        more</a></p>
                    <p>Also worth mentioning is that the Vision Award
                      from the World Future Council went to the
                      international “4 per 1000” Initiative which
                      communicates a new concept for mitigating climate
                      change through the increase of soil organic
                      carbon.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/press-release-fpa-2017/">Read
                        more</a></p>
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                  <h2>Agri-environment schemes: impacts on the
                    agricultural environment</h2>
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                    <p>Environmental protection and human food security
                      co-exist in a critical balance, one that is often
                      difficult to get right. The pressures of
                      population rise, farming intensification, and loss
                      of habitats and species mean that protections
                      afforded under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
                      are pivotal to the conservation of agri-ecology.
                      In the EU, agri-environment schemes encourage
                      farmers to undertake environmentally friendly
                      practices and are thus vital to the objective of
                      sustainable agriculture. This Thematic Issue looks
                      at some of the impacts that <span class="caps">AES</span>
                      have had on European farm ecosystems, biodiversity
                      and farmers.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/AES_impacts_on_agricultural_environment_57si_en.pdf">Read
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                  <h2>National Soil Health Measurements to accelerate
                    agricultural transformation</h2>
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                    <p>For scientists, farmers and ag policy makers, one
                      nagging question has yet to be completely
                      “unearthed:” Just how healthy (or unhealthy) are
                      the nation’s soils? The concept of soil health is
                      gaining widespread attention because it promotes
                      agricultural practices that are not only good for
                      the farmer, but also good for the environment. An
                      abundance of research shows that improving soil
                      health boosts crop yield, enhances water quality,
                      increases drought resilience, reduces greenhouse
                      gas emissions, increases carbon sequestration,
                      provides pollinator habitat, and builds disease
                      suppression. To help implement widely-applicable,
                      consistent measures of soil health, the Soil
                      Health Institute announces its endorsement of 19
                      national soil health measurements.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://soilhealthinstitute.org/national-soil-health-measurements-accelerate-agricultural-transformation/">Read
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                  <h2>Measured soil moisture improves wildfire
                    prediction</h2>
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                    <p>Despite the known connection between soil
                      moisture and wildfire danger, measured soil
                      moisture is conspicuously absent from the list of
                      variables commonly used in wildfire danger
                      assessments. Instead, assessments enlist the help
                      of the decades-old Keetch-Byram Drought index (<span
                        class="caps">KBDI</span>), a soil moisture
                      surrogate calculated from precipitation and
                      estimated evapotranspiration. In the absence of
                      measured soil moisture data, the reliance upon <span
                        class="caps">KBDI</span> as a surrogate to
                      assess wildfire danger is understandable. But is
                      the continued reliance on <span class="caps">KBDI</span>
                      justified when high quality soil moisture data are
                      available? According to recent work published in
                      Soil Science Society of America Journal, the
                      answer is no.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/story/2017/jul/mon/measured-soil-moisture-improves-wildfire-prediction">Read
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                  <h2>Friends of Phragmites</h2>
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                    <p>Friends of Phragmites is an organisation
                      established by Prof D. Fanning to promote the use
                      of swamp plants to remediate soils degraded by
                      acid sulphate effects. The Australian Chapter,
                      with new president Simon Smith, held its second
                      plantout to remediate a degraded site near
                      Balmoral, Victoria, Australia.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Z3pi0ZMJ9iRTZ0REpCdEI5ZkU/view?usp=sharing">Read
                        more</a></p>
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                  <h1>Conferences, Meetings and Workshops</h1>
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                    <h2>Archaeological Soil Micromorphology Training and
                      Workshop 2017</h2>
                    <p>University College London, Institute of
                      Archaeology; Training: 6-9 November, followed by
                      Practice Days and Workshop: 10-11 November 2017.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:r.macphail@ucl.ac.uk">Contact</a></p>
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                    <h2>The 13th International Conference of the East
                      and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science
                      Societies (<span class="caps">ESAFS</span>)</h2>
                    <p>“Soil Quality for Food Security and Healthy Life”<br>
                      Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand, December 12-15, 2017.
                      Good soil quality is required for food security
                      and healthy life of world population. <span
                        class="caps">ESAFS</span> 2017 Conference aims
                      to provide advanced scientific information on the
                      researches in soil quality and capacity for crop
                      production. The conference will provide a better
                      understanding of the attributes of soil quality
                      and the way of improving soil and associated
                      environmental quality for sustainable food
                      security and healthy life of East, Southeast Asia
                      as well as world population. Abstract submission
                      deadline: 13 October 2017<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.esafs2017.com">Read more</a>
                      (website will be available soon)<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="http://www.iuss.org/files/leaflet_of_esafs_2017_02.pdf">Conference
                        Flyer</a></p>
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                  <h1>New publications</h1>
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                    <h2>Phosphate in Soils: Interaction with
                      Micronutrients, Radionuclides and Heavy Metals</h2>
                    <p>Edited by H. Magdi Selim. Published August 1,
                      2017 by <span class="caps">CRC</span> Press in
                      the Series: Advances in Trace Elements in the
                      Environment; 381 pages, <span class="caps">ISBN</span>
                      9781138803183, Price paperback £50.00, hardback
                      £102.00. Recent studies reveal that Phosphorus (P)
                      in the form of phosphate, a macronutrient
                      essential for plant growth, and crop yields can
                      influence the bioavailability, retention, and
                      mobility of trace elements, metal(loid)s, and
                      radio nuclides in soils. When this occurs,
                      phosphates can affect the dynamics of heavy metals
                      and influence soil characteristics, impacting soil
                      mobility and toxicity.<br>
                      Phosphate in Soils: Interaction with
                      Micronutrients, Radionuclides and Heavy Metals
                      utilizes the latest research to emphasize the role
                      that phosphate plays in enhancing or reducing the
                      mobility of heavy metals in soil, and the
                      soil-water-plant environment. It provides an
                      in-depth understanding of each heavy metal
                      species, and expands on phosphate interactions in
                      geological material.<br>
                      <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.crcpress.com/Phosphate-in-Soils-Interaction-with-Micronutrients-Radionuclides-and-Heavy/Selim/p/book/9781138803183">Read
                        more</a></p>
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                    <h2>Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China </h2>
                    <p>By Qi Li, Wenju Liang, Xiaoke Zhang, Mohammad
                      Mahamood; 1st Edition published August 15, 2017 by
                      Elsevier, imprint Academic Press, 254 pages,
                      Paperback <span class="caps">ISBN</span>:
                      9780128132746, price paperback <span class="caps">EUR</span>
                      75.45. <br>
                      Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China
                      presents research on China’s temperate grasslands,
                      providing the findings and results of a large
                      field survey along a transect across the northern
                      temperate grassland. It examines nematode
                      distribution patterns along the transect from
                      trophic group and family, to genus level, also
                      evaluating their relationship with climatic
                      conditions, plant biomass and soil parameters. The
                      book then presents detailed taxonomy information
                      of nematodes to genus or species level, providing
                      keen insights into nematode diversity along the
                      grassland transect in north China.<br>
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                    <h2>Comparison of dung and soil fauna from pastures
                      treated with and without ivermectin as an example
                      of the effects of a veterinary pharmaceutical</h2>
                    <p>By Dr. Jörg Römbke, Adam Scheffczyk, Jean-Pierre
                      Lumaret, Thomas Tixier, Dr. Wolf Blanckenhorn, Dr.
                      Joost Lahr, Dr. Kevin Floate, June 2017,
                      Umweltbundesamt, Texte | 54/2017, 238 pages,
                      download only, no costs. <br>
                      Soil organisms in manure or organisms that
                      colonize dung pats can be impacted by the
                      application of veterinary medical products,
                      especially parasiticides, to livestock. For this
                      reason, the authorization process for veterinary
                      medicinal products in the European Union and other
                      countries includes a requirement for “higher-tier”
                      tests when adverse effects on dung organisms can
                      be detected in single-species toxicity tests.
                      However, no guidance documents for the performance
                      of higher-tier tests are available, so far.
                      Therefore, an international research project was
                      undertaken to develop and validate a proposed test
                      method under varying field conditions of climate,
                      soil, and endemic coprophilous fauna. The test
                      took place at Lethbridge (Canada), Montpellier
                      (France), Zurich (Switzerland), and Wageningen
                      (The Netherlands). The aim of the project was to
                      determine if fecal residues of a parasitide with
                      known insecticidal activity (ivermectin) showed
                      similar effects on insects breeding in dung of
                      treated animals, coprophilous organisms in the
                      soil beneath the dung, and rates of dung
                      degradation.<br>
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                    <h2>Remote Sensing of Soils</h2>
                    <p>By Shankar R., 1st edition published August 2017
                      by Springer, 500 pages, 166 illustrations, <span
                        class="caps">ISBN</span> 978-3-662-53740-4,
                      price hardcover 149,99 € | £112.00 | $179.00,
                      printed e-book € | $ 24.99. <br>
                      This book is about applications of remote sensing
                      techniques in the studies on soils. In pursuance
                      of the objective, the book initially provides an
                      introduction to various elements and concepts of
                      remote sensing, and associated technologies ,
                      namely Geographic Information System (<span
                        class="caps">GIS</span>), Global Positioning
                      System (<span class="caps">GPS</span>) in
                      chapter-1. An overview of the sensors used to
                      collect remote sensing data and important Earth
                      observation missions is provided in chapter-2. The
                      processing of satellite digital data (geometric
                      and radiometric corrections, feature reduction,
                      digital data fusion, image enhancements and
                      analysis) is dealt with in Chapter-3. In the
                      chapter to follow the interpretation of remote
                      sensing data , very important and crucial step in
                      deriving information on natural resources
                      including soils resources, is discussed. An
                      introduction to soils as a natural body with
                      respect to their formation, physical and chemical
                      properties used during inventory of soils, and
                      soil classification is given in Chapter-5.The
                      spectral response patterns of soils including
                      hyperspectral characteristics -fundamental to
                      deriving information on soils from spectral
                      measurements, and the techniques of soil resources
                      mapping are discussed in chapter-6 and
                      -7,respectively. Furthermore, the creation of
                      digital soil resources database and the
                      development of soil information systems, a very
                      important aspect of storage and dissemination of
                      digital soil data to the end users are discussed
                      in chapter-8. Lastly, the applications of remote
                      sensing techniques in soil moisture estimation and
                      soil fertility evaluation are covered in chapter-9
                      and -10, respectively.<br>
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                    <h2>Sustainable Management of Land Resources: An
                      Indian Perspective</h2>
                    <p>Edited by G.P. Obi Reddy, N.G. Patil, Arun
                      Chaturvedi. Published August 29, 2017 by Apple
                      Academic Press, 796 pages – 116 B/W illustrations,
                      <span class="caps">ISBN</span> 9781771885171,
                      price hardback £114.00.<br>
                      The depletion of land resources is one of the
                      greatest challenges for mankind in this
                      millennium. Shrinking land resources, weather
                      aberrations, deterioration of land quality, and
                      the globalization and liberalization of market
                      economies have become intertwined to influence the
                      sustainable management of land resources and land
                      use plans. This important volume addresses these
                      challenges, looking at how scientists translate
                      their knowledge and experience in sustainable land
                      resources and management into implementable policy
                      decisions, with a particular focus on India.<br>
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                  <h2>Vacancy for Assistant Professor of Soil Resources</h2>
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                        <strong>Assistant Professor (TT) of Soil
                          Resources</strong></br{></p>
                    <p>The Department of Environmental Systems Science
                      (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.usys.ethz.ch">www.usys.ethz.ch</a>) of <span class="caps">ETH</span>
                      Zurich invites applications for an assistant
                      professor (tenure track) focusing on (1) the role
                      of soil as a key natural resource, supporting a
                      wide range of forest and other terrestrial
                      ecosystem functions and services and/or (2)
                      quantifying the effects of changes of land use and
                      climate on various soil functions at local to
                      global scales. Candidates should be interested in
                      system-oriented multidisciplinary research and are
                      expected to develop an innovative and
                      internationally recognized research program,
                      making an important contribution to linking soil
                      ecosystem services to land-use and climate change.
                    </p>
                    <p>The successful candidate will have a strong
                      background in soil sciences and demonstrated
                      potential for innovative research. At the
                      assistant professor level commitment to teaching
                      and the ability to lead a research group are
                      expected. Teaching duties will include
                      advanced-level courses on the assessment,
                      modelling or management of soil resources as part
                      of the environment. </p>
                    <p>Assistant professorships have been established to
                      promote the careers of younger scien¬tists. <span
                        class="caps">ETH</span> Zurich implements a
                      tenure track system equivalent to other top
                      international universities.</p>
                    <p><strong>Please apply online at:</strong> <a
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                    <p>Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a
                      list of publications, a statement of future
                      research and teaching interests, and a description
                      of the three most important achievements. <br>
                      The letter of application should be addressed <strong>to
                        the President of <span class="caps">ETH</span>
                        Zurich, Prof. Dr. Lino Guzzella.</strong> <br>
                      <strong>The closing date for applications is 31
                        August 2017.</strong> <br>
                      <span class="caps">ETH</span> Zurich is an equal
                      opportunity and family friendly employer and is
                      responsive to the needs of dual career couples. We
                      specifically encourage women to apply.</p>
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