ISTRO info December 2022

Published: 27 January 2023 27 January 2023

January 5^th 2023 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the December 2022 issue, is available for download. In this issue:

- Young and Early Career Scientists group (YECS)
- News and update from ISTRO Working Groups
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books
- Orbituary

Young and Early Career Scientists group (YECS) - Recently, the IUSS Executive Committee accepted a new Working Group dedicated to the youth as part of its structure. The new Young and Early Career Scientists group (YECS) is a direct result of the 4th International Conference of Young Scientists – Soil in the Environment which was held on 2022 in Toruń, Poland. The YECS started its activities on September 2022. First, the group positions were approved as follows: Bartłomiej Glina from Poznań University of Life Sciences (Poland) and Axel Cerón González from National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico) as chair and vice-chair, respectively. Secondly, Marcin Sykuła from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) designed the YECS logo.

Jorge Ivelic Sáez promoted the group during the XIV Chilean Congress of Soil Science in Chile. Daniela Bobadilla Ballesteros organized on December 5th the International Young Scientists Symposium in Mexico.
Axel Cerón González spread the group basis on December 5th during the World Soil Day 2022 Celebration in Thailand. Axel also gave a speech about “Youth security” on December 15th during the United Nations’ World
Soil Day 2022 Celebration in the United States.

The YECS will continue working on reaching regions in the world where soil science is not that common. Join the YECS group! (more details in the ISTRO newsletter.)

ISTRO Info September 2022

Published: 05 December 2022 05 December 2022

September 27^th 2022 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the September 2022 issue, is available for download. In this issue:

- International Conference held in Brno, Czech Republic, September 2022
- News and update from ISTRO Group F
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books

The 2nd Central European ISTRO Conference (CESTRO) was organised as the second joint scientific Conference since the association of the national branches of the Czech Republic, Croatia, and Hungary was established. Simultaneously the event was the 8th International Conference of the Czech ISTRO branch.
The Conference took place in Brno in 2022 when the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel is commemorated. G. Mendel, the father of modern genetics, whose ideas about inheritance were far ahead of his time, is one of the most famous scientists who lived and worked in Brno.
The conference was attended by 86 participants from 14 countries. A rich scientific programme consisted of 28 lectures and 30 posters presented over two days. Poster presenters were given the opportunity to speak for 5 minutes about their posters. While this was challenging for some young presenters speaking outside their native language they all acquitted themselves well and their performances stimulated subsequent discussions. (image: Vladimír Smutný)

Output of the conference: Conference Report, Book of abstracts (both documents: courtesy of Czech ISTRO branch)

ISTRO info July 2022

Published: 27 July 2022 27 July 2022

July 8^st 2022 - The latest version of ISTRO info, the July 2022 issue, is available for download. In this issue:

- Report of the 2022 General Assembly
- New honorary members
- CESTRO and Czech ISTRO Branch
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- New Books

In the July 2022 issue of ISTRO info, Jan van den Akker (pictured top left), Doug Karlen (Pictured top right), Marta Birkas (pictured bottom left) and Hubert Boizard (pictured bottom right) have been nominated as Honorary Members of ISTRO. Their nominations were acclaimed for the General Assembly. All of them made a huge contribution to different topics related to soil conservation, soil quality, soil structure evaluation and in turn the sustanaible management of soils.

Jan van den Akker served ISTRO as Secretary General (2006 – 2009) and was also responsible for the edition of the Proceedings (Van den Akker et al., 1999, 2003) of subsoil compaction workshops.

Doug Karlen served also as Secretary General of ISTRO (2009 – 2015) and was responsible for several contributions related to soil quality. 

Marta Birkas (pictured in the bottom row, far right) was the Chair of the Hungarian ISTRO Branch (2002 – 2007) and her research area is focused on adaptable soil tillage, soil conservation and climate damage mitigation.

Hubert Boizard has been part of the ISTRO Board for several years and also helps to organise the 21st ISTRO conference in Paris.