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DNI Invitation to Join DNI Working Group on Soil Salinization
We have the pleasure to announce to you that Prof. Batlle-Sales, University of Valencia, Spain, now invites members of DesertNet International to join his working group on Soil Salinization. Please see below Prof. Batlle-Sales description of the tasks and products of his working group. In order to join Prof. Batlle-Sales´working group please contact him directly at: jorge.batlle@uv.es
Title of the Working Group / Task Force: Soil Salinization
Name of the leader(s): Jorge Batlle-Sales
Institute(s): Universidad de Valencia. Spain.
Theme (max. 300 words) : Soil salinization is one of the more subtle and progressive causes of soil degradation, menacing some of the most productive fields under irrigated agriculture. Also it is an increasing environmental concern for those areas in which climate change scenarios predict aridity increase.
In natural environments, former under the action of external geodynamic processes (inland local accumulation of soluble components from rock weathering in endorreic areas, as well as in coastal ecosystems) the Salinity is a natural inherent condition of many ecosystems contributing to global biodiversity, supporting halophytes and other specialized organisms.
Researchers who work with issues of natural soil salinization as well as those dealing with secondary salinization are invited to join the WG.
Some of the topics of interest include the formation of salt-affected soils and their environmental significance, the temporal and spatial variability of the salinity, the halophytic vegetation and its potential use, the chemistry, physics, biology, modeling, management, improvement of salt-affected soils and problems related to salinity management, drainage, reuse of saline discharge waters.
Target group(s) and institution(s): Researchers in Universities and Institutes
Members of the Groups (DNI as well as non-DNI members) : Invitation to all DNI members and non-DNI members
Communication structure (electronically, physical meeting(s)): Electronically (email, website), Workshops
Funding concept: Open
Products (publications, presentations, …): e-forum, Specialized publications
Kind regards,
Mariam Akhtar-Schuster, Chair DesertNet International
and
Elena Abraham, Co-chair DesertNet International
