Human activities have led to the degrading of soils, expanded deserts, felled forests, driven out wildlife, and drained peatlands, they will say.
In the process, land has been turned from an asset that combats climate change into a major source of carbon.
John Wiley and Sons Inc.(NYSE: JW-A) (NYSE: JW-B) is delighted to announce a new publishing partnership with Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies (ACSESS). ACSESS has selected Wiley to publish its esteemed journals, magazines, and books program on behalf of its three member societies: American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).
You can now download the Proceedings from the 21st World Congress of Soil Science which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August 2018.
The latest update from the International Union of Soil Sciences (169, July 2019) is now available here
Professor Gideon Henderson has been appointed by Defra to be the department’s new Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA).
Professor Henderson, currently a Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford and until recently its head of department, will join Defra in October this year.
He will replace Sir Ian Boyd, who is leaving Defra after seven years in the post.
Commenting on his appointment, Professor Henderson said: