Soil Science Societies

This is a list of Soil Science Societies in alphabetical order grouped by Continent. The list was compiled from various sources including European Confederation of Soil Sciences (ESCSS) , own research on the Web and European Soil Bureau Network Organisations (ESBN).
Closer communication with all the soil science societies will be established in order to inform them about the major updates in the European Soil Portal.



You may notice that there are some missing countries and if you would like to add your National Soil Science Society to this list, please send an E-mail to Panos
Panagos . There are cases (Example Italy) where they may be more than one Soil Science Societies (both included).


TOTAL: 59 Soil Science Societies

Europe, 30

  • Albania : Albanian Soil Science Society
  • Armenia
  • Austria : Osterreichische Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft - OBG
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium : Soil Science Society Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina : Soil Science Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria : N. Poushkarov Institute of Soil Science
  • Croatia : The Croatian Society of Soil Science
  • Cyprus : Department of Agriculture
  • Czech Republic : Czech Society of Soil Science
  • Denmark : Danish Soil Science Society
  • Estonia : Estonian Soil Science Society (EMTS)
  • Finland : Finnish Society of Soil Sciences
  • Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
  • France : Association Francaise pour l' Etude du Sol
  • Georgia
  • Germany : Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft
  • Greece : Elliniki Edafologiki Etaireia (Greek Soil Science Society)
  • Hungary : Hungarian Society of Soil Science
  • Iceland
  • Ireland : Soil Science Society of Ireland
  • Italy : Società Italiana della Scienza del Suolo (SISS)
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania : Lithuanian Society of Soil Science
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Moldavia
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands : Nederlandse Bodemkundigen
  • Norway
  • Poland : Polish Society of Soil Science (PSSS)
  • Portugal : Sociedade Portuguesa da Ciência do Solo
  • Romania : Romanian National Society of Soil Science (SNRSS)
  • Russian Federation : Russian Soil Society
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia : Societas pedologica slovaca
  • Slovenia : Pedološkega društva Slovenije
  • Spain : Sociedad Espanola de la Ciencia del Suelo
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland : BGS / SSP
  • Turkey : Turkiye Toprak Bilimi Dernegi
  • Ukraine : Ukrainian Society of Soil Scientists and Agrochemists (USSSA)
  • United Kingdom : British Society of Soil Science

America, 14

Asia, 10

  • China : ISSCAS
  • East and Southeast Asia : East and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science Societies
  • India : INDIAN SOCIETY OF SOIL SCIENCE
  • Iran : Iranian Soil Science Society
  • Japan : Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
  • Korea : Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Malaysia : Malaysian Society of Soil Science
  • Pakistan : Soil Science Society of Pakistan
  • Philippine : Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology
  • Sri Lanka : Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka

Africa, 3

  • Egypt : Egyptian Soil Science Society
  • Nigeria : Soil Science Society of Nigeria
  • South Africa : Soil Science Society of South Africa (SSSSA)

Oceania, 2