DESCRIPTION

The Official International WRB Excursion - 2019 will be hosted in Mongolia. We plan to see soils of the following Reference Soil Groups: Cryosol, Solonetz, Solonchak, Andosol, Stagnosol, Phaeozem, Gypsisol, Calcisol, Luvisol, Cambisol, Arenosol, Fluvisol. The purpose of the excursion is to test whether the current edition of the WRB is adequate to classify these soils. Please be aware that this excursion has the character of an expedition.

The number of participants is restricted to 30. If there are more than 30 applicants, the selection will be done by the Head of WRB working group according to the following criteria:

Group 1: IUSS officers related to WRB.

Group 2: PhD and Master students: 6 places, i.e. 20% of the participants.

Group 3: People who made a significant and major contribution to WRB 2015 or its translations.

Group 4: Active members of the academic staff of a university or of a governmental scientific organization of the member states of the Central Asian Soil Science Society: 1 place per country.

Group 5: All other active members of the academic staff of a university or of a governmental scientific organization.

Group 6: All others.

For application, please write an email to Prof.Peter Schad, Chair of IUSS Working Group WRB (schad@wzw.tum.de).

THE ROUTE OF FIELD TRIP:

OTHER INFORMATION:

The price is: 1500 Euros in shared rooms, 1600 Euros with single rooms for 5 nights. The price includes 13 nights from July 28 in the evening till August 10 in the morning. 7 nights will be in hotels, 4 in touristic camps and 2 in tents (sleeping bag and camping mat required). For 5 hotel nights, single rooms are available. The price further includes all meals, transport in jeeps, drinks during the day and the printed excursion guide.

The deadlines are:

October 31: Apply to participate at the excursion.

November 15: The applicants will be informed, who is on the list and who is on the waiting list.

January 31: Pay a deposit of 500 euros via bank transfer. The bank transfer costs must be covered by the applicant. Only after the payment of the deposit, your place is guaranteed. The account details will be given later.

The rest must be paid in cash (euros) upon arrival.

Please accept that these deadlines apply to everybody. There are no exceptions. Application after October 31 will put you automatically on the waiting list.

Cancellation policy:

If you cancel your registration not later than April 30, the deposit will be paid back, minus the costs for the bank transfer. If you cancel your registration later, the deposit will only be paid back if someone from the waiting list takes your place.

Citizens of some countries need a visa. The visa costs have to be covered by the participant. If you need a formal invitation, please contact Undrakh-Od Baatar.

COORDINATING TEAM

Undrakh-Od Baatar

Central Asian Soil Science Society

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Soil Monitoring Professorship Team

Mongolian University of Life Sciences

Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA

undrakhod.baatar@gmail.com