The First MEECAL Conference “Management of Ecosystems and Environmental Changes in Arid Lands in Central Asia” Will Take Place in Urumqi, China

The First MEECAL Conference “Management of Ecosystems and Environmental Changes in Arid Lands in Central Asia” Will Take Place in Urumqi, China

The first MEECAL conference “Management of Ecosystems and Environmental Changes in Arid Lands in Central Asia” will take place in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China from 22nd September to 27th September 2014.

The conference will be organized by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China and the Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Technische Universit?t München, Germany. It is part of the aim of the center to promote international academic exchange.

The preliminary program is as follows:

Day 1 and day 2: presentations

Day 3: Poster presentations (Morning), Workshop (afternoon)

Day 4: day for your free disposal

Day 5: Excursion

Day 6: Excursion

The main topics of the conference are as follows:

1. Impact of climate change to arid lands in China and Central Asia

2. Impact of human activities to arid lands

3. Environmental processes

4. Mitigation of climate change

5. Water resources management in arid lands

6. Ecosystem management in arid lands (including Biodiversity)

7. Sustainable management of arid lands

8. Policies for the management of arid lands

9. Socio-economy in arid lands

More detailed information will be provided soon.