The British Society of Soil Science (BSSS) Past Events
Soil is a dynamic and complex material that occurs in nature, on a landscape, within a climate, affected by its physical, biological, social and social/economic setting in which many physical, chemical and biological processes interact. Soil quality is about ‘fitness for use or purpose’ and the concept has developed alongside increased recognition of the importance of the soil in delivering many of the unseen environmental goods and services on which society, in part, depends. The term soil health is preferred by some as it explicitly recognises that soil is a vital living system, which contains biological elements that are key to ecosystem function within land-use boundaries.
The 4th Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing (GWPSS2015) organised by the Zhejiang University will be held in Hangzhou, China between 12th and 15th May 2015. The theme of the 2015 workshop is "Sensing soil condition and functions". This theme has been chosen as it reflests new explorations and applications of proximal soil sensing (PSS). The workshop will provide a forum for researchers, professionals and engineers from all over the world to present their latest research and development results, and to exchange and share information and experiences in the fields of PSS, such as in situ measurement of soil properties, proximal sensing of soil carbon and biota, sensore data processing and fusion, sensor-based digital soil-mapping, combing proximal and remote sennsing, development of multi-sensor platforms, advances in soil electro-magnetic technologies and new application of PSSS.
This training course offers you a unique opportunity to refresh your skills or learn how to conduct and present an agricultural land classification survey. It is the only course available and has been designed and will be taught by agricultural land classification (ALC) experts from Natural England and the Welsh Government. ALC has a formal role in the planning system in England and Wales and is designed to prevent the loss of our best and most versatile land in line with the principles of sustainable development. We have launched this course in response to criticism of the standard of many ALC reports currently being submitted with applications for land development.
The 2017 IFA & IFDC Phosphate Fertilizer Training is coming and we would like to invite everyone who needs to learn about the basics of this fascinating product to one of the most exciting places in the world: Marrakech, Morocco.
Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) has a formal role in the planning system in England and Wales and is designed to prevent the loss of our best and most versatile land in line with the principles of sustainable development.