Conference Themes

include, but are not limited to:

• Afforestation programs in dryland regions
• Agriculture in the drylands & sustainable desert agriculture
• Architecture and city planning in drylands and arid areas
• Desertification and Bedouin in the Middle East: Social Dimensions
• Economic development strategies as part of restoration programs
• Environmental education as a tool to restoration
• Gender & desertification
• Grazing in drylands
• Italian - Israeli Round Table
• Long term monitoring & research in drylands
• Public health and life in deserts and drylands
• Public Policy
• Remote sensing - tools and implications
• Restoration & rehabilitation of ecological systems
• Restoring water sources: practice, research & watershed management
• Soil & land restoration efforts
• The Dead Sea as a case study for restoration of saline or terminal lakes
• UNESCO Round Table
• All other topics

The subject matter is inter-disciplinary by design. Presentations on success stories and best practices are encouraged, as often, discussions address management & policy issues.