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 <strong>and</strong> Peter Gregory. Updates <strong>and</strong> more informationon the ISRR website (www.rootresearch.org/). (From ISTRO INFO March)July 23-27, 2012“<strong>Soil</strong> Bio- <strong>and</strong> Eco-engineering. The Use <strong>of</strong> Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability” to be held atVancouver, Canada, 23-27 July 2012.We will bring together scientific researchers, practitioners, geotechnical <strong>and</strong> civil engineers, biologists,ecologists, geomorphologists <strong>and</strong> foresters to discuss current problems in slope stability research, <strong>and</strong>how to address those problems using soil bio- <strong>and</strong> eco-engineering techniques.You can also check out the web pages for the new free network; INBE – International Network <strong>of</strong> <strong>Soil</strong>Bio- <strong>and</strong> 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, 2012<strong>World</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> Congress: The 2012 <strong>World</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> Congress will be held from 6th to15th September 2012 in Jeju, Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea. Leaders from government, the public sector, nongovernmentalorganizations, business, UN agencies <strong>and</strong> social organizations will discuss, debate <strong>and</strong>decide solutions for the world’s most pressing environment <strong>and</strong> development issues. The 2012Congress aims to put nature <strong>and</strong> conservation at the top <strong>of</strong> the global agenda.October 15-19, 2012INVITATION <strong>of</strong> 2012 International Conference on Mountain Environment <strong>and</strong> Development,(ICMED)Sunday, January 9, <strong>2011</strong> 10:08 PMFrom: "icmed"
Vice Secretary General ZHANG Ning, HU PinghuaContact Persons: LIU Qin, HU Ying, TAN RongzhiAddress: Institute <strong>of</strong> Mountain Hazards <strong>and</strong> Environment, CAS9# Section 4, Renmin South Road, Chengdu, China Postal Code: 610041Tel: 86-28-85259762 86-28-85235224; Fax: 86-28-85259762 86-28-85222258E-mail: icmed@imde.ac.cn; Web site: http://icmed2012.csp.escience.cnDecember 2-7, 2012Joint ASSSI <strong>and</strong> NZSSS <strong>Soil</strong> Science Conference, Wrest Point Hotel <strong>and</strong> Convention Centre, Hobart,Tasmania, Australia, 2-7 December 2012 (www.soilscience2012.com)May 14-18, 2013 LANDCON 13052 nd WASWAC <strong>World</strong> Conference <strong>and</strong> Council Meeting, with SWAT SEA III,Pattaya, Thail<strong>and</strong> (to be confirmed). Contact Chinnapat Sukvibool sukvibool@hotmail.com201420 th <strong>World</strong> <strong>Soil</strong> Congress, Seoul, Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea. Write to jungys7@kangwon.ac.kr <strong>and</strong>jungpk@rda.go.kr for details.Low Impact DevelopmentStormwater Management71