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Desertification in Iceland
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International Workshop
ICELAND, September 16-19, 1997.
SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAM
Monday 15.sept
Welcome Reception, Reykjavik City Hall. |
Hotel Loftleiðir Conference Hall in Reykjavík
Opening Ceremony (Co-Chairs: Björn Sigurbjörnsson og Magnús Jóhannesson)
| 9:15 9:25 9:40 |
Opening Address Address |
Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister of Foreign
Affairs Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Former president of Iceland Bo Kjellén, Ambassador for the Environment, Sweden, Chairman of INCD |
Overview (Chair: Sveinn Runólfsson and Thorsteinn Tómasson)
| 10:00 10:25 10:45 11:15 11:35 11:50 12:05 12:20 12:30 |
Rangelands issues and trend in
developing countries |
Hamid Narjisse, Morocco John Ludwig, Australia Franklin G. Cardy, UNEP Leopoldo Montes, Argentina Z. Batjargal, Mongolia Nicholas Yassoglou, Greece Olafur Arnalds, Iceland |
Rangeland Ecosystem Degradation
| 2:00 2:20 2:40 3:00 3:20 3:50 4:10 4:30 5:15 |
Rangeland ecosystem response to stress Rangeland degradation, vegetation dynamics Rangelands and nutrients Soil resources and rangeland degradation - - - - - Coffee break - - - - - Initiating autogenic restoration of degraded watersheds Rangeland carrying capacity and degradation Discussion Session end, introduction to field trip |
Steve Archer, Texas, USA Timm Hoffman, South Africa Kris Havestad, USA Larry Wilding, USA Tom Thurow, USA Roy Behnke, UK Ari Trausti Guðmundsson |
FIELD TRIP, Reykjavík - Klaustur
| South Iceland. Agricultural land and severely desertified rangelands, glaciers, geological and historical sites. SCS headquarters. From Loftleidir Hotel, Arrival at Klaustur at night. |
Klaustur, Social Hall in Iceland
Assessment and scaling up
8:30 8:50 9:10 9:30 9:50 10:20 10:50 11:10 11:30 12:00 1:30 1:50 2:10 2:30 2:50 3:10 3:30 4:00 |
BACKGROUND AND METHODS The UN global databank on desertification Comments on desertification assessment Saharan-Sahelian Boundary Variations from 1980 to 1996 Desertification in Patagonia: Remote sensing, modeling, and field experiments. - - - - - Coffee break - - - - - Erosion models, use and abuse A process-based field procedure for assessing and monitoring desertification. Review of EU desetification research efforts Discussion - - - - - Lunch - - - - - Specific Cases Transformation of desertified land in the Grazing- farming interlacing belt of North China Desertification problems in Botswana-preliminary Arid and semiarid rangelands: Two thrid of Argentina Desertification in the Ethiopian highlands Scaling Up and Future Perspectives Scaling up from field measurements to large areas using the desertificaton response unit approach Future perspectives on rangeland desertification Discussion - - - - - Coffee break - - - - - |
Franklin G. Cardy, UNEP Ulf Helldén, Sweden Compton Tucker, USA Martin Aguiar, Argentina Fred Pierson, USA David Tongway, Australia Denis Peter Liu XinMin, China M.B.K. Darkoh, Botswana Osvaldo A. Fernandez, Argent. Tamirie Hawando, Ethiopia Anton Imeson, The Netherlands Thadis Box, USA |
| 5:00-7:30 | POSTER SESSION | Chair: Larry Wilding |
Klaustur, Social Hall
Combatting Rangeland Degradation, Policy Issues.
| 9:00 9:20 9:40 10:00 10:20 10:50 11:10 11:30 11:50 12:20 |
The implementation of soil conservation
programmes Policy and law for the conservation of rangeland ecosystems. The role of sub-regional action programmes (SRAP) Constraints to CCD implimentation in the rangeland area of Eastern Africa - - - - - Coffee break - - - - - Participatory planning processes Soil conservation extension Approaches in soil conservation in Iceland Discussion - - - - - Lunch - - - - - |
David Sanders, UK Ian Hannam, Australia Naigzy Gebremedhin, Eritrea Naftali Onchere, Kenya Rod Gallacher, FAO Samran Sombatpanit, Thailand Andres Arnalds, Iceland |
Conclusions and recommendations
| 1:30 3:00 |
Discussionn conclusions and recommendations - - - - - Session end- - - - - |
Ad-hoc group, Thorgeirsson, Iceland |
| 4:30 6:30 10:00 |
Departure from Klaustur to Gunnarsholt Reception at Gunnarsholt (SCS) Arrival in Reykjavík |
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