2015 International Year of Soils Launch in Latin America and the Caribbean

The 68th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils (IYS). A regional launch of the IYS in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place during the XX Latin American Congress of Soil Science, which will be held from 9-15 November 2014, in Cusco, Peru. The IYS will be formally launched on 5 December 2014, during the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, US.

dates: 9-15 November 2014 location: Cusco, Peru

contact: Organizing Committee, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

phone: +51-61-47-800 (annex 219)

e-mail: clacs2014@xxcongresolatinoamericanodesuelosperu.org

www: http://www.xxcongresolatinoamericanodesuelosperu.org/index_e.php

read more: http://land-l.iisd.org/events/2015-international-year-of-soils-launch-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/

Date: 
Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 08:00
Work regions: 
Location Country: 
Peru