The 3rd Third World Conference of World Association of Soil & Water Conservation - 2016
The third World Conference of WASWAC will be held in August 22-26, 2016 in Belgrade, Serbia with the theme of New Challenges and Strategies of Soil and Water Conservation in the Changing World Sustainable Management of Soil and Water Resources.
- Event Type:
- Conference/Seminar
- Date:
- Aug. 22-26, 2016
- Venue:
- Hotel Ĺ umadija
- Location:
- Belgrade , Serbia
Background
Perceived wisdom in the approach to evaluation, use and management of land resources is changing rapidly and dramatically. Past emphasis on land development focused on maximizing production and return from land use investment and planned against a background belief that suitable lands for expansion could always be found somewhere, is forced to give way to a more cautious approach - one that recognizes the finite extent of fertile land and the seemingly insatiable demands of a growing human population.
Globally, and in many individual countries, there is clear evidence of impending land shortage. Areas in which the combination of land and freshwater resources is moderately or well suited to agriculture are, for the most part, already in use. Efficient use of these lands is becoming a matter of life or death for increasing millions of mankind. In addition of Climate Changes, the main present world problem, makes mankind worried for the Earth’s survival. Future generations in still larger numbers are more seriously at risk. Their livelihood is endangered by present production choices that degrade the different resources on which future agriculture depends. Global production must increase dramatically to meet foreseen demand but the levels and means of production targeted locally must be those that can be maintained on a sustained basis. Global, and even local land use must be sustainable.
'We need a value system which enshrines the principle of sustainability over generations. Sustainable development may mean different things to different people, but the idea itself is simple. We must work out models for a relatively steady state society, with population in broad balance with resources and the environment.' (Tickell, 1993).
In this respect the aim of this Conference is to provide output regarding deep plenary sessions based on issues collected from the sessions with the conference main topics. These outputs could lead to establishing declaration(s) regarding the topics, or other documents. Selected and reviewed papers could be published in International Soil and Water Conservation Research (ISWCR), Bulletin of Forestry, or other journals.
Global Conference Topics
A. New challenges to soil and water resources in condition of climate change
- Reducing emissions of man-made greenhouse gases
- Terrestrial carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
- Carbon Management in Agroforestry
B. Land degradation processes and mechanism
- Causes of land degradation
- Modeling water erosion
- Modeling wind erosion
- Torential flooding
C. Soil and water conservation strategies to adapt and mitigate climate change
- Agroforestry adaptations to drought/floods
- Balancing soil conservation with water and air quality protection
- Conservation Practices for Mitigation and Adaptation to a Changing Climate: Sustainable Solutions
D. Soil and water conservation measures benefits assessment
E. Sustainable watershed management
- Erosion Control
- Torrent Control
- Integradted watershed management
F. Social and economic aspects and policies related to soil and water conservation
- Economic of land degradation: soil and water dimension
- Socio-economic and soil security dimensions of soil conservation
- Demographic trends and land utilisation
- Institutional and law issues of soil conservation
- Soil and water legacy
- Best practices of land consolidation
G. Inovations and implemented global/regional/national projects in land conservation
- Inovations in SWC
- Scientific programmes/projects
- Implemented projects of SLM
- NGOs in soil and water protection
H. Education in soil and water conservation
- Work of younger schollars
- Possibilities of gathered M. Sc., Phd programmes on different levels (regional, international, ...)
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