There will be a new future for challenging soil resources use and management issues, to develop new knowledge, share experiences, and distribute knowledge and skills for the benefit of the whole world, based on completely communication, WASWAC and IUSS decided to sign the memorandum.

Both parties agree to use their best effort to promote the formal cooperation by obtaining the necessary support for envisaged activities, including organizing technical symposiums/workshops/seminars/meetings, holding training courses, defining and implementing research/studies/applied projects, dispatching experts and managers for exchanging, developing electronic communications, preparing technical and scientific reports, promoting and supporting the development of the educational projects, and so on.

It is very important that WASWAC and IUSS stand together and mutually reinforcing each other. This will be very helpful and useful for the development of both associations, for the proposing of effective solutions, and for the raising of public awareness on soil protection. There must be a very bright future for the cooperation.

Brief Introduction on IUSS:

The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) is the global union of soil scientists. The objectives of the IUSS are to promote all branches of soil science, and to support all soil scientists across the world in the pursuit of their activities.