In this Issue

Moderated by the CISEAU project
The IPTRID Programme of FAO
is pleased to announce the first

Electronic Conference on Salinization

Extent of Salinization

and

Strategies for Salt-Affected Land Prevention and Rehabilitation.

- From Monday 6 February to Monday 6 March 2006 -

Registration now opens at: http://www.dgroups.org/groups/fao/salinization-conf/

The detailed programme and all relevant information for the participants are compiled in the announcement paper.

This conference aims to promote sustainable irrigated agriculture through knowledge and experience sharing. The conference is organised within the framework of the CISEAU project whose the information platform depicts the interactions between irrigation and salinization of soils and waters. Please, visit the project web site for further information: http://www.ciseau.org/

Once registered you can access the background paper of the conference which will provide you with suitable figures and an overview of the causal relationships between irrigation and salinization.

The official languages are English and French. Contributions in any of these languages are welcome, and the moderators will provide the participants with a brief summary of the most relevant contributions in each of the official languages.

If you face problems in reading this message or if you cannot open the hyperlinks, please send an email to: ciseau@fao.org