• S1 - Impact of Hydrological Changes on Ecological Conditions in Arid Zones
   
• S2 - New Approaches in the Management and Modeling of Water Resources and Water Ecosystems in Drylands 
   
• S3 - Meeting the Challenge of Water Scarcity for Agriculture in the Dry Areas
   
• S4 - Sustainable Agricultural Management of Drylands: The Case of Arab Countries 
   
• S5 - Suitability and Sustainability of Alternate Agronomic Practices for Mitigating Livelihood Problems of Dryland Farming Areas 
   
• S6 -Role of Extension Education in Cambating Desertification 
   
• S7 - Biodiversity Uses and Conservation in the Arab World 
   
• S8 - GIS and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Assessment of Drylands
   
• S9 - Urban Explosion in Drylands:
  Causes, Trends and Environmental Planning Responses
   
• S 10 - Public Health - Health Risk Assessment and Management in Regard
  to Drought and Desertification
   

• S 11 - Indigenous Knowledge and Water Resource Management
   
• S 12 -  Livestock and Range Management
  (Tentative Title )
   
• S 13 - Assessing the Security Implications of Desertification - Recognizing and Coping with Increasing Regional Tensions and Social Instability in Relation to Progressive Resource Scarcity
   
• S 14 - The Correlation between Economic Decline and Social Disintegration as a Result of Desertification and Land Degradation in Drylands - New Challenges and Opportunities for Macroeconomic Reforms, Agricultural Policies and Environmental Legislation
   
• S 15 - Drought Management: Strategies and their Policy Implications
   
• S 16 - International Conventions and Resource Mobilization for Land Degradation Control
   
• S 17 - Role of Civil Society Organizations and Women in Resources Management in the Drylands
   
• S 18 - The Integration of Drylands Research into Sustainable Development Policy and Project Implementation
  
   

Sessions
  

Dear colleagues!
These are just some ideas for possible sessions! Please feel free to submit an abstract on any topic that you feel is of interest in the region.

 
ISDEHS Special
Rountables

Please note that the deadline for submitting abstracts is October 15 , 2006.