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07/05/2018 @ 08:00 - 17:00

The International Soil Union (IUSS) published in bulletin 154 (April 2018) the results of the competition for the logo of the soil decade (2015/2025), an initiative to increase awareness of the main roles played by soils. The winners were Brazilians Alessandro Samuel Rosa and Monique Lima de Oliveira. The competition was launched by IUSS last year and registered 22 competing proposals. The idea was to look for a graphic symbol capable of representing the soil's main ecosystem services. The selection committee was formed by members of the IUSS Executive Committee. The winners received a prize of US$2,500 from the IUSS Stimulus fund. Alessandro Samuel-Rosa is an agronomist, partner at SBCS, researcher in the field of pedometry and professor at the Federal Technological University in Santa Helena, Paraná. Monique Lima de Oliveira is a journalist and researcher in the field of sociology at Unicamp. According to the authors, the trajectory of human formation and development was the inspiration for creating the logo. “The child is the origin and the destination. We imagine an image that is as simple as a child’s drawing, yet conceptually complex enough to symbolize the multiple functions and services provided by soil.” Still for them, the complexity of the theme is symbolized by the exploration of different shapes and colors. The circular outer shape of the soil icon symbolizes the Earth. Samuel and Monique are married and were also the authors of the logo that represents SBCS' 70th anniversary.