Call for abstracts for the 10th International Meeting on Soils with Mediterranean Type of Climate
This conference will take place in Beirut, Lebanon in 22-26 June 2009. It is organised by the National Council for Scientific Research (Lebanon).
Themes:
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Case studies that could contribute to conference sessions
- • Soil classification and mapping
- • Impact of climate change on soil behaviour and productivity
- • Soil resilience to drought and desertification
- • Land degradation
- • Land quality in the framework of soil contamination and decontamination
- • Secondary soil salinity and soil salinity management
- • Effective irrigation and fertilization of Mediterranean soils within the context of integrated production
- • Soil as component of organic farming in the Mediterranean context
- • Organic amendment to enhance carbon sequestration using composted materials and domestic solid and liquid wastes
- • Natural and man made hazards associated to soil hydrological, physical and physicochemical properties : Mass movement, soil erosion and sedimentation
- • Soil forest ecosystems and forest fires
- • Use of Remote Sensing and GIS for the studies of soil characteristics, soil erosion and mass movement
- • Management of soil information
Contact information |
Scientific Committee: Prof. Mouin Hamzé (CNRS Lebanon): Chairman, Secretary General, National Council for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 11/8281, Riad El Solh, 1107 2260 Beirut, Lebanon / Organizing Committee: Dr Talal Darwish (CNRS Lebanon): Chairman, CNRS, Director, Center for Remote Sensing, P.O. Box 11/8281, Riad El Solh, 1107 2260 Beirut, Lebanon
(email: tdarwich@cnrs.edu.lb) Phone: +961 1 840260; Fax: +961 1 822639 / Tel: +961 4 409 845/6 ; Fax: +961 4 409 847 |
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News type | CallForPaper |
File link |
http://www.sciencedev.net/Docs/lebanon%20conference.PDF |
Source of information | Sécheresse.info |
Keyword(s) | remote sensing, GIS, drought, desertification, irrigation, erosion, sedimentation, mapping, land degradation, fertilization |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/events/10th-international-meeting-soils-mediterranean |
Geographical coverage | Lebanon |
News date | 15/01/2009 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH , FRENCH |
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