Dear colleagues,

Welcome to the International Forum on Land Degradation, Soil Conservation and Sustainable

Development, 2021, where a new experience awaits. On behalf of the conference, we are pleased to extend a very warm welcome to attendees. Thank you for joining us and along with us to mark such a special occasion in history.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has meant that we cannot face it in real life, the conference still has an outstanding programme ahead of us. We hope not only for the excellent scientific “spark” to attendees but also for the countless opportunities to engage in friendly and supportive dialogue, cementing existing relationships and making new connections. We will be asking some of you to share these with us over the coming days-----be prepared! Whether you are here for one or two days or the whole conference, we encourage you all to make the most of this valuable opportunity.

LASOSU2021 was conceived in March 2020, and the first circular for session proposals was released in June 2020. So far, we have received support and assistance from more than a dozen organizations and companies around the world. A total of 259 papers have been accepted, which bring together more than 20 countries worldwide. Thanks to the help and support of these friends, we were able to finalize the conference programme, including 2 slots for Keynote Speeches, 1 slot for Focus Group Discussion, and 23 slots for Parallel Sessions. We harbor the hope that our conferences will be the place where we can share our ideas, engage in debate and learn from one another. We also do hope that this event will be followed by others in the coming years.

Let us work together to assure the sustainable use of precious global soil and to combat its ongoing degradation. What we are sure will be an energetic global dialogue on the sustainable development.

We wish you all an excellent conference.

Download the programme here Conference Programme--Formal version.pdf