Finnish Society of Soil Sciences 

Mission statement 

Promote the soil sciences and their application in Finland. Act as a forum for creation of better links between soil scientists, interested end users and the public. Promote distribution and appreciation of general and Finnish research findings in soil science. 

The society is affiliated to the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS) and International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). 

History

The Finnish Society of Soil Sciences (FSSS) was established 1971 in Finland. From early on, the FSSS has participated actively in international networks, currently being affiliated to IUSS and ECSSS and involved in a national SoilHub of European Joint Programme project. The FSSS promotes global and national research in soil sciences, by organizing scientific and public seminars, field excursions and free-form meetings. International activities include support for travels to the ECSSS and IUSS meetings.  

During the past 50 years, the membership of the society has settled to 100 -200 members, which makes a considerable deal of the soil scientists of Finland. In addition to traditional soil sciences as soil physics and chemistry, the scientific community appreciate that FSSS brings together scientists from geology and biological sciences as plant ecology, microbiology and molecular biology. Furthermore, expertise of the members cover all the soil systems of the country from forests, peatlands and agricultural soil to arctic and acid sulphate soils.  

The prominent activity of the FSSS encompasses organization of the Soil Science Days, a two-day scientific seminar is organized every second year.  In addition to soil scientist, the seminar is gathering soil experts with industry, NGO´s, policy makers and students.