Events
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29 May - 1 Jun 2017 – The Hague, The Netherlands
LuWQ2017 – International conference on LAND USE and WATER QUALITY
Effect of Agriculture on the Environment. LuWQ2017 is an interdisciplinary conference on the cutting edge of science, management and policy to minimise the effects of agriculture and land use changes on the quality of groundwater and surface waters. The conference aims to discuss the entire ’policy cycle’ to enable enhancing the quality of the water environment, which includes problem recognition, formulation of technical options, policy formulation, interaction between policy makers and stakeholders (i.e. pressure groups), policy implementation, monitoring and research. The conference also aims to facilitate networking opportunities between scientists of different discipline backgrounds i.e. economic, social and natural sciences, as well as between scientists, water managers and policy makers. The objectives are:
- to provide forum for exchange of scientific knowledge, research on system knowledge, modelling and uncertainty;
- to discuss the entire policy cycle for water quality improvement;
- to intensify contacts (a) between soil/water related scientists, agro related scientists, social scientists, ecological scientists and economists, and (b) between scientists, water managers and policy makers.
The conference themes and topics are characterised by the following keywords: agronomy, agro-economics, agro-sociology, water management, water policy, hydrology, aquatic ecosystems, terrestrial ecosystems, unsaturated zone, groundwater, surface waters, drinking water, monitoring, modelling, water quality, nutrients, pesticides and other organic agrochemicals, heavy metals.Price: To be confirmed
Organised by Organised by RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands (principle organiser); Aarhus University, Denmark; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS); Umweltbundesamt, German Environment Agency; DEFRA, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom. IAH is Scientific Sponsor of the conference.
http://www.luwq2017.nl/ karel.kovar@rivm.nl ; dico.fraters@rivm.nl