BRAZILIAN MEETING OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND CORRELATION
RCC is a technical-scientific event promoted by SBCS with the support of several institutions and linked to the Brazilian Soil Classification System (SiBCS). Usually, the event is held with the participation of professionals working in research institutions, higher education and technical services in the area of Soil Science or related, especially those linked to the specialized commissions of Genesis and Morphology, Survey and Classification and Pedometry.
The main objective of the event is the validation and improvement of the SiBCS through in situ correlations between occurrences in the Brazilian territory of soil classes and their geoenvironmental characteristics, their vulnerabilities and potentialities for agricultural use. In this sense, the RCC is distinguished from other soil science events by being conducted along a field trip itinerary, established according to environmental characteristics considered of interest for that objective. The name of these meetings varied over time, but was firmly established in the most recent editions as RCC – Brazilian Meeting of Classification and Soil Correlation. Similarly, the identification of directors / organizers / promoters varied over time, and The SBCS assumed the official character of Promoter since the 10th edition, in 2012, in the Pantanal.
Since the first RCC in 1978, this event has been a mechanism that induces large and important advances in the classification system, embodied in adjustments and improvement of criteria, definition and testing of concepts and procedures, including with regard to laboratory methodologies. In addition, it is a unique opportunity to bring together specialists, professors, researchers and students working in the area of Pedology and Soil Science, promoting greater interaction and expanding interpersonal and institutional communication. It also allows professionals working in other regions to have direct contact with environments different from their reality, contributing to learning in the assessment of vulnerabilities and potentialities for agricultural use, and expanding knowledge about soil management and conservation.
The XIV Meeting of the Brazilian Meeting of Soil Classification and Correlation (RCC) will be held in 2022
Promoted by the Brazilian Soil Science Society (SBCS) and the Midwest Regional Nucleus (NRCO), the XIV RCC will be held in the states of Goi谩s and Tocantins. The organization and coordination of the event are from the Federal University of Goi谩s (UFG) and Embrapa Fisheries and Aquaculture (TO), in partnership with Embrapa Solos (RJ).
In addition to these institutions, the event counts on the collaboration of the following partners: Instituto Federal Goiano (IF Goiano), Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade Federal de Vi莽osa (UFV), Embrapa Milho e Sorgo (CNPMS), Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais (IFMG) and Geological Service of Brazil (CPRM).
The observation sites were selected because they presented soils whose current classification deserves further discussion regarding the current criteria, both from the taxonomic point of view and from their agricultural aptitude.
The RCC is expected to be held between October 8 and 15, 2022, a date yet to be confirmed.
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Check out, below, a brief summary of the latest RCCs promoted by SBCS
IX BRAZILIAN MEETING OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND CORRELATION
Date: September 12-17, 2010
Local: Acre State
Accomplishment: Embrapa Acre / Embrapa Solo
Highlights: With 71 participants, this CCR traveled unusual routes along the stretches under construction of the BR-364 to near the border with Peru in the Juru谩 River valley, with the observation and discussion of 13 soil profiles.
X BRAZILIAN MEETING OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND CORRELATION
Date: November, 3-11, 2012
Local: Stretches of pantanal and cerrado biomes in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul
Accomplishment: Embrapa and UFRPe
Highlights: There were 63 pedology professionals, who traveled through difficult stretches of the Pantanal and part of the Cerrado studying and discussing about 18 soil profiles.
XI BRAZILIAN MEETING OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND CORRELATION
Date: March, 14-20, 2015
Local: Roraima State
Accomplishment: UFRR, Embrapa, IBGE, UFV
Highlights: This CCR had the participation of 85 pedology professionals and traveled about 1500 km in several soil units with studies and discussions of 16 profiles.
More details on ccr history in the e-book: SBCS: a look at its history
RCC 2017/2018
Between September 9 and 16, 2017, the SBCS held the XII Soil Classification and Correlation Meeting (RCC). The event was organized by the Northwest Regional Nucleus of SBCS and organized by Embrapa Rond么nia, Embrapa Solos, Federal University of Rond么nia, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the Geological Service of Brazil, with support from the Rondonia Federal Institute of Education (IFRO). The general coordination was by the researcher Paulo Guilherme Wadt (Embrapa Rond么nia) with the support of Jos茅 Francisco Lumbreras (Embrapa Solos), L煤cia Helena Cunha dos Anjos (UFRRJ) and Francisco de Assis Correa Silva (Embrapa Rond么nia).
The XII RCC was divided into two excursions to allow a greater number of participants and give the opportunity for interested parties from various institutions to learn more about the reality of the agricultural production environment and the soils of Rond么nia.
The first trip had a total of 84 participants. Of these, 74 are partners of SBCS. Among the participants, 78 enrolled as professionals and six as students.
In the first tour, we visited a soil profile in the municipality of Canutama, in the State of Amazonas, and 13 profiles in Rond么nia, distributed among the municipalities of Porto Velho, Ariquemes, Machadinho do Oeste, Ouro Preto do Oeste, Rolim de Moura, Alta Floresta do Oeste, Pimenta Bueno, Colorado do Oeste, Pimenteiras do Oeste and Vilhena.
According to the coordinators, the participants of the RCC had the opportunity to know new environments and evaluate poorly studied soils in the Amazon as a profile with high organic matter content, but without the expression of exchangeable loads (null CEC), a kaolinitic Latosol with auric character and another in which the sorbrico character was discussed; besides a profile with an anthropic horizon (Terra Preta de 脥ndio) still little studied in the state of Rond么nia.
The organizers gave the participants a Field Guide with information on the characterization of the soils to be visited, in addition to the history, geodiversity and forest cover of Rond么nia. Additional chapters were also made available on the research carried out with these soils (Related research), to support the discussion during the event.
The second tour took place between August 1 and 8, 2018, opening the World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS).
XIII RCC: Maranh茫o, 2019
SBCS thanks and congratulates all the participants and professors Marlen Barros e Silva (UEMA), Marcelino Silva Farias Filho (UFMA), and Jos茅 Francisco Lumbreras (Embrapa Solos) for the success of XIII RCC-Maranh茫o. The event was held from October 19 to 26, under the coordination of the State University of Maranh茫o (UEMA) and vice coordination of the Federal University of Maranh茫o (UFMA) in partnership with Embrapa, the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC) and the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), in addition to the collaboration of several educational and research institutions in the country. Photo: S茅rgio Shimizu
