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.
- 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 (date extension posted on the Conference website)
- 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: IGU Thematic Conference: "GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY, GLOBAL CHANGES AND SUSTAINABILITY". 12 - 19 April 2025.
IGU Commissions involved:
- African Studies
- Biogeography and Biodiversity
- Cold and High Altitude Regions
- Geography of Governance
- Karst commission
- Land Degradation and Desertification
- Land Use and Land Cover Change
- Local and Regional Development
- Mediterranean Basin
- Modelling Geographical Systems
- Urban Commission: Re-Thinking cities and the urban: from global to the local.
COMLAND is expecting to convene a Business Meeting during the Conference.
DEADLINES: Early registration by 31 October 2024, Regular registration by 1 December 2024, Late registration by 1 January 2025.
Please see the official website (link in title above) for more detailed information on registration.
ENQUIRIES about the Conference should be directed to the Organisers as shown on the Conference website.
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.