AGRO ENVIRON 2010

Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Management Systems in an Ever Changing World

2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts
***Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to February 15, 2010***

The International Symposium Agro Environ 2010 will take place on May 19 to 22, 2010 in Cancún, Mexico. It is expected to have a broad and scientifically interesting program on . Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Management Systems in an Ever Changing World., and your presence will undeniably contribute to it. This gathering will offer a forum where innovative ideas, knowledge, experience and concerns of all people, professionals and institutions involved within the field of sustainable use and management of agricultural soils can be presented. The sessions of this 7th International Symposium will not be limited solely to sustainable use; it will embrace the scientific fields of soil protection, soil and water conservation, watershed management, land use planning, soil mapping, remote sensing, drylands, peatlands, impact of climate change on soils, bio-fuels, water scarcity for irrigation, desertification, forest fires, forest management and rural development. Additionally we encourage the participation of scientists with expertise in bio-soils, use of soil bio-engineering techniques, bioremediation of contaminated sites, soils and biodiversity.

Desertification and Management of Stony Soils	Wind and Water Erosion Processes
Conservation Farming and Forestry Systems on Steep Slopes	Conservation Systems for Bioenergy Production
Air Quality and its Management in Agricultural Systems	Prediction Systems for Air/Soil/Water Management
Soil Quality and Health	Assessment of Effectiveness of Conservation Systems
Semi-arid and Rangeland Soil and Water Conservation Systems	Soil and Water Conservation in Tropical Environments
Soil Erosion Control and Environmental Quality	Conservation in Extreme Weather Events
Water Quantity and Quality in Conservation Systems	Onsite and Offsite Effects of Erosion
Soil Amendments and Byproduct Utilization	Social/Economic Challenges to Environmental Conservation and Food/Fiber/Fuel Production
Watershed Management	Challenges of Changing Climate Environmental Conservation

José Luis Oropeza-Mota, Chair
L. D. Norton, G. Erpul, D. Gabriels, Co-Chairs

Local Organizing Committee

▪ Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Mexico
José Donaldo Ríos-Berber, Demetrio Fernández,Fernando Paz Pellat, Abraham Dominguez Acevedo, Enrique Rubiños Panta, Benjamín Figueroa

▪ Comisión Nacional del Agua, Mexico
José Luis Luege Tamargo, Sergio Soto Priante, Isidro Gaytán Arvizu, Sergio Augusto Chan Lugo, Wibert Medina Peralta, and Ignacio Hernández Castilla

▪ INIFAP, Mexico
Luis Mario Tapia, Ignacio Sánchez Cohen

▪ Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CINVESTAV, Mexico
Martha Barajas.

▪ Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico
José Reyes Sánchez, Rafael Sánchez Bravo.

▪ Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico
Eusebio Ventura-Ramos.

▪ Universidade da Coruña, Spain
Mercedes Taboada-Castro.

▪ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Norma E. García Calderón.

Scientific Committee

Austria - Andreas Klik, BOKU Vienna

Belgium -
   Wim Cornelis, University of Ghent
   Stefaan de Neve, University of Ghent
   Donald Gabriels, University of Ghent

Brazil -
   Alfredo de Campos, Federal University of Goias
   Carlos R. de Mello, Federal University of Lavras
   Flavio Eltz, Federal University of Santa Maria
   Miguel Reichert, Federal University of Santa Maria

China -
    Fenli Zheng, Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University
    Lui BaoYuan, Beijing Normal University
    Li Rui, Institute of Soil Water Conservation, Yangling

France - Fredrick Darboux, INRA Research Center of Orleans

Germany -
    Nicola Fohrer, University of Kiel
    Marcus Zeiger, Eurofins

Netherlands - Saskia Faye-Visser, Wageningen University

Spain
   Jose Gomez, CSIC, Cordoba
   Jose Hernandez Moreno, University of la Laguna
   Ma. Teresa Taboada-Castro, Universidade da Coruña

Turkey -
  Gunay Erpul, Hasan Ozturk, Oguz Can Turgay - Ankara University

United States of America -
   Chi-hua Huang, Dennis Flanagan, Darrell Norton, Betsy Pappas - USDA-ARS
   Douglas Smith, Diane Stott and Mark Nearing - USDA-ARS

Venezuela - Deyanira Lobo, University of Central Venezuela

By email to AgroEnviron2010@gmail.com not later than January 31, 2010. Please include name, surname, institute, address, contact information. Title and abstract not to exceed 350 words (in English)

Early bird full registration
Full registration after January 31, 2010
Student registration

Registration must be made via Electronic or Direct deposit to a BANAMEX bank account. Please see the conference brochures for the registration form and payment instructions.

Branch name: Texcoco, Estado de Mexico
Street: Nezahualcoyotl No. 208, entre Av. 16 de Septiembre y 2 de Marzo
Zip code: 56100

Bank SWIFT Code: BNMXMXMM

Tel. 595-954 0277, 595-954 0278

Please notify Organizers of deposit by notifying:

Flor Rodriquez at
Agroenviron2010@gmail.com

Please see the conference brochures for the registration form and payment instructions.

Conference Brochure (English)
Conference Brochure (Spanish)

250.00 USD
350.00 USD
150.00 USD

Great Paranassus Resort
Blvd. Kukulcan KM, Zone Hotelera
Cancun, Quintana Roo CP 77500 Mexico

Website: www.greatparnassuscancun.com

Great Paranassus Resort is an All-Inclusive hotel located at the South end of the Cancun Hotel Zone by Playa Delfines.

Hotel Night Rates (All-Inclusive):
Double or triple Bedroom: 90 USD / Person
Single Bedroom: 135 USD
Maximum of 3 Children per Bedroom: 50 USD / Child
2 children at no cost (<8 years of age)

To reserve e-mail: groups@parnassusresorts.com
Attention: Joel Niebla Portillo
Group keyword: AGRO2010

José Luis Oropeza-Mota
Email: oropeza@colpos.mx
Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Mexico

Preliminary Program	Conference Schedule
Conference Brochure (English)	Conference Brochure (Spanish)