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| Innovation, Speculation and Disneyfication in Soil Science Education |
| Soil science is a dynamic science but the dynamism is often not reflected in the way that soil science is taught to our students. This symposium addresses soil science education by analysing trends and developments in various parts of the world. Some questions that will be addressed during the symposium are: do we hide our light under a bushel? What are the trends in soil science teaching and student numbers? How do we translate soil dynamics and its role in ecosystem functioning into inspirational learning products? How can we ensure the delivery well-equipped soil scientists for the future?
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| Frontiers in Soil Science Research |
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This symposium addresses soil science research by analysing trends and
developments in various parts of the world. Some questions that will be
addressed during the symposium are: What are the trends in soil science
research and future opportunities? How do we translate soil dynamics and its
role in ecosystem functioning? How can we ensure the delivery of well-equipped
soil scientists for the future? |
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Division 1 - Soils in Space and Time
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Oral Symposia
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1.0A
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New Frontiers in Soil Resource Assessment
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New technologies used in acquiring soil resource information will be explored in this symposium. Use layers of
information and data to enhance our ability to predict and perfect soil-landscape paradigms as a foundation for
accurate soil surveys, using expert systems to help capture soil scientists' knowledge of an area, and geophysical
tools to accurately assess soil mapping delineations will be Included.
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1.0B
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Soil Change in Anthropocence
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In the last 300 years, referred to as the Anthropocene, human impact on land has affected the course of soil
formation and changed soil properties and landscape conditions. Symposium will evaluate quantification of such
human-induced changes to improve our identification, classification, use and management of soils.
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1.0WA
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Soil Geochemical Patterns at Regional, National, and International Scales
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Symposium will focus on soil science and geoscience disciplines conducting regional-, national-, and
international-scale soil geochemical surveys. Both case studies and process-oriented presentations are anticipated
from the risk assessment, public health, and environmental regulatory communities. Symposium should promote
communication among the geoscience communities.
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1.0WB
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Wetlands: Science and Management
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Increasing population and population density intensifies land use and management of wetlands. Sustaining the
quality of wetlands requires development of new methods and instrumentation to evaluate anthropogenic impacts on
wetland biogeochemistry, properties and function. Symposium will present emerging basic and applied research
issues related to wetland identification, management, preservation, engineering and technology, degradation
control, and remediation, reclamation, and reconstruction.
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Poster Symposia
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1.0PA
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Multiscale Mapping of Soil Properties for Environmental Studies, Agriculture, and Decision-Making
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Symposium will focus on cutting-edge tools and techniques used in research and development on multiscale mapping of
soil properties and processes, such as kriging, hierarchy and fractal scaling, non-linear dynamics, and
self-organization. Both theoretical and applied aspects of these mathematical tools will be emphasized.
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1.0PW
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Synthesis, Modeling, and Applications of Disciplinary Soil Science Knowledge for
Soil-Water-Plant-Environment Systems
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Symposium will emphasize application of integrated soil-water-plant-environment models to field research and as
decision support tools for precision management and planning. This includes quantifying management effects on soil
properties and processes, including soil health and biodiversity, and modeling soil-water-plant-environment
interactions under different climatic and management conditions.
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Commission 1.1 Soil Morphology
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Oral Symposia
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Hydropedology: Fundamental Issues and Practical Applications
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Symposium will address spatial-temporal patterns of soil and water properties and processes from pedon to
landscape and from annual to geological time scales, integrated studies of the vadose zone/groundwater systems in
understanding the role of hydrology in soils, state-of-the-art techniques in studying landscape-soil-water systems,
quantitative scaling relationships, and fundamental mechanisms and practical enhancements of pedotransfer
functions and how they can improve the value of soil survey databases.
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1.1B
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Site Disturbance: The Role of Soil Morphology in its Assessment
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The potential of morphology, including micromorphology, to assess and differentiate natural pedogenic processes
from anthropogenic site disturbance is not well appreciated. This symposium will emphasize morphological markers of
changes induced by soil disturbance and consequences on soil use, management, and behavior.
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1.1C
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Soil Micromorphology, Archaeometry, and Archaeology
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Micromorphological concepts and approaches for the interpretation of soil, sediment and landscape evolution have
been widely used by disciplines in earth sciences and engineering. There is a need to link conventional
archaeological information obtained from field and excavation with microscopic interpretations to document
paleo/archaeo environmental conditions and ancient and indigenous land and raw material use.
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Poster Symposium |
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1.1P
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Soil Geomorphology: Concept Theory and Practices
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Symposium will address: theoretical and technical issues of soil geomorphology; soil geomorphological
classification and regolith taxonomy; measurements and assessment soil geomorphic processes and the regolith;
concepts and issues concerning soil stratigraphy and soil layering processes; development of analytical
(pedometric) tools including digital terrain analysis and soil-landscape models; relationships between terrain
analysis and soil geomorphological landscape
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Commission 1.2 Soil Geography
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Oral Symposia
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Spatial, Societal and Environmental Aspects of Pedodiversity
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A movement for the preservation and conservation management of rare and unique kinds of soils is needed, not only
because of purely scientific and environmental reasons, but for preservation and discovery of new antibiotic
materials and compounds. Currently less than half of the land area is being used for growing food, feed, and
fiber. The pedodiversity of the remaining forests, savannas, and unused open areas are equally valuable,and their
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1.2B
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Soil System Behavior in Time
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Engineering and agricultural uses of soils have existed for nearly 10,000 years and further anthropogenic demands
on soils continue to expand. Yet we have relatively little quantitative understanding about the impact of
management decisions on soil function,quality,and resilience over time. This symposium will consider the science
of soil change and its status as a function of chronology under anthropogenic management impacts.
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1.2P
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Interdependency of Soils and Soil Scapes
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Symposium will emphasize soil interdependences caused by fluxes of gases, water, solutes, and solids in different
landscapes and scales. The value of identification, mapping and classification of soil associations will be related
to developing soil transfer functions for soil protection, land use planning and soil management.
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Commission 1.3 Soil Genesis
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Oral Symposia
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1.3A
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New Frontiers in Soil Genesis
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Modern concepts of soil genesis and major advances in soil classification have come about in the last half of the
20th century. This symposium will include new biochemical studies being conducted to quantify pedogenic changes as
a function of chronology and the application of such knowledge to predict and manage soil and ecosystem changes
for a growing global populous.
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1.3B
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Essence Diagnostic and Time-Scales of Natural and Human-Induced Pedogenic Processes
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Symposium will encompass the different aspects of pedogenesis as a global process involving complex combinations of
individual pedogenic processes. Detailed knowledge is needed on pedogenic processes to define their diagnostics,
rates, time-scales, and reversibility-irreversibility so as to understand soil formation, evolution and/or
degradation and predict possible soil changes in the foreseeable future under the different natural and
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Poster Symposia
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1.3PA
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Andisols and Related Soils
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This symposium is intended to address the latest information on Andisol genesis, processes, interactions between
organic matter and short range order minerals, analytical problems, regional distribution and landscape
relations.It will include influences of human activity, and consequences for soil protection, land use planning
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1.3PB
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Arid Soils: Genesis, Geomorphology, and Geoarchaeology
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Symposium addresses the genesis, geomorphology, and geoarchaeology of arid soils. These soils occupy about
one-third of the Earth's land surface, are sources and sinks of atmospheric CO2 and global dust, support ecosystems
with high biodiversity of plants and animals and are also expanding in aerial extent due to anthropogenic land
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1.3PC
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Pedogenesis and Weathering in Humid Tropics
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Soils of humid tropics and subtropics occupy a total area about 2500 millions ha or 25% of the land surfaces. The
symposium will focus on understanding the ancient and current pedogenic processes in the humid tropics from a
geology, petrology, and clay mineralogy perspective.
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1.3PD
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Soils on Limestones: Their Properties, Genesis, and Role in Human Societies
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Soils on limestones are globally widespread. They are soils of many early civilizations, and are important
agricultural resources. This symposium will address different aspects of soils on limestones including
morphological, mineralogical, physical, chemical, and biological properties, and pedogenesis.
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Commission 1.4 Soil Classification
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Oral Symposia
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Impact of National Soil Classification on Soil Science and Society
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Symposium will emphasize the impacts of soil classification on soil science and society. Soil classification
systems are critical to technology transfer and an important correlation tool. While soil classification has been a
research focus in pedology fostering many cooperative endeavors, it has been argued that research efforts in soil
classification are too heavily emphasized at the expense of other research endeavors in pedology. This symposium
will provide a forum for such debate and illustrate constructive attributes of soil classification to science and
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1.4B
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Indigenous Soil Classification Systems
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Symposium will examine how native cultures construct soil classification systems effective for indigenous uses. The
distinctions are tied closely to cultural and use bias of the soil, but often reflect important components common
to many cultures. However, criteria for differentiation utilized in indigenous classification systems may be
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Commission 1.5 Pedometrics
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Oral Symposia
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Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, Soil Sensing, Remote Sensing and Image Analysis
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The symposium covers emerging soil sensing techniques to characterize and map soils and soil properties. Potential
topics include Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS), ground-based soil sensors such as electromagnetic induction,
and remote sensing applications in the visible, near-, mid- and thermal infrared regions of the spectrum.
Different quantitative techniques of data processing and analysis, assessment of prediction uncertainties, and
integrative data analysis using combinations of field data and datasets derived from remote soil sensing
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1.5B
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Soil Sampling in Space and Time
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Symposium will address problems associated with soil sampling in the joint space-time domain. There is a need for
extending the vast body of theory, methods, and applications for designing and optimizing soil sampling schemes in
space to the joint space-time domain because soil variation over time is entirely different from soil variation
over space; problems occur at spatial and temporal scales, ranging from centimeters to kilometers and from hours to
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Commission 1.6 Paleopedology
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Oral Symposia
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Imprint of Environmental Change on Paleosols
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Symposium will focus on current issues in paleopedological studies such as paleosols and environmental changes,
pedostratigraphy and soil mapping, rates of soil forming processes, chronological dating, paleosols as part of our
cultural heritage, and paleosols and archeology. Paleopedology is a multidisciplary and interdisciplinarity
science that bridges many different disciplines.
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Edoardo A. C. Costantini (Italy) | e-mail: | costantini@issds.it |
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Alexander O. Makeev (Russia) | e-mail: | makeev@fadr.msu.ru |
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Francesco Malucelli (Italy) | e-mail: | |
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Amazonian Dark Earth Soils (Terra Preta and Terra Preta Nova): A Tribute to Wim Sombroek
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Wim Sombroek in his monumental Soils of the Amazon (1966) not only provided the baseline for the soils of this
enormously significant region, but also brought the anthropogenic terra preta (black earth) and terra mulata (brown
earth) soils to the attention of the outside world. The symposium will focus around the following themes:
Amazonian dark earth soils and global climate; implications for soil fertility and land use; and understanding how
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Division 2 Soil Properties and Processes
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Oral Symposia
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2.0A
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Synchrotron Spectromicroscopy of Particulate Matter Affecting Air, Water & Soil Quality
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Synchrotron-based spectromicroscopy is an emerging research technique suited to chemical investigation of
particulate matter affecting air, water and soil quality permitting detailed chemical characterization at micron
and submicron spatial resolution. This symposium will evaluate particulate matter research by synchrotron-based
spectromicroscopy, the role of particulates in surface and subsurface water quality, and soil micro-environments
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2.0B
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Innovative Technologies in Rhizosphere Research
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This symposium will examine innovative technologies for agriculture and environmental management that arise from or
pertain to the study of physical, chemical, and biological processes in the rhizosphere, i.e. the volume of soil
around living roots that is influenced by root activity. It will also address novel experimental approaches for
studying the rhizosphere to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations among scientists who are working on various
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Emerging Methods to Examine Metal Speciation and Bioavailability in Soils
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This symposium will focus on new techniques, broadly classified as biological, geochemical, and modeling, to
determine the speciation and bioavailability of metals in soils. Examples of specific methods under these three
classifications could include: Lux-based bioassays, hyphenated analytical speciation techniques (e.g., FFF-ICP-MS),
spectroscopic techniques (e.g., XAS), mineralogical residence-phase determinations, and terrestrial applications
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2.0P
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Measurement, Occurrence, and Transport of Radionuclides in Soils and Sediments, and their Transfer
to Biota
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Soil remediation at sites with low-levels of radionuclide contamination is a major cost to society today. In the
symposium, we will discuss the behavior of radionuclides in surficial terrestrial environments, including the
physical, chemical and mineralogic speciation of radioactive contaminants, radionuclide-analog studies, natural
attenuation processes and in-situ remediation methods, and bioremediation to reduce soil contamination.
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Commission 2.1 Soil Physics
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Oral Symposia
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Soil Structuring as a Dynamic Process and Particles Transfer
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Symposium focuses on the quantification of soil structure and changes following the agricultural activity and
seasonal dynamics, with the goal of proposing indicators of soil structure quality and quantifying soil
degradation(loss of structure stability, compaction, crusting, salinization, etc.). The development of modeling
approaches and databases will be emphasized to predict changes in physical soil properties (soil structure quality)
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Soil Hydrology, Structure, and Micromorphic Properties (Soil Porous System)
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Symposium focuses on interactive research among soil hydrology, soil structure and soil micromorphology. The
presentations will elucidate a better understanding of the relationships between aggregation, n-modal porosity,
configuration of pores and soil hydraulic properties. The quantification of the size, continuity, connectivity,
orientation and irregularity of pores allows a more precise modeling of soil water movement and solute transport as
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Commission 2.2 Soil Chemistry
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Oral Symposia
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Soil Organic Matter: Stabilization and Carbon Sequestration
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Symposium will provide a forum to present:the most recent advancements on carbon sequestration; review and
summarize methods of evaluating carbon sequestration in soils at different spatial and temporal scales; stimulate
new and advanced biological and chemical technologies for enhancing organic carbon levels in soils and; develop new
methods for proper extrapolation (upscaling) of point/field-results on carbon sequestation to landscapes, biomes
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Adsorption Processes in Soils - Basis for Ecological Soil Functions
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Symposium will provide a forum where the most recent achievements are presented for methodological approaches and
experimental findings of the adsorption properties of soils. Emphasis will be placed on promising techniques such
as computational chemistry and in-situ analytical methods in adsorption research. It will include the impact of
soil use and management on adsorption properties and linkage to ecological soil functions.
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Commission 2.3 Soil Biology
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Microbial Habitat: Evolution, Structure and Distribution in Soils
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Soil structure and microbial habitat are central to functioning of soils. Because of the high microbial diversity,
complex spatial arrangement of biota and solid phases, it has been difficult to understand the nature and dynamics
of microbial habitats. Soil physical techniques and new molecular biology techniques are rapidly evolving
disciplines that hold promise to provide new insights into the complex interplay of microorganisms and soil
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2.3B
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Molecular Approaches to Microbial Ecology in Soils
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Advances in microbial ecology will be presented based on information from use of modern molecular and biochemical
techniques. Specific objectives are to summarize molecular biology applications to microbial ecology in soils and
to improve the interface among researchers working in various fields of soil biology to understand the utility of
modern techniques in elucidating biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
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2.3P
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New Strategies for Management of Plant Pathogenic Soil Microorganisms - Natural Soil Suppression
or Genetically Modified Plants
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Development of natural disease suppression and genetic engineering of plants with biocidal metabolites are being
promoted as alternatives to traditional chemical control of soil borne plant pathogens. Objectives are to
disseminate knowledge about soil borne plant diseases, consider plant health management practices and their impact
on soil microbial health and functioning, and foster cross-discipline collaborations integrating plant
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Commission 2.4 Soil Mineralogy
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Oral Symposia
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Poorly Ordered Nanoparticulate Materials in Soils
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"Poorly ordered nanoparticulate materials (PONM) in soils" are naturally or artificially occurring, finely
particulate minerals, which may form at low (weathering) and high temperatures (burning). The forms, amounts and
functions of PONM in soils are very poorly understood, partly because conventional analytical techniques are
insensitive for these materials. Symposium will focus on how PONM phenomena may control soil properties and
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Soil Mineralogy and Geophysics: Environmental and Soils Management and Mineral Exploration
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Symposium will draw together leading experts in soil mineralogy and geophysics /remote sensing to demonstrate how
these two divergent fields can be usefully combined to enhance the efficiency of geophysics and remote sensing for
mineral exploration. This will lead to improved environmental management and risk assessment. Two leading-edge
technologies, namely soil nanoparticulate mineralogy and specific ground/airborne geophysics, will be emphasized.
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Commission 2.5 Soil Interfacial Reactions
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Oral Symposia
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Soil Physicochemical-Biological Interfacial Interactions: Impacts on Transformations and
Bioavailability of Metals and Metalloids
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Physicochemical and biological processes are not independent processes but rather interactive processes in soil
environments. This symposium will: address the impact of soil physicochemical-biological interfacial interactions
on transformation mechanisms, dynamics, and bioavailability of metals and metalloids; present innovative
remediation management strategies, and provide a forum leading to better understanding of the fate of metals and
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Interactions between Clays and Organic Matter and Their Impact on Sorption and Availability of
Organic Compounds in Soil Environments.
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Clays and organic matter are ubiquitous in our environments (soil, sediment, water, and air). Symposium will
elucidate interactive mechanisms between clay minerals and organic matter, determine the effects of organic matter
coating on the sorption of organic compounds, evaluate structural and conformational changes of organic matter and,
examine the chemistry and sorptive behavior of humin, a naturally occurring organic-clay complex.
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Division 3 - Soil Use and Management
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Oral Symposia
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Long-term Agronomic Experiments: Their Importance for Science and Society
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Long-term agronomic experiments are crucially important to further understanding of soil-plant-environment
interactions. This symposium will compare data on factors related to soil fertility, for example soil organic
matter and nutrient status, from long-term experiments in different agro-ecological zones to improve scientific
understanding of how husbandry systems and their management, soil and climate affect soil fertility and hence
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3.0B
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Emerging Topics in Soil Use and Management
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Increasing population and population density intensifies land use and management. Sustaining the quality of our
soil resource requires development of new methods and instrumentation to evaluate soil use and management impacts
on soil properties. The symposium will present emerging basic and applied research issues related soil evaluation
and management, soil and water conservation, soil fertility and nutrition, soil engineering and technology, and
soil degradation control, remediation and reclamation.
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3.0W
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Sustainable Soils and Life on Land
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The issue of soil sustainability provides an excellent opportunity for a broad community of scientists to engage in
a dialog on sustainability and renewable and nonrenewable resource management. While this wide array of
disciplines including physical, biological and social sciences have not always worked together, there are many
issues where they can and should join forces. Such opportunities include landslides and slope stability; soil
erosion and surface runoff; soil quality and land use; chemical, biological, and physical soil processes; carbon
sequestration; resource assessment; and expected demand to gain an understanding of sustainable development for
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Commission 3.1 Soil Evaluation and Land Use Planning
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Land Use Planning: Environmental, Economic and Social Trade-offs
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The objective of this symposium is to identify various world experiences about the evolution of the criteria for
Land Use Planning: types of studies (new concepts), results, examples of successful and failed cases, reasons of
the evolution. These experiences can improve local concepts and can redirect soil science researches according to
each area. The main interest of this symposium is to identify interactions between soil technical data and
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Translating Soil Science into Agricultural & Environmental Policy
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Scientific communities in different regions of the world tend to take significantly different approaches and
emphasize different aspects of soil quality such as North America(soil organic matter), Europe (toxic substances),
and Africa ( nutrients). Work on the soil quality concept is moving from analysis of indicators to development of
improved management practices. The questions are what is currently being done around the world to protect soils,
what are the benefits to society from policy changes regarding soil quality, how to identify appropriate outcomes
for soil quality policies for different regions, and what are the linkages among soil, water and other
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Commission 3.2 Soil and Water Conservation
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Oral Symposia
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Environmental Impacts of Soil Erosion - Measuring and Modeling On- and Off-Site Damages of Soil
Erosion
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Soil erosion not only causes major on-site damages but also is the dominant source of non-source pollution of
surface water bodies. Measurement techniques and modeling exercises tackling this problem from plot to landscape
scale are the focus of this session. Management strategies and sustainable land use concepts to avoid the
environmental impact of soil erosion are also to be covered.
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3.2B
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Dryland Conservation Technologies: Innovations for Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability
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Symposium will present an historical perspective of advances in dryland agriculture production and address new and
emerging technologies focusing on water conservation and use efficiency, managing alkaline soils, crops and
cropping systems, nutrient use efficiency, soil and organic matter conservation, and environmental quality. Topics
will be addressed at a range of scales to represent diverse regions and approaches for improvement in dryland
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Water Use Challenges for the Future
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Symposium will consider the major impact that irrigation, drainage and water extraction exerts on natural
resources, especially its effect on soil and water resources, in terms of quantity and quality. Factors to be
considered include the impact of irrigation on nutrient leaching, soil salinity, discharge of toxic elements (heavy
metals and oxyanions), changes in water quality, soil physical properties such as compaction, soil erosion and
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Commission 3.3 Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
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Oral Symposia
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Future Challenges in P Fertilization and the Environment
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Symposium will address future challenges and directions in soil, plant, and fertilizer phosphorus (P) research,
such as enhancing the availability of soil P though chemical and microbiological processes; agronomic and economic
effectiveness of different P fertilizer materials for lesser-developed countries; environmental issues (e.g.,
eutrophication of surface waters and the impact of contaminants, such as cadmium and radioactive elements)
associated with the use of P fertilizers and animal manures; and plant biotechnology developments producing new
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3.3B
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Nutrient Use Efficiency and Global Agriculture
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Symposium will review key issues of soil and nutrient management in intensive agricultural systems worldwide.
Global and regional trends in productivity, soil fertility and nutrient use efficiency will be analyzed. Specific
case studies will focus on innovative management practices for an ecological intensification of some of the world's
most important food baskets, with special emphasis given to new concepts and tools for nutrient management.
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3.3C
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Improved Management of Alkaline Soils for Dryland Agriculture
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Alkaline and saline soils are widespread in dryland farming regions of Africa, West Asia, South Asia, Australia and
North America. Crops grown on these soils are often limited by subsoil salinity, sodicity and high concentrations
of boron and aluminum. The severity of the soil problems is often overlooked because low productivity is
considered to be due to low rainfall. Managing these soils presents some of the least tractable problems of
large-scale soil and crop management because of the large number of co-limiting factors.
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3.3P
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Plant Responses and Adaptation to Ionic Stresses
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Approximately 70% of arable land in the world is estimated to contain soils with excessive levels of acidity,
alkalinity, salt, trace elements, or heavy metals. This symposium will stress approaches for amelioration of soil
problems to improve the crop production and studies conducted to understand plant response to various chemical
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Commission 3.4 Soil Engineering and Technology
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Oral Symposia
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Combating Global Soil & Land Degradation I. Agroecosystems: Processes & Assessment
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Land degradation is defined as any form of deterioration of the natural potential of land that affects ecosystem
integrity either in terms of reducing its sustainable ecological productivity or in terms of its native biological
richness and maintenance of resilience. This global problem affects 74% of agricultural land in Central America,
65% in Africa, 45% in South America, and 35% in Asia. This symposia will examine approaches, methods and indicators
of land degradation in humid and sub-humid agroeecosostems of the world at several scales of resolution: plot,
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3.4B
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Combating Global Soil & Land Degradation II. Agroecosystems: Reclamation Strategies
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Presentations on the physical, chemical and biological degradation of soils, and the management options for
sustainable use of degraded soils will be an integral part of the symposium. Specific questions related to degraded
environments, such as the possibility to predict and quantify both the economic and ecologic impact of altering
these processes will be included. The symposium focuses on case studies and theoretical or practical approaches on
reclamation strategies to reverse soil degradation.
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Poster Symposia
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3.4P
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Evaluation of Anthropogenic Sealing Systems Impact on the Environment
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Symposium deals with the physical, chemical, and biological processes in waste deposit sealing of soil systems, It
deals with the long-term impermeability of water,gas, and leachate transport in soil. Case studies and theoretical
and/or practical approaches to minimize soil, air, and groundwater contamination, and to restore the internal
mechanical strength and functionality of capillary barrier systems will be stressed. Symposium will include
strategies for minimizing environmental degradation and the linkage of research outcomes to policy.
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Commission 3.5 Soil Degradation Control, Remediation, and Reclamation
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Combating Global Soil & Land Degradation III. Agro- and Forest Ecosystems: Physical, Chemical and
Biological Processes
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Symposium will advance the assessment, management and remediation of contaminated environments (land, water, and
air). The collective focus is minimizing disposal and impacts of industrial contaminated soil and wastes, land
remediation and restoration of heavily contaminated/disturbed environments. The symposium will provide a summary of
the present activities, problems and solutions in addition to identifying critical areas for future research.
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3.5D
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Combating Global Soil & Land Degradation IV. Salinization, Sodification and Other Forms of
Degradation in Agricultural and Native Ecosystems
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The symposium covers processes and evaluation of soil and environmental degradation, degraded soil management and
remediation, strategies for minimizing soil and environmental degradation, and linking research outcomes to policy
with special emphasis on salt-affected agricultural and native ecosystems. Presentations on the physical, chemical
and biological degradation of soils, and the management options for sustainable use of degraded soils and their
reclamation will be integral part of the symposium. Specific questions related to degraded environments such as
the effect of land uses on natural resources off-site and fertility management will be included.
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3.5P
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New Methods for Large-Area Assessment of Soil Degradation
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This symposium will highlight combined application of new technology and analytical methods for assessing impacts
of land use and management on soil quality over large areas from small watersheds to national or regional levels.
Applications will demonstrate advances in how impacts of land use change, such as forest, grassland and wetland
conversions, on soil quality can be reliably assessed over large areas. Applications will demonstrate combined use
of technologies, such as spectroscopy, remote sensing, stable isotopes, radioisotope methods for soil erosion
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Division 4 - The Role of Soils in Sustaining Society and the Environment
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4.0A
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Bridging Soil Science, Environmental Policy and Communications
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While the relevance of soil science to emerging environmental debates may appear self-evident to the soil
scientist, the marriage of science and policy can be difficult to forge. Developing environmental policy that is
informed by soil science requires commitment, skill and effort on the part of scientists and policy makers whose
goals, methods and perspectives often clash. This symposium examines means to improve the role of soil scientists
in environmental policy development through insight gained from working with policy makers.
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4.0B
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Soil Related Discords and Conflicts
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Symposium will discuss discords and conflicts related to soils. Such conflicts can, for example, be related to the
appropriation of the ' best' soils, to the misuse of soils, to an exclusive soil use, and to land use changes. The
symposium will present examples to clarify kinds of discord and the cultural, social, economic and political
driving forces and their impacts on the society, on the soil resources and on the environment. The identification
and an understanding of past and present problems are important if we are to better ascertain, anticipate and solve
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Soils and Human Health
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Symposium will show the importance of soils and soil properties for human health. Relevant topics include
influence of soil and climatic factors on the content of essential nutrients or naturally occurring toxic
substances in plant products, impacts of soil pollution on human health, and spreading of infectious diseases via
atmospheric transport of soil dust. This symposium is a contribution to the ICSU initiative on "Science for Health
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Commission 4.1 Soils and the Environment
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Organic Farming - Advantages and Disadvantages for Soils, Water Quality and Sustainability
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Symposium focuses on possible benefits and problems related to surface and ground water quality; supply and
use-efficiency of plant nutrients; and long-term sustainability when changing agricultural practices to organic
farming. The subject of organic agriculture is relevant both for developed countries, where the trend is trying to
limit the "industrialization" of agriculture, and for developing countries, where farmers are often forced to
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4.1B
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Role of Organic Matter for Soil Properties and Consequences for Environmental Functions
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Symposium will describe the role of organic matter( SOM) in soil properties and environmental functions including
the different strategies used to manage SOM. The symposia will highlight specific aspects concerning the
relationships between SOM and biodiversity; the role of SOM on physical properties (aggregation and erosion
prevention); and aspects of the carbon cycle. Information will be presented on the role of SOM fractions,
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4.1PA
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Soils and Natural Hazards (Knowledge, Assessment and Mitigation)
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Landslides and debris flows cause enormous loss of life worldwide, and can also result in huge losses of property,
yet the role of soils in these hazards is barely known or understood. The knowledge and mitigation of these
natural hazards could be greatly improved with new insights from soil science and enhanced interdisciplinary
research. The objective of the symposium is to evaluate the contribution of soil science to the alleviation of the
problems associated with natural hazards related to landslides and debris flows.
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4.1PB
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Soil, Wine and Other Quality Crops
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Symposium considers soil conditions that have an apparent effect on the performance of high quality crops, such as
wine grapes, by controlling the hormonal equilibrium of each variety and then the regulation of genotype
expression. The symposium will present results related to classifying land for wine grapes and other quality crops.
Research related to edaphic and functional factors for yield and crop quality, viticultural and enological
performance of different soils, and precision management of vineyards, will be included.
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Commission 4.2 Soils, Food Security and Human Health
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Soil Care and Quality Soil Management
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Soil care has been defined as selecting and implementing systems of soil, land use, and management that will
maintain or improve the usefulness of soil and land for the widest possible range of purposes. This is not only
for agriculture but, equally, an entity of the total environment. This symposium will bring together soil
scientists and soil professionals to discuss the concept and practice of soil care with appropriate examples.
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Biologically Intensive Agriculture: an Approach to Combating Hunger for the Poor
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Symposium will consider potential for biologically intensive agriculture to meet the food and environmental needs
of the urban and rural poor in both developing and developed countries. It will include the role of biologically
intensive agriculture internationally. Selected case studies illustrating the utility of bio-intensive agriculture
in urban and rural settings and potential applications in other countries will be presented.
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Soil Quality as it Affects Nutrients in Food Crops and Human Health
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Symposium will address future challenges in soil fertility as it affects the quality of crops and human health.
The production aspect of crops has been researched extensively, but information on the quality of crops and their
effects on human health is wanting. In many regions of the world where optimum crop yields are being obtained,
deficiencies of required minerals may exist, resulting in crops lacking minerals essential to human or animal
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Commission 4.3 Soils and Land Use Change
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4.3A
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Land Use Modeling as a Tool to Combat Soil Degradation
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Symposium will bring together stakeholders concerned with land degradation and rehabilitation (soil scientists,
agronomists, foresters, land use planners, sociologists, geographers and economists) to evaluate whether land use
modeling approaches can be used to combat soil degradation. The ability of land use models to describe the present
state of land degradation at the sub-regional level and to understand the feedback mechanisms between the human
sphere and land degradation/rehabilitation will be discussed.
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The Amazon: Land Use Changes and the Environment
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Symposium will present case studies of how land use changes have positively and negatively impacted the
environment. Presentations will cover mitigating the negative effects and enhancing the positive ones.
Environmental issues to be addressed include gaseous losses of carbon and nitrogen, conversion of forests via clear
cutting and pastures to agricultural land, modeling under present conditions and future scenarios of land use and
climate change, erosion and sedimentation effects and biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
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4.3P
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Intensification of Agricultural Production Systems and the Environment
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Symposium will address environmental issues in intensified agricultural practices including relative and specific
impacts on agricultural, rural, and urban settings and watersheds; surface and ground water impacts; temporal and
spatial impacts of changes in soil physical, chemical and biological properties; role of confined animal feeding
operations on soil nutrient inputs; selection and targeting of appropriate best management practices to affect a
change in soil properties that mitigate negative environmental quality impacts; and the effects of intensifying
agricultural production by integrating animal and crop production on soil fertility.
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Commission 4.4 Soil Education and Public Awareness
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Case Histories of the Relationships Among Soils and Societies
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Symposium will consider close relationships among societies and their soils and why this linkage is commonly
overlooked or insufficiently expressed. A large collection of case examples (positive and negative) will
illustrate the dependency between human kind and soil. Symposium will present strong evidence from past and present
cultures of interactions among not only soil scientists or agronomists but also farmers, geographers,
historians, ecologists, archaeologists, civil engineers, politicians, economists, decision-makers, and development
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Soil Science and International Organizations
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Symposium will enhance interactions among IUSS members, other biogeoscientists, and administrators in international
organizations working with soil and water issues. Symposium will familiarize IUSS members and relevant
international organizations about the mandate, objectives, and procedures of the respective institutions. It will
seek areas of overlap for possible joint linkage and synergy to present new frontiers of needed research to IUSS
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Commission 4.5 History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science
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History of Soil Science in Developing Countries
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Most of the history of soil science is known from reports and descriptions of developments in Russia, America and
Europe, with little known from developing countries (e.g. Mexico, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia, Fiji), many of which were
formerly colonies. This symposium seeks to explore the history of soil science in these and other countries. Among
questions to be discussed, with respect to developing countries or specific regions, are: how soil survey was
initiated, how local soil experimentation developed, to what extent was local ethnopedological knowledge
incorporated? Experience of the past, both achievements and failures, will enrich our understanding of current
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The History of Soil Sciences: Past Accomplishments to Future Perspectives
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Understanding and appreciating the historical foundations of a particular field of soil science and welcoming the
new challenges of the future permit a bridging of generations to advance science. An enlightening series of papers
will present informative views on the development of essential fields of soil science. Examples of key
historical achievements that propelled a particular field of soil science through today's cutting edge research and
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Working Group AS Acid Sulfate Soils
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AS
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Acid Sulfate Soils: Technological Advances Enabling Better Management
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Techniques for the analysis of acid sulfate soils, our understanding of their behavior, and the risk that these
soils pose to the environment have proceeded rapidly of late. In addition many new techniques designed to manage
these soils and limit their off-site impacts have been developed in the past decade. These endeavors continue.
The focus of this symposium is on the innovative techniques that have been recently developed to allow us to manage
acid sulfate soil environments without degradation.
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Working Group CR Cryosols
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CR
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Soils of Northern, Southern Polar Region and Soils of High Elevations and Their Relationship to
Global Climate Change
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Crysols cover approximately 13% of the earth's land surface. Cryosols are of global concern since it is predicted
that Polar Regions will experience a significant increase in average temperature with climatic change scenarios.
Symposium will present state-of-knowledge in Polar Regions regarding soil formation, classification, chemistry,
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Working Group LD Land Degradation & Desertification
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LD
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Soil Degradation: Processes, Control, and Politics
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Soil degradation is a serious global issue in terms of sustainability of ecosystem productivity and economic and
social aspects, leading to a decline in soil quality and net primary productivity, pollution and eutrophication of
natural waters, and emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The symposium will focus on land use and
management options to restore degraded soils, improve water quality and sequester carbon to mitigate the greenhouse
effect. Speific topics discussed will include physical and chemical degradation through soil erosion, depletion of
soil organic matter and plant nutrients in relation to land use and management systems. Both ecological and human
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Working Group RB World Reference Base for Soil Resources
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RB
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Developments in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) |
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World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), the official global correlation scheme of the IUSS, went through substantial developments. The purpose of the symposium is to present the current status, principles and new developments of WRB. Papers on the experiences of applications and comparisons with others systems are also welcome.
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Working Group SCE Forest Soils
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Evaluating Management Impacts on Forest Soils
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Symposium will consider recent advances in the development and application of innovative technologies (e.g. stable
isotopes, bio-molecular, NMR, GIS, NIRS and ecosystem modeling) for assessing the management impacts on forest soil
processes and properties, particularly in relation to carbon and nutrient cycling in the context of global climate
change. Symposium will include successes and limitations of both conventional and advanced technologies in
evaluating the management impacts on forest soils.
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Working Group SU Urban Soils
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SU
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Soils in Urban Ecosystems: Characteristics and Functioning
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Symposium considers soils developed in urban environments which are characterized by nontraditional substrates
with unique properties (e.g., chemicals, soil compaction, dust release, elevated temperatures, vegetative cover,
hydrological function), occurrence, and distribution. Processes of soil formation will be both inhibited and
elevated due to urban maintenance and disturbance. Evaluating current soil conditions as a way to predict future
urban soils strongly justify the making of soil inventories, and quantification of soil characteristics and
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