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Event The 10th International Meeting on Soils with Mediterranean Type of Climate

Case studies that could contribute to conference sessions

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    • • 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
15 February 2009: Deadline of abstract submission and registration

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
Event type Conference
File link http://www.sciencedev.net/Docs/lebanon%20conference.PDF
Source Sécheresse.info
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.cnrs.edu.lb
Geographical coverage Lebanon
Address Beirut, Lebanon
Organizer National Council for Scientific Research. Conseil National de la Recherche Scientifique Lebanon
Target audience International
Period [22/06/2009 - 26/06/2009]
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ENGLISH , FRENCH
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