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

June 26-29, 2012International Society for Root Research 26 – 29 June 2012 Dundee UK (note the date change from thatpreviously advertised. UK Keynote speakers include Jonathan Lynch, Malcolm Bennett Michelle watt, PhilippeHinsinger, Bob Sharp, Fusuo Zhang, Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari and Peter Gregory. Updates and more informationon the ISRR website (www.rootresearch.org/). (From ISTRO INFO March)July 23-27, 2012“Soil Bio- and Eco-engineering. The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability” to be held atVancouver, Canada, 23-27 July 2012.We will bring together scientific researchers, practitioners, geotechnical and civil engineers, biologists,ecologists, geomorphologists and foresters to discuss current problems in slope stability research, andhow to address those problems using soil bio- and eco-engineering techniques.You can also check out the web pages for the new free network; INBE – International Network of SoilBio- and Eco-Engineers where the conference is also posted: *http://inbe.cirad.fr*If you would like to add something to the network pages (please do!) - contact your local adminstrator(see 'correspondant' page)Looking forward to seeing you in VancouverAlexia Stokes alexia.stokes@cirad.fr & Steve MitchellSeptember 6-15, 2012World Conservation Congress: The 2012 World Conservation Congress will be held from 6th to15th September 2012 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Leaders from government, the public sector, nongovernmentalorganizations, business, UN agencies and social organizations will discuss, debate anddecide solutions for the world’s most pressing environment and development issues. The 2012Congress aims to put nature and conservation at the top of the global agenda.October 15-19, 2012INVITATION of 2012 International Conference on Mountain Environment and Development,(ICMED)Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:08 PMFrom: "icmed"