The International Union of Soil Science (IUSS), which SBCS is affiliated, defined the theme “Healthy Soils for Humanity” for the celebrations of the soil science decade for sustainable development | 2025–2034. The goal is to promote the importance of healthy soils for food security, climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and the well-being of humanity. By […]

SBCS Secretary General Reinaldo Cantarutti represented the Brazilian Soil Science Society at the event that celebrated the 50th anniversary of Embrapa Solos last week, May 28, in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, along with its historic headquarters. The ceremony made a historical rescue of the Legacy in Soil Science left by the Research Center […]

Embrapa Soja researcher and former president of the Brazilian Soil Science Society (SBCS), Mariângela Hungary, will be the new representative of the Latin America and Caribbean macroregion (LAC) in the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPs). The panel, created in 2013 by the United Nations (UN), brings together 27 soil experts from around the world […]

Embrapa Soja researcher and former president of the Brazilian Soil Science Society (SBCS), Mariângela Hungary, will be the new representative of the Latin America and Caribbean macroregion (LAC) in the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPs). The panel, created in 2013 by the United Nations (UN), brings together 27 soil experts from around the world […]

Registration is open until June 30, the registration for nominations of candidates for the honorary partner of the Brazilian Soil Science Society – 2025 ”, which will be granted during the XXXIX Brazilian Congress of Soil Science, in September, in Maranhão.The tribute is granted to those who have contributed remarkably to the development of soil […]

Until July 3, registrations for the award of the Brazilian Society ofSoil Science (SBCS) for theses and dissertations – Victor Hugo Alvarez AwardThis award is granted biennially by SBCS during the Brazilian Congress ofSoil Science (CBCs) in two categories: dissertation and thesis. Within each category will bethe work in each of the scientific divisions of […]

Great news for soil science! The Brazilian Journal of Soil Science (RBCS) has just achieved the largest impact factor in its history: 2.0! RBCS has been edited by the Brazilian Soil Society for 48 years and a reference for tropical agriculture. The impact factor is an indicator that measures the relevance of a scientific journal […]

President Maria Eugênia Escobar represented SBCS at the opening of the Latin American Symposium and Carbon Carbon Caribbean from June 25-27 at the Tomorrow Museum in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). About 400 people participated in the event with the objective of debating soil health, emphasizing that carbon rich soils favor food production, improve the ability […]

With the total change of the SBCS website last year, it was possible to meet an old demand from the partners: to associate at any time of the year, valid for 12 months from the date of the association. And even divide the annuity value on the credit card.This year of 2025 we will have […]

Brazilian soil science has lost, on January 19, Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso, senior researcher and teacher in Soil Microbiology at the Department of Soil Science of the Luiz de Queiroz Higher School of Agriculture at the University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP) and a great encouragement from the Brazilian Soil Science Society (SBCS), of which […]