The ESSC Awards
Starting with the second international congress (1996), the Council of the ESSC has agreed that every four years, the Society make awards to those who have made significant contributions to the promotion of soil conservation in Europe. The awards are:
The Gerold Richter Award: for outstanding contributions to soil conservation and protection within Europe. This is awarded to a person who has, over the period of his or her career, made significant and internationally recognized contributions to the investigation and/or promotion of soil conservation in Europe. The contributions may be in research, practice, policy-making or any other activity deemed appropriate. The recipient should be a member of the ESSC even if this is not mandatory.
Recipients
Silsoe 1996 Giancarlo Chisci (Italy)
Valencia 2000 Roy Morgan (UK)
Budapest 2004 Ádám Kertész (Hungary) & Anton Imeson (UK)
Palermo 2007 N. Yassouglou (Greece)
Thessaloniki 2011 Josè Luis Rubio (Spain)
Moscow 2015 Michael Fullen (UK) & Ildefonso Pla Sentis (Spain)
Tirana 2019 Edoardo A. C. Costantini (Italy)
The ESSC Young Person’s Award for the understanding and promotion of soil conservation in Europe. This is awarded to a member of the Society, aged 40 years or under, who over the previous four years has made an important contribution to soil conservation in Europe through research, practice, policy-making or any other activity deemed appropriate.
Recipients
Silsoe 1996 Dr Jürgen Schmidt (Germany)
Valencia 2000 Dr Stefan Doerr (UK)
Budapest 2004 no-one
Palermo 2007 no-one
Thessaloniki 2011 no-one
Moscow 2015 Dr Maria Fantappiè (Italy)
Tirana 2019 Dr Alexey Dymov (Russia)