International conference «Soil as interlink for functioning of natural and anthropogenically transformed ecosystems» devoted to the 90th anniversary of the department of pedology and land resources estimation, Irkutsk State University and year of Baikal

• Main Authors: Нечаева, Таисия Владимировна, Соколова, Наталья Александровна, Киселева, Наталья Дмитриевна
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: ФГБУН Институт почвоведения и агрохимии СО РАН 2021
• Subjects: педогенез; почвенный покров; ландшафты; эрозия; засоление; почвенные свойства; палеопочвы; мерзлота; агроценоз; залежь; рекультивация; мониторинг; макро- и микроэлементы; гумусовые вещества; лигнин; музей почвоведения; pedogenesis; soil cover; landscapes; erosion; salinization; soil properties; рalaeosols; permafrost; agrocenosis; fallow lands; recultivation; monitoring; macro- and microelements; humus substances; lignin; museum of soil science
• Online Access: https://soils-journal.ru/index.php/POS/article/view/155

From August 23 to August 29, 2021, Irkutsk hosted the Vth International Scientific and Practical Conference "Soil as interlink for functioning of natural and anthropogenically transformed ecosystems" (hereinafter – the conference) dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Department of Soil Science and Land Resources Assessment of the Irkutsk State University (ISU) and the Year of Baikal. The total number of participants of the conference was 130 from 27 regions of Russia and 6 other countries (the Republic of Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Lebanon and Lithuania). The article presents a brief review of plenary and sectional reports on the following research topics: 1) theoretical soil science: genesis, evolution, classification problems; 2). multidisciplinary approaches of soil science related to the use of soil science methods in other research areas and scientific and industrial areas; 3) Soil resources and land assessment (fertility, degradation, land reclamation, qualitative and economic assessment, ecology and land protection). A total of 43 presentations were given at the conference: 8 plenary and 35 sectional. The interested reader will find a detailed description of the reports presented in this review, as well as other and other conference materials in the collection "Soil as interlink for functioning of natural and anthropogenically transformed ecosystems" (2021). A brief description of two excursions is given: (1) one excursion to the beautiful scenery at the shore of the Lake Baikal, held on August 23, 2021; (2) and another excursion at the Bratsk Reservoir on August 26-29, 2021. The purpose of the excursions wass to get acquainted with the nature and historical and cultural heritage of the Irkutsk region, Lake Baikal, as well as with soils, soil-forming rocks and natural features of the Southern Angara region. During the excursion tour, landscapes, rock outcrops and soil sections were presented: soils on a bumpy-depression relief; Paleolithic site of ancient man "Malta" with sections near the ...