Preface: Special issue on soil ecology and sustainability for celebrating the 70th anniversary of ISSCAS

<正>The Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISSAS) was founded in 1953. The institute aims to solve the problems of agricultural development, ecological conservation, and environmental protection and to promote the development of soil science.China’s arable land is facing dual pressure of construction occupation and ecological degradation. This is because the rapid urbanization and industrialization continue to occupy high-quality arable land and the quality of complemen...     

On the centennial anniversary of the birth of N.I. Bazilevich: Her contribution to the development of soil science

An analysis of the scientific heritage of N.I. Bazilevich is given, and her contribution to the development of soil science in Russia and in the world is appraised. The works of Bazilevich in the field of the genesis of soils concerned the essence of the processes of solodization, takyr formation, solonetzization, salinization, and sodification in the soils of Western Siberia. Many works of Bazilevich were devoted to the geography, cartography, and classification of salt-affected soils. She was an author and an editor of the map of the chemistry of the soil salinization in the Soviet Union. Her investigations into the fields of the biological productivity of ecosystems, biogeochemistry, the biological turnover of elements, and the evolution and dynamics of organic matter and its role in soil formation were of particular significance and brought her international fame. The scientific heritage of Bazilevich is highly acclaimed by modern science. Her students and followers continue to develop her ideas in their works.     

The 80th anniversary of Vasiliy Grigorievich Mineev

Jubilee

The 80th anniversary of Vasiliy Grigorievich Mineev     

On the 80th birthday of A.G. Bondarev

Jubilee

On the 80th birthday of A.G. Bondarev