International dryland communities will come together to discuss the following:

- Case studies and theories relating to land degradation and sustainable development in arid and semi-arid as well as sub-humid regions of various continents;
- Comparisons of regional-scale reconstruction of Late Quaternary changes in the deserts of various climate zones (monsoon regions, subtropics and westerlies);
- Natural and human impacts on the landscape in various climate zones;
- Interactions amongst eolian, fluvial and lacustrine processes in desert margins.

Contact

Xiaoping YANG
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
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Application deadline: 1 June 2007