From 2010-12-13 to 2010-12-17

Venue: Valparaiso, Chile

Summary:
This international conference intends to unite scientific researchers that are working throughout the globe to increase the water availability in drylands. Secondly, it aims at generating useful output that can stimulate new techniques to be adopted, and allow learning from successes and failures. Thirdly, it is intended to develop a network of water augmentation experts.

The conference should lead to an increased consensus in the scientific community regarding sustainable techniques that alleviate the lack of water in drought-prone regions and help to build resilience in societies vulnerable to climate related risks.

Organizers: UNESCO Chair of Eremology at the University Ghent, Belgium; Water Centre for Arid and Semi-arid Zones of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAZALAC), under the auspices of UNESCO; UNESCO Global Network on Water and Development Information for Arid Lands (G-WADI); and the Catholic University of Valparaiso (UCV). Supported by the Chilean National Comittee of UNESCO-IHP (CONAPHI) and the Flemish Government (VLIR-UOS).
Contact Name: Koen Verbist
E-mail: asadwa@UGent.be
URL: http://www.asadwa.ugent.be/