German Soil Science Society
| German Soil Science Society (DBG) |
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| purpose | Society for Soil Science |
| Chair: | Karl-Heinz Feger |
| Establishment date: | 1926 |
| Number of members: | approx. 2000 |
| Seat : | Goettingen |
| Website: | www.dbges.de |
The German Soil Science Society e. V. ( DBG ) is a recognized non-profit association of scientific soil scientists and other people interested in soil science .
Structure and tasks
It was founded in Berlin in 1926 as a section of the International Soil Science Society . After the Second World War, it was re-established in Wiesbaden in 1949 . Today it has about 2000 members. It has been based in Göttingen since 2012 . The annual meetings of the DBG are the most important platform for the exchange of pedological knowledge in the German-speaking area and take place every two years.
Board members for 2020 and 2021 are:
- the President Karl-Heinz Feger
- the Vice Presidents Wulf Amelung, Ellen Kandeler and Daniela Sauer
- the managing director Christian Ahl.
The Extended Board also includes former President Georg Guggenberger , Jens Utermann as representative of the Federal Soil Association and the chairmen of the commissions.
The company has the following commissions:
- Soil Physics and Soil Hydrology
- Soil chemistry
- Soil Biology and Soil Ecology
- Soil fertility and plant nutrition
- Soil genetics, soil systematics, soil information
- Soil protection and soil technology
- Soil mineralogy
- Soil in education and society
Honorary members are: Hans-Peter Blume , Hans-Joachim Fiedler, Hannes Flühler, Monika Frielinghaus, Tamas Harrach, Rainer Horn, Peter Hugenroth, Immo Lieberoth , Othmar Nestroy , Günter Roeschmann , Karl Stahr , Hans Sticher, Wolfgang Zech .
The company's own journal is called the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (previously: Journal for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ) together with the German Society for Plant Nutrition . There are also notifications from the German Soil Science Society , in which the excursion guides and conference volumes for the annual conferences appear. The green leaves were also to produce short-term releases on Meetings and developments in soil science institutions. The DBG reports are also available as online publications .
The association awards the Emil Ramann Medal as well as the Fritz Scheffer Prize and the Ulrich Babel Prize as awards .
The DBG belongs to the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS).
Cooperation exists among others with:
literature
- Hans-Peter Blume : 1926-2001. 75 years of Soil Science Society. (= Communications of the German Soil Science Society. Volume 97). 2001, DNB 965001164 .