5^th International Symposium on Gully Erosion

“Human impact on gully erosion

Date: April 20-25, 2010

Venue: Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland

Summary: Formation and development of gullies is one of the most important geomorphological processes influencing the landscapes of agricultural areas all over the world. Human impact plays major role in gully erosion. This phenomenon causes several important on-site and off-site consequences at the same time.

Good recognition of factors influencing the intensity gully erosion constitutes not only a scientific problem but also an applicative one - in many regions it could be treated as a basis for sustainable development of agricultural areas. That is why the number of the scientific meetings related to the problem increases.

The first symposium on gully erosion was held in Leuven (Belgium) in 2000, there were also meetings in Chengdu, China (2002), Oxford, USA (2004) and in Pamplona, Spain (2007). The present symposium, planned for April 2010 in Lublin (Poland), will focus on human and gully erosion interactions.

Themes:

Historical gully erosion all over the world

Present day intensity of gully erosion processes

Human impact on gully erosion (role of land use)

Prevention and restoration of gullies

URL: http://gullyerosion.org

Contacts:

Wojciech Zglobicki

Institute of Earth Sciences UMCS

20-718 Lublin, Poland

phone: +48 81 537 55 10 ext. 159

e-mail: zglobek@hektor.umcs.lublin.pl