8:30 Mr Holzwarth Chairman of the 9th ISCO Conference 8:35 Mr Blume President of the German Society of Soil Science Opening speeches 8:45 Mrs Sussmuth : President of the Deutscher Budestag (German Federal Parliament) 9:00 Mrs Merkel, German Federal Minster for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety: Development towards sustainable land use - our obligation to future generations 9:30 Mrs Dowdeswell, UNDP Extent and impacts of soil degradation on a worldwide scale 10:00 Coffee break 10:30 Mr. Steer, World Bank-Making development sustainable 11:00 Mr. Griesbach, FAO Concepts for sustainable land use and soil conservation 11:30 Mr. Hurni, President of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation, Member of the ISCO Board Precious earth: from soil and water conservation to sustainable land management 12:30 Lunch break 14:30 Panel Discussion Towards sustainable land use International Organisations express their views: UNDP,World Bank, IFAP, WWF (Chair: Mr. Eisenbl„tter, GTZ) 16:00 Coffe break Opening of the Dare-to-Share Fair 16:30 Mr Spranger German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development 17:00-20:00 Dare-to-Share Fair open 20:00 Dinner Tuesday, 27 August 1996 8:30 Scharpenseel, Germany Regional impacts of possible climate change upon soils 9:00 Sehgal, India Comparative study of soil degradation status using Glasod and Assod methodologies in different agro-ecological region of India 9:30 Blum, Austria Soil degradation caused by industrialisation and urbanisation 10:00 Transfer to sessions 10:30 Parallel paper presentation sessions * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by polluted air and water (Chair and introductory speaker: Sticher/Switzerland) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by agrochemicals, manure, sewage sludges and composted municipal wastes (Chair and introductory speaker: De Haan/Netherlands) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by anthropogenic acidification (Chair and introductory speaker:Matzner/Germany) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by compaction (Chair and introductory speaker:Soane/United Kingdom) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by surface sealing (Chair and introductory speaker:Chartres/Australia) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by mining industries and disposal sites (Chair and introductory speaker: Haigh/Uniter Kingdom) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by water erosion (Chair and introductory speaker:Samra/India) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by wind erosion (Chair and introductory speaker: Fryrear/USA) * Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by hawus degradation and nutrient depletionv (Chair and introductory speaker:Tiessen/Canada) * Soil function and the future of natural resources (Chair and introductory speaker: De Kempe/Canada) * Land quality indicators for sustainable development (Chair and introductory speaker:Aune/Norway) * Alteration of soil properties caused by climate change (Chair and introductory speaker:Kimble/USA) * From soil and water conservation to sustainable land management (Chair and introductory speaker:Hurni/Switzerland) * Strategies to combat desertification (Chair and introductory speaker:Kharin/Turkmenistan) * Impact of demographic growth and cultural factors on sustainable soild management (Chair and introductory speaker:Tiffen/United Kingdom) * Relations between land tenure and land management (Chair and introductory speaker:Kirk/Germanay) 12:45 Lunch break 14:30 Working groups, cross-sectional discussions 18:00 (Coffee break from 16:00 to 16:30) * Assessment, prevention and rehabilitation of soil degradation caused by improper handling agrochemicals, manure, composted municipal wastes and sewage sludge (Chair and introductory speaker:Sauerback/Germany) * Assessment, prevention and rehabilitation of soil degradation caused by acidification and polluted air and water (Chair and introductory speaker:Sticher/Switzerland and Matzner/Germany) * Assessment, prevention and rehabilitation of soil degradation caused by compaction and surface sealing (Chair and introductory speaker:Horn/Germany) * Water and wind erosion - causes, impacts and reversing measures (Chair and introductory speaker:Rose/Australia) * Concept and indicators for sustainable land use (Chair and introductory speaker: Saxson/United Kindom) * Soil properties and climate change (Chair and introductory speaker: Squires/Australia) * Issues and measures in land use planning - evaluation of practicalexperiences (Chair and introductroy speaker: Sombroek/Netherlands) * Land tenure and land management (Chair and introductory speaker: Okoth-Ogendo/Ethiopia) * Demographic and cultural factors influencing land use systems (Chair and introductory speaker: Tejwani/India) 20:00 Reception by Lord Mayor of Bonn in the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) Wednesday, 28 August 1996 Mid-Conference Tours 9:00-20:00 Dare-to-Share Fair open Thursday, 29 August 1996 Plenary session/ KEYNOTE SPEECHES 8:30 Johnson, USA : Soil conservation and sustainable land use: innovations in approaches, technologies and practies 9:00 Rerkasem, Thailand : Influence of demographic, socio-economic and cultrual factors on sustainable land use 9:30 Pretty, United Kingdom : Furthering cooperation between people and institution 10:00 Transfer to sessions 10:30 Parallel paper presentation sessions * Overall macro-economic and political conditions influencing soil management (Chair and introductory speaker: Otzen/Germany) * National strategies for the promotion of sustainable soil management (Chair and introductory speaker: Gebremedhin/Eritrea) * Socio-economic concerns affecting the adoption of sustainable soil management (Chair and introductory speaker: Reij/Netherlands) * Information basis for the assessment of soil degradation and development of sustainable land use systems (Chair and introductory speaker: El-Swaify/USA) * Experiences on approaches in soil and water conservation and sustainable land management (Chair and introductory speaker: Sanders/United Kingdom) * Development of technologies for soil and water conservation (Chair and introductory speaker: Rosenzweig/Israel) * Appropriate farming and land use systems for sustainable land management (Chair and introductory speaker: Yohannes/Ethiopia) * Watershed development (Chair and introductory speaker: Sinukaban/Indonesia) * Catchement runoff and water quality monitoring (Chair and introductory speaker: Lehmann/Germany) * Assessment and consequences of runoff and erosion (Chair: De Noni/France) * Principles and strategies of participation and cooperation (Chair and introductory speaker: Van Veldhuizen/ Netherlands) * Conditions for enhanced cooperation between peopleand institutions (Chair and introductory speaker: Stocking/ United Kingdom) * Institutional and organisational capacity building (Chair and introductory speaker: Trux/ France) * Participatory watershed development: from pilot activities to large-scale programmes (Chair and introductory speaker: Bacher/India) 12:45 Lunch 14:30 Working groups, sectional discussions 18:00 (coffee break from 16:00 to 16:30) * Economic and political conditions and strategies for the promotion of sustainable land management (Chair and introductory speaker: Oomen/Netherlands) * Importance of cultural patterns, social rules and indigenous knowledge in designing appropriate soil conservation technologies (Chair and introductory speaker: Ostberg/ Sweden and Reij/Netherlands) * Handling relevant information to promote sustainable land use system (Chair and introductory speaker: Stolbovoi/Russia) * Promising soil and water conservation approaches and technologies (Chair and introductory speaker: Sombatpanit/Thailand and Roose/ France) * Strategies for cooperation and dialogue (Chair and introductory speaker: Bhatia/Nepal) * Organisational and human resource development (Chair and introductory speaker: Mascarenhas/India) * Implications for the design of research approaches (Chair and introductory speaker: Prasad/Lesotho) * Physical and social monitoring of sustainable land use development (Chair and introductory speaker: Gujit/ Netherlands) Friday, 30 August 1996 (Plenary sessions from 10:15 to 16:30) 8:30 Presentation of posters 9:45 Coffee 10:15 Panel discussion Policies and measures for sustainable alnd use after UNCED and adoption of Agenda 21 Planning for sustainable use of natural resources Implementation of the International Convention to Combat Deserfication (CCD) Contribution of UNSO - OECD - CCD Secretariat - ISRIC - UNEP - FAO - EU (Chair: Mr. Schipulle, BMZE) 12:45 Lunch break 14:30 Presentation and discussion of results of the 9th ISCO Conference Conclusions for further action End of ISCO Conference plenary sessions 14:00 -20: Dare-to-share Fair open Saturday, 31 August 1996 7:45 Start of the Post-Conference Tours 10:00-20:00 Dare-to-share Fair open
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR SAARC COUNTRIES
Venue : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dates : October 23-25,1996
Organiser : Prof. V. Subramanian, SES, JNU, New Delhi