I INVITATION
You are cordially invited to participate in the International Conference on Combating Land Degradation in Agricultural Areas (LANDCON 1010) to be held in in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China from October 11th to 15th, 2010.
Land is foundation of human survives and development, but the Land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world because of the unreasonable land use and global climate change. According to the FAO’s estimation in 2008, there 1.5 billion people, or a quarter of the world’s population, depend directly on land that is being degraded. Land degradation could induce the deterioration of the ecological function and productivity of land directly through soil erosion, desertification, salinization, loss of bio-diversity and so on. Furthermore, the land degradation has already threatened and is threatening the socio-economic and culture development at regional and global scales.
Fortunately, the increasing attention has been paid in combating land degradation all over world, such as the Soil and Water Conservation Engineering in the Upper and Middle Reaches of Yellow River since 1980 and “Grain for Green Project” of China，ACIAR-AusAID Landcare Project in Australia, the GEF UNEP/FAO program on Land Degradation Assessment in Dryland Areas (LADA) and EU FP6 Integrated Project on Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land (DESIRE).
We sincerely hope that you will join us in making LANDCON 2010 a success. We look forward to welcoming you to LANDCON 2010 and Xi’an, China.
II THEMES
Situation and evolution of land degradation
Mechanism and driving factors of land degradation
Control measures of land degradation
Evaluation of land degradation and land management on environment
Land degradation and regional social-economic sustainable development
Effect of global change on land degradation
And other relative topics.
III ORGANIZATION
1 Initiative organizations
World Association of Soil and Water Conservation（WASWC）
Soil and Water Conservation Society of China（CSWCS）
2 Sponsors
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Ministry of Water Resources, China (MWR)
Shaanxi Provincial People’s Government
3 Host
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS & MWR
IV VENUE AND DATE
Data: October 11-15, 2010
Venue: Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
V SECRETARIAT
Secretariat of LANDCON 1010
Address: Institute of soil and water conservation, CAS & MWR
Xinong Road 26, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China
Post Code: 712100
Secretary general：Prof. Guo Binliu, deputy-Director of ISWC, CAS and MWR
Emails: landcon1010@ms.iswc.ac.cn, landcon1010@gmail.com
Website：www.iswc.cas.cn/landcon1010
Contact us:
Secretary: Dr. Fei Wang
Tel: +86 29 8701 9829，+86 1377211 9949
Fax: +86 29 8701 2210，+86 29 8701 9829
Secretary: Mrs.Wei Zhang,
Tel: +8629 8701 2872，Emai: zhangwei@ms.iswc.ac.cn
Please submit Annex 1 and 2 before April 20, 2010
Annex 1: Participant Feedback of LANDCON 1010
Annex 2: Format of abstract
Annex 1:
World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC)
International Conference on Combating Land Degradation
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Please email or fax (Note landcon1010, please) to Secretariat of LANDCON 1010 (landcon1010@ms.iswc.ac.cn, landcon1010@gmail.com) before April 20, 2010.
Annex 2
Please use Word for Windows (Microsoft) to prepare your abstract using size A4 paper with 2.5 cm margin on each side and with a fix 18pt row space.
(Delete information above before you submit it please!)
Title of the Paper (16pt Times New Roman, Bold, Centered)
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Authors1' name, Authors2' name, etc (12pt Times New Roman, centered)
Author’s title, Department, University, City, Post zone Number, Country (12pt Times New Roman, centered)
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Abstract (12pt Times New Roman, Bold, Left)
(1) Use single spaced, 12pt Times New Roman for your text.
(2) Manuscripts should be written in English and maximum 200 words in length.
Keywords (12pt Times New Roman, Bold, Left):
Write your keywords (5 words max.) here with 12pt Times New Roman.
