Viewpoints
On this page Prof. Rattan Lal, Past President of the International Union of Soil Sciences, regularly provides viewpoints on soil issues.
Viewpoints from 2017 and 2018 recorded by Prof. Rattan Lal can be watched at the IUSS YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3cdAuO5QrPx0EtDPahQcg
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2020
- Quarterly Viewpoint “Seizing the Moment” by Rattan Lal, Past President, International Union of Soil Sciences (490 kB)
- Quarterly Viewpoint “Tenets of Regenerative Agriculture in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Rattan Lal, Past President, International Union of Soil Sciences (291 kB)
- Quarterly Viewpoint “COVID-19: The World is One Family” by Rattan Lal, Past President, International Union of Soil Sciences (396 kB)
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2018
- Viewpoint "Subject: Making Soils of Agro-ecosystems Emission Negative" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (165 kB)
- Viewpoint "Subject: Soil Pollution " by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (166 kB)
- Viewpoint "Subject: The Soil-Centric Agricultural Reformation " by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (154 kB)
- Viewpoint "Subject: Global Food and Nutritional Security" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (261 kB)
- Viewpoint "Subject: Drought and Ancient Civilizations" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (185 kB)
- Special Viewpoint "Beyond Food and Fuel: The Power of Soil to Address Global Issues" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (545 kB)
- Viewpoint "Did the Stone Age End Because the World Ran Out of Stones?" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (193 kB)
- Viewpoint "Drylands" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (194 kB)
- Viewpoint "The Urbanization Challenge" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (202 kB)
- Viewpoint "Soil Degradation: The Case of Human Parasitism" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (197 kB)
- Viewpoint "The Glamour of Soil Science " by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (186 kB)
- Viewpoint "We are a soil" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (202 kB)
- Viewpoint "Soil: The Hidden Treasure of Nature" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (2 MB)
- Viewpoint "Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (2 MB)
Special Viewpoint December 2018 Farewell and Goodbye
Viewpoint December 2018
Viewpoint November 2018
Viewpoint October 2018
Viewpoint September 2018
Special Viewpoint 21stWCSS 2018
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2017
- Viewpoint "Medical Pedology: An Emerging Discipline in Soil Science" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (2 MB)
- Viewpoint "The Solutions Under Foot" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (2 MB)
- Viewpoint "In Soil We Trust" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (779 kB)
- Viewpoint on "The ecological costs of soil management practices" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (603 kB)
- Viewpoint on "The Anthropcentrism and Soil Health" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (600 kB)
- Viewpoint on "Soil and Peace" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (596 kB)
- Viewpoint "Soil: The Global Icon" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (950 kB)
- Viewpoint “Sustainable Intensification: Producing More From Less” by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (617 kB)
- Viewpoint "Building Soil Bridges Across Nations: Soil Science Without Borders" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (576 kB)
- Viewpoint "Soils and Global Issues 2" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (581 kB)
- Viewpoint "Soils and Global Issues 1" by Rattan Lal President, International Union of Soil Sciences (580 kB)