April 8, 2011 - World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

May 26-27, 2011Land Quality and Land Use Information in the EU, 26-27 May, 2011, Keszthely, HungaryFollowing recent scientific and policy developments - also reflected ininternational environmental agreements - land quality is now regarded as anintegrated measure of different aspects of land ecosystem services.The Hungarian Academy of Sciences together with the European Commission(Eurostat, DG Environment, JRC) and the University of Pannonia and inassociation with the Hungarian EU presidency is organizing a conference on theissue.The conference is planned to facilitate the exchange of information and viewsamong stakeholders involved in different aspects of land quality management; beit research, policy planning, soil management or conservation.Among the goals of the conference is to enhance the understanding of the role ofland quality in rural systems and to progress the development of landinformation, land use planning and related services based on land quality ondifferent levels; from farm to continental scales.List of the addressed topics and many more information is available on theconference website: http://landq2011.uni-pannon.hu/The registration to the conference is now open. To register and submit papers forpresentation please visit the conference website. (Deadline for paper submissionis 30 November 2010.)June 13-16, 2011Protection of agricultural soils against joint stress of natural and anthropogenic factors13-16 June 2011 in Pulawy, PolandConfirmed Plenary speakers include Rob Comans, Anthony Dexter, Joop Harmsen, Martin Holmstrup, RyszardLaskowski, Lothar Mueller, Joerg Rombke, & Kirk Semple.Submission of abstracts to Rafal Galazka rgalazka@iung.pulawy.pl (From ISTRO INFO March)June 5-10, 201112th ISSPA that will be held on June 5-10, 2011 in Crete, Greece. The Soil and Plant Analysis Council (SPAC)organizes an International Symposium of Soil and Plant Analysis (ISSPA) every two years. ISSPA bringtogether agricultural and natural resource scientists from around the world to disseminate information onmethodology, interpretation and application of soil, plant and water analyses for the purpose of efficient resourcemanagement, sustainable production and the environment. The 12th ISSPA is being held on June 5-10, 2011 atthe Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete, Greece. For more information on abstract submission,registration and much more, please, see http://www.isspaonline.org/ (From IUSS Alert 69)June 14-17, 2011Message from the BioNET Secretariat: Pacific Science Conference, June 14-172011 - Call for abstracts for the 'Scientific Collections' sessionFriday, March 18, 2011 8:06 AMFrom: "BioNET Secretariat" 1 File (34KB)• Call for Abstracts - PSC Collections.docxDear colleaguesAs a member of the Organizing Committee for the Pacific Science Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14-17June 2011, we would like to bring to your attention that the deadline for submission of abstracts for the'Biological Collections' session has been extended to the end of March. Abstracts for longer oral presentations(10-20 min), short presentations (5 min), or posters can be submitted as a word document to sileom@si.edu.Please see the attachement for further details on abstract preparation.50