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| Titel |
The Spanish Society of Soil Science: Main projects and activities developed during the last years |
| VerfasserIn |
Jaume Porta, Jorge Mataix-Solera, Irene Ortiz-Bernad, Carmen D. Arbelo, Montserrat Díaz-Raviña, David Badía, Josep M. Alcañiz, Fernando Santos, M. Carmen Hermosin, M. Teresa Barral |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2017
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| Medientyp |
Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 19 (2017) |
| Datensatznummer |
250148028
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2017-12253.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The Spanish Society of Soil Science (in Spanish: Sociedad Española de la Ciencia del Suelo,
SECS) was founded in 1947 by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) to promote
cohesion and collaboration between soil science professionals, and with an innovative spirit
and a willingness to serve the society. The objectives are: to promote the study, knowledge,
research and protection of the soil; to spread, from a scientific point of view, the role played
by the soil in favour of society, through ecosystem services such as the production of food
and raw materials; The SECS also focus on the protection of other habitats and
the conservation of our archaeological heritage; and to preserve knowledge of the
soil, its management and use, both from the production and environmental point of
view, leading to the optimization of its capabilities. The activities and services of
the SECS are accessible on the web site www.secs.com.es, which is continually
updated.
In this contribution, we will show some examples of recent projects and activities
developed by the SECS such as: the edition of the Spanish Journal of Soil Science (SJSS)
since 2011; books like the white book on “Tratamiento del suelo en los libros de texto de
ESO y Bachillerato en España” available in http://www.secs.com.es/archivo/libro-suelo.pdf,
in which the term “Soil” is analysed in many secondary school books (152) in the Spanish
education system; conferences, courses, exhibitions, expositions, calendars, the comic “Vivir
en el suelo” in diferent languages, and diverse material to promote and disseminate the
importance of the soil to the society; and last but not least, the Multingual Soil Science
Dictionary (Spanish, Catalan, Gallician and Potuguese with translations in English and
French (in process)) available online: http://cit.iec.cat/GLOSECS/inici.html. The promotion
of student teams for soil science contests, the SECS Award to attend the Simposio
Latinoamericano de Enseñanza y Educación en Ciencia del Suelo (SLCS, Quito, 2016) and
other activities, such as incentives for young students, are also some of the strategies to
promote the soil, together with an annual award to the best PhD thesis supervised by SECS
members. These and other examples will be shown during the session with the
main aim of exchanging ideas among soil societies to promote the soil. Access in
www.secs.com.es.
Acknowledgements: to the members of the Spanish Society of Soil Science. |
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