THE COMMISSION ON LAND DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATION (COMLAND) is a Commission of the International Geographical Union
UPCOMING COMLAND MEETINGS & FIELD TRIPS
Ireland: 35th International Geographical Congress 2024 - Dublin (25-30 August). COMLAND has 2 special Papers Sessions and a full day field excursion.
Algeria: International Conference - Land Degradation and Sustainable Development in the Steppes. 18-21 November 2024. Djelfa, Algeria
Egypt: A meeting is proposed in Cairo Egypt during 2025. Further information will be announced when available.
OTHER EVENTS
The National Association of Geographers in India is going to organise an International conference during October 2023 on water issues. Lovely Professional University, India. The program and more details are being developed and will be published when available.
Ireland: 35th International Geographical Congress 2024 - Dublin (25-30 August). COMLAND has 2 special Papers Sessions and a full day field excursion.
- UPDATED: COMLAND has 2 scheduled Papers Sessions (C.27) on Sunday 25 August 2024 all day (08:30 to 17:30).
- Morning Session 08:30 - 12:00 "Peatland degradation: current status and sustainable solutions".
- Afternoon Session 14:00 - 17:30 "Increasing extreme weather events and land degradation".
- Field excursion (full day) on Friday 30 August 2024. Register (and pay) for the field trip now. The field trip is open to any Congress attendee and therefore is likely to sell out early. Participant numbers are solely dependent on bus seats. There will only be one bus!
- See the Official Congress website (link above) for information and critical dates. Note that Session dates and times are provisional and should be confirmed with information on the Congress website.
- note that the Organisers are only permitting attendees to register for two field excursions
Algeria: International Conference - Land Degradation and Sustainable Development in the Steppes. 18-21 November 2024. Djelfa, Algeria
- Organiased by the Earth and Universe Sciences Department of the Ziane Achour University of Djelfa (Algeria) with cooperation and support from other organisations including COMLAND.
- Four day conference featuring two days of communications and two days of field work.
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 May 2024
- Notification of Acceptance: 10 June 2024
- "Download Abstract template", "Download Call of Paper", "Registration" all available via the Conference website.
- 15 Themes and most are directly related to COMLAND's Objectives
- A COMLAND Business Meeting is proposed (date, time, location announced in due course)
Egypt: A meeting is proposed in Cairo Egypt during 2025. Further information will be announced when available.
OTHER EVENTS
- COMLAND SUPPORTED EVENTS
The National Association of Geographers in India is going to organise an International conference during October 2023 on water issues. Lovely Professional University, India. The program and more details are being developed and will be published when available.