Soil Erosion
Research for the 21st Century
An
International Symposium sponsored by ASAE
was held at the
Adopted by ASAE in
December 2002
ASAE Position Paper on Erosion Research
Priorities
From the Meeting
in Honolulu - January 3-5 2001
From July 2000
Full Symposium Program can be found here (~7 MBytes).
Symposium Program Summary and Invited Speakers are here.
Detailed Symposium Program (without
Images).
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SPONSORED BY:
The American Society of Agricultural
Engineers
CO-SPONSORS:
American
Society of Agronomy (ASA)
Chinese Soil & Water Conservation
Society (CSWCS) Taiwan
Council
of Agriculture (COA) Taiwan
European
Society for Soil Conservation
International
Erosion Control Association (IECA)
International Union of Soil
Sciences (IUSS)
Soil
Science Society of America (SSSA)
Soil &
Water Conservation Society (SWCS)
USDA-Agricultural
Research Service (ARS)
USDA-Cooperative
State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES)
USDA-Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC)
PURPOSE:
Soil erosion caused by water and/or wind is a continuing problem
throughout the world that threatens the capacity of the Earth to produce food,
fiber, and renewable sources of energy for an ever-increasing population. Additionally, eroded sediment is a major air
and water pollutant, causing many detrimental off-site impacts. This symposium provided a forum for
participants to discuss the current status and the future of soil erosion
research.
MEETING PROGRAM:
The
symposium program included volunteered presentations, invited presentations, a
technical tour, panel discussions, and discussion groups. Over 180 volunteered presentations were split
between oral lecture and one-on-one poster format. All presenters provided a 2-4 page
single-spaced final camera-ready paper for publication in the symposium
proceedings. Over 200 erosion
researchers and soil conservationists from 30 countries attended the meeting.
The
symposium invited several world-renowned soil erosion scientists as keynote
speakers, as well as moderators of discussion panels, to provide their
viewpoints on the current status of soil erosion research and directions needed
in the future. Additionally, discussion
groups composed of all participants at the conference also address these same
issues. The symposium will prepare and
publish a document summarizing recommendations from these discussions, and
provide it to all of the co-sponsoring organizations. See the program
overview, full
advance program, and final on-site program
documents for details on the Symposium program and speakers.
TOPIC AREAS:
·
Experimental Soil Erosion Process Research
·
On-site and Off-site Impacts of Soil Erosion
·
Measurement Techniques in Soil Erosion Research
·
Erosion Control Practices
·
Modeling Climatic, Hydrologic and Soil Erosion Processes
· Application of Soil Erosion Models to Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Lands
· Soil Erosion Prediction, Environmental Regulation and Land Use Planning
The
Soil Erosion Research Symposium was held at the same time and location as the
ASAE-sponsored International
Symposium on Preferential Flow.
Registrants for each symposium had cross-over privileges to attend
sessions of interest in the concurrent conference. For information on the International
Symposium on Preferential Flow, contact Dr.
Adel Shirmohammadi.
For symposium information contact:
Dr. Dennis Flanagan, Symposium Chair
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
1196 Building SOIL
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1196
Phone: 765-494-7748 Fax:
765-494-5948
E-mail: flanagan@purdue.edu
ASAE Web site: http://www.asabe.org
Symposium Web sites:
http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/~flanagan/erosymp
For other information contact: Sharon McKnight, ASABE Meetings & Conferences, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659. Voice: 269-428-6333 (Eastern Time Zone) Fax: 269-429-3852 E-mail: mcknight@asabe.org