Workshop Programme
7 September (Friday)
Arrival of participants in Beijing.
8 September (Saturday)
10:00-17:00 Cultural activity in Beijing during daytime
19:00 Leave for Naman Field Station by train
9 September (Sunday)
10:00 Arrive at Naman Field Station
10:00-17:00 Field activity
10 September (Monday)
9:00-17:00 Field activity and discussion
23:00 Leave for Beijing by train
11 September (Tuesday)
12:00 Arrive in Beijing
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Registration
14:30-15:30 Opening Ceremony
Technical Session 1 - Overview of Soil Conservation Practices
15:30-16:00 Overview of Soil Conservation in China (Wang Tao)
16:00-16:30 New Techniques to Combat Desertification in Tunisia (Houcine Khatteli)
16:30-17:00 UNESCO's Activities in Dryland Areas and Combating Desertification
(Thomas Schaaf)
17:00-17:30 The Chinese Land Degradation Situation (Chinese scholar)
17:30-18:00 Discussion on Technical Session 1
18:00 Reception
12 September (Wednesday)
Technical Session 2 - Soil Degradation Problems and Challenges
08:30-09:00 Challenges of Soil Degradation in China (Chinese scholar)
09:00-09:30 Soil Degradation in Chinese Forests (Chinese scholar)
09:30-10:00 The Strategy of Soil Conservation Farming in Tajikistan (Sanginov S.R.)
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Soil Conservation in Uzbekistan (Mukhtor Nasyrov)
11:00-11:30 Soil Conservation in West China
(Chinese scholar)
11:30-12:00 Social Aspects of Land Degradation in the Taklamakan Desert
(Masatoshi Yoshino)
12:00-12:30 Discussion on Technical Session 2
12:30-14:00 Lunch
Technical Session 3 - Case Studies for Soil Conservation
14:00-14:30 Land Degradation in Inner Mongolia
(Chinese scholar)
14:30-15:00 Land Degradation due to Mismanagement of Water Cycle in Arid Regions -
Case Study: Garmsar Plain-Iran (Mojtaba Pakparvar)
15:00-15:30 Human impact on land degradation in the Kyzylkum Desert: Ecology,
Dynamics and Conservation (Kristina Toderich)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Pioneering Efforts in China to Combat Desertification (Iwao Kobori)
16:30-17:00 Chinese Case Study (Chinese scholar from Lanzhou)
17:00-17:30 Discussion on Technical Session 3
13 September (Thursday)
Technical Session 4 - Integrated Management of Soil, Water & Natural Resources
08:30-09:00 Chinese Integrated Management (Chinese scholar)
09:00-09:30 Integrated Management of Water and Land in the Indus Basin
(Zaigham Habib)
09:30-10:00 Sustainable Management of Marginal Lands in Dry Areas (Zafar Adeel)
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Conservation and Efficient Use of Natural Resources Through Integrated
Watershed Management in Asia (S.P. Wani)
11:00-11:30 Chinese Research (Chinese scholar)
11:30-12:00 Discussion on Technical Session 4
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Panel Discussion on Soil Conservation and Integrated Land Management
16:00-17:00 Closing Ceremony
14 September (Friday)
Departure from Beijing
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List of Participants
International Participants
Dr. Zafar Adeel
Environment and Sustainable Development
The United Nations University Headquarters
Ms. Zaigham Habib
Principal Researcher Water Management
IWMI Lahore office
Street: 12 KM, Multan Road, Chowk Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore 53700, Pakistan
Dr. Houcine Khatteli
Director General
Institut des Régions Arides (IRA)
Médenine- TUNISIA
Prof. Iwao Kobori
Environment and Sustainable Development
The United Nations University Headquarters
Mr. Mojtaba Pakparvar
Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands
Tehran - Iran P.O. Box 13185-116
Dr. Mukhtar Nasyrov (Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan)
Associate Prof., Plant Physiology and Microbiology Dept.
Samarkand State University
703004 Samarkand 15, Universitetskiy Str.
Uzbekistan
Dr. Theib Oweis
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Aleppo, Syria
Dr. Sanginboi Sanginov (Tajik Research Institute of Soil Sciences, Tajikistan)
Director, Tajik Research Institute of Soil Sciences
21a, Rudaki pr., Dushanbe 734025
Tajikistan
Dr. Thomas Schaaf
UNESCO - Division of Ecological Science
Man and Biosphere Programme
Paris, France
Prof. Motoyuki Suzuki
Environment and Sustainable Development
The United Nations University Headquarters
Dr. Kristina Toderich (Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan)
Dr. Ichiro Taniyama
Food Production Prediction Team,
Department of Global Resources,
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
Kannondai3-1-3
Tsukuba 305-8604 JAPAN
Dr. Suhas P. Wani
Program Liaison
Natural Resource Management Program
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Patancheru, A.P. 502 324, India
Prof. Masatoshi Yoshino
Environment and Sustainable Development
The United Nations University Headquarters
Chinese Participants
Dr. Wang Tao
Director, Institute of Desert Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000
People's Republic of China
Dr. Zhao Aifen
Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Li Xinrong
Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Fan Shengyue
Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Zhao Xueyong
Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Chang xueli
Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Chen yaning
Professor, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Huang Zhiwei
Professor, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Wu Yunna
Professor, Inner Mongolia University
Dr. Wu Bo
Professor, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Dr. Sun Zhengping
Professor
Beijing Forestry University
Dr. Zhu Junfeng
Professor, State Ministry of Forestry
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