International Grassland Congress and the International Rangeland Congress,
Huhhot, China
Website: http://www.igc-irc2008.org

Groundwater & Climate in Africa - an international conference,
Kampala, Uganda
Website: http://www.gwclim.org

International Soil Conservation Organization
15th International Congress of the ISCO
Soil and Water Conservation,Climate Change and Environmental Sensitivity,
Budapest, Hungary
Website: http://www.isco2008.com/
Please send your abstract to the following e-mail address (Deadline 30 September 2007): abstract-isco2008@imperialroads.hu

Workshop: GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
Potsdam, Germany
Website: http://www.earthobservations.org/cop_bi_geobon_me.shtml

Workshop: Biologische Globalisierung durch invasive Arten !?
Aktuelle Entwicklungen in Deutschland und der Bezug zur 9. UN-Konferenz über die biologische Vielfalt 2008 in Bonn
Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn

Weblink
Programm

Anmeldung bis zum 31.03.2008 an bettina.lange@dnr.de

Conference On Desertification
Ghent, Belgium
Deadline Abstract submission: 20 December 2007
Deadline Registration: 10 January 2008
PDF-Document - Call for presentations (Oral and Poster): Download
Event / Program: Weblink

An International Approach to Desertification, Castro Verde, Portugal

International Conference on Integrated Watershed Management for "Bharat Nirman", New Delhi, India.
Contact: Dr Suraj Bhan, President, Soil Conservation Society of India,
soilcsi@yahoo.com.in , bhan_suraj@yahoo.com ,

Tropentag 2007,
Utilisation of diversity in land use systems: Sustainable and organic approaches to meet human needs
Witzenhausen, Germany
Website: http://www.tropentag.de

SHIFT07 - Shift in Thinking
Perspectives of Vulnerability and Hazard Assessment
Potsdam, Germany
Website: More information ...

Scientific conference on Integrated catchment management for hazard mitigation,
Trier, Germany
E-mail of the conference: warela@uni-trier.de
PDF - Document: Download
Website: http://www.warela.eu/

COMLAND MEETING, Inner Mongolia, China,
Contact Xiaoping Yang or Paul F. Hudson, pfhudson@mail.utexas.edu.

EIGHTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE UN CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATON (COP-8): Spain .

COP-8 for the CCD will convene in the fall of 2007 in a yet-to-be-determined city in Spain to consider the following agenda items:

• programme and budget for the biennium 2008-2009
• review of the implementation of the Convention
• review of the report of the Committee on Science and Technology
• review of activities for promotion of relationships with other relevant organizations
• follow-up to the WSSD (World Summit on Sustainable Development [26.08.-04.09.2002 in Johannesburg]
• Regional Coordination Units (RCU)s
• review of the 2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification activities

Climate Change and Desertification: Monitoring, Modelling and Forecasting.
Wengen Workshop on Global Change Research: Edition 2007 (First announcement).
Hotel Regina, Wengen, Switzerland. September 10-13, 2007
More information contact: http://www.unige.ch/climate/Workshops/wengen07.html
Workshop-Flyer: Download

37^th annual meeting of ESNA,Dubna,Russia,
E-mail of the conference: esna2007@jinr.ru
PDF - Document: Download
ESNA - Website: http://www.mendelu.cz/esna/

Workshop: Working Group "Dryland Observation Systems"
"Observation of desertification: Observation and analysis of processes of desertification as controlled by climate change and land use change
Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
E-mail: Dr. Mariam Akhtar-Schuster
Circular No.3 (PDF): Download

Botanical Conference, University of Hamburg

11th International Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference - MEDECOS XI - Perth, Western Australia, Australia, http://www.medecosxi2007.com.au; medecosxi2007@bgpa.wa.gov.au.

CURSO Erosión y Degradación del Suelo Agrícola en España
CEMACAM Font Roja-Alcoi
E-mail 1: artemio.cerda@uv.es
E-mail 2: fontroja@obs.cam.es
PDF - Document 1: Download
PDF - Document 2 (Programa): Download

III Simposio Nacional sobre Control de la Degradación del Suelo. Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain). Chairman: Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez. E-mail: antororo@ull.es

The third International Conference on “Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology & Applications,

Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy, www.3ic-enzymes.com

Women, Science and Environment
Guardamar del Segura, Alicante, Spain
PDF - Document: Download

European Federation of IT in Agriculture 2007 Conference, EFITA/WCCA 2007,
"Environmental and rural sustainability through ICT", Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK,
www.efitaglasgow.org.

The IAHS Workshop on Impact of Environmental Change on Sediment Sources and Sediment Delivery, Perugia, Italy.
http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/

5th International Congress of the European Society for Soil Conservation,
‘Changing Soils in a Changing World: the Soils of Tomorrow’. Palermo (Italy), June 25-30, 2007

Contact: Professor Carmelo Dazzi, dazzi@unipa.it, http://www.esscpalermocongress.it/ , www.essc.sk

5th International Water History Association Conference, "Past and Futures of Water", Tampere, Finland. You may also contact: iwha2007@tavicon.fi

1st International Biodiversity Congress: Working Together for Livelihood Security, Food Security and Ecological Security for Life on Earth,
Bangkok, Thailand. Contact: Ram Bhandari, hirinepal@mail.com.np, ibc2007@yahoo.com

EcoSummit 2007. Beijing, China. website at www.ecosummit2007.elsevier.com to learn more about the conference, find out about the key deadlines on submitting symposium and session proposals as well as abstracts for oral and poster presentations and sign up for Eco Summit Alerts.

International conference on research for sustainable development in Europe
“Sustainable Neighbourhood – from Lisbon to Leipzig through Research”, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Leipzig, Germany,

EGU Vienna 2007, European Geosciences Union’s General Assembly 2007, Vienna,

Session on, SOIL EROSION ON AGRICULTURAL LAND
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2007/

Conveners: Artemi Cerdà, Department of Geography, Univ. of Valencia. Spain, artemio.cerda@uv.es, http://www.uv.es/~acerda/

John Boardman, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. UK,john.boardman@eci.ox.ac.uk,

Yves le Bissonnais, Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions entre Sols, Agrosystèmes et Hydrosystèmes (LISAH). Montpellier, France, yves.le-bissonnais@ensam.inra.fr, and

Dennis Flanagan, USDA-ARS. National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory West Lafayette, IN, USA, flanagan@purdue.edu

Water, Power, Development - New Thinking and Innovative Technologies to Solve Global Water Challenges
House of Sweden, 901 30^th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. ,USA
For further information about the seminar please contact Johan Kuylenstierna: johan.kuylenstierna@siwi.org,
Seminar-Flyer and programme: Download

FIFTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW OF THE UN CONVENTION TO
COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (CRIC-5): 

Buenos Aires, Argentina

CRIC meeting will take place from 12-21 March 2007. CRIC-5 will consider the following agenda items: review of the implementation of the Convention and its institutional arrangements; consideration of necessary adjustments to the elaboration process and implementation of action programmes; review of available information regarding mobilization and use of financial resources; and consideration of ways and means to promote know-how and technology transfer; and improvement of procedures for communication of information.

International Symposium on “Polar Environment and Climate: The Challenges –European Research in the Context of the International Polar Year".
European Commission, Brussels

http://cordis.europa.eu/sustdev/environment/ev20061023.htm, Immaculada.Menendez-Garcia@ec.europa.eu

International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability. Near East University, Nicosia. Cyprus http://www.neuconference.org

3rd International Groundwater Conference (IGC-2007) on Water, Environment and Agriculture: Present Problems and Future Challenges, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

Contact: K.Palanisami at palanisamik@vsnl.net, directorcards@tnau.ac.in, ceemayil@gmail.com

International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties. Barcelona, Spain,

Prof. Xavier Úbeda., University of Barcelona, xubeda@ub.edu, www.ub.edu/gram

World Social Forum 2007, Nairobi, Kenya,

For further information on the event in Nairobi, please visit the site: www.socialforum.or.ke.
WSF 2007 Organizing Committee executive office – Kenya.
Physical Contacts: Masandukuni Lane, Off Gitanga Road. E-mail: socialforum@sodnet.or.ke

January 7-13, 2007

15th Annual National No-Tillage Conference, Des Moines Marriot Des Moines, Iowa,

Contact: The National No-Tillage Conference, P.O. Box 624, Brookfield, WI 53008-0624, USA. Phone: +1-866-839-8455 or +1-262-432-0388; Fax: +1-262-786-5564,
info@lesspub.com, www.no-tillfarmer.com.