From 2013-05-13 to 2013-05-18

Venue: Bangkok, Thailand

Summary:
The main theme of the conference includes following subthemes:
- Situation and evolution of land degradation
- Control measures to prevent and mitigate land degradation (mechanical, biological, agronomical, management) and to restore degraded land
- Evaluation of impact of land degradation on food production and the environment
- Effects of global climate change on land degradation and food security
- Law and policy to prevent and mitigate land degradation
- Water resource management

Invitation:
You are cordially invited to participate in the International Conference on “The Threats to Land and Water Resources in the 21st Century: Prevention, Mitigation and Restoration” and the Second Councilor Meeting of WASWAC (LANDCON1305) to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from May 13-18, 2013.

Land is foundation of human survival and development, but the degradation of land is intensifying in many parts of the world because of many reasons, including the improper land use and global climate change. Land degradation could induce the deterioration of the ecological functions and productivity of land. Land degradation has been threatening the socioeconomic and cultural development at regional and global scales. Fortunately, the increasing attention has been paid in combating land degradation all over the world that there have been a number of projects being operated by many agencies in various regions to cope with such problems. It is therefore timely to organize the next WASWAC World Conference (WASWAC WC) in May 2013, which will coincide with the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Land Development Department of Thailand, our main host. We look forward to welcoming you in Thailand.

Organizers:
• Land Development Department (LDD), Bangkok, Thailand
• Soil and Water Conservation Society of Thailand (SWCST)
• Soil and Fertilizer Society of Thailand (SFST)
• International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES)
• Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISWC-CAS), Shaanxi, China
• Guangdong Institute of Eco-Environmental and Soil Sciences (GIEESS), Guangzhou, China
• World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC)

E-mail: waswac2@ldd.mail.go.th
URL: http://www.ldd.go.th/web_waswac2/