In order to discuss the reality of desertification, establish scientific policy for its control in China, and communicate developments and theories on desertification control technology with experts within and outside China, the Desertification Research Center of China Agricultural University and Center for Energy and Environment Research of North China Electric Power University.

Preface

Part Ⅰ The Invited Papers

 Opening Speech

 Man’s Common Mission to Combat Desertification

 Qian Xuesen’s Theory on the Sand Industry and Scientific Concept of Deserts

 Countermeasures for Desertification: the Social Science Perspective

 Status of Desertification and Drought in Nigeria

 Building a Society of Harmony between Man and Nature: Rural Lessons for Urban Spaces

 Innovation in Information Services to Farmers--Information Services under Farmer Tuition

 Effects of Ecological Immigration on Desertification in China-- Changes in Two Villages in Ningxia in 20 Years

Part Ⅱ Mechanism and Principles of Desertification

 Soil Structure of Different Land Use Types in Wind-eroded Region in the Outskirt of Beijing

 Land Potential and Carrying Capacity Evaluation after Conversion of Farm Land to Forest in

Gezhen‘er Watershed

 The Response of Nematode Community to Grazing in a Desert Grassland

 Impact Action of Soil Particles on the Crust in Wind Erosion

 Evolution of Soil Salinity on Alluvial Fan, Alluvial Plain and Delta in Manas River Valley,Xinjiang,

Northern China

 Multiscale Spatial Associations and Patterns of Shrub Vegetation in the Desert of the Southern

Edge of Mosuowan Region, Xinjiang, China

 Effects of the Evolution of Farming System on Soil Quality in the Northern Agro-grazing Ecotone

of Yinshan Mountains

 Distribution Function of Vertical Lift-off Velocity of Sand Particles-- A Generalized Form

 Study of the Causes and Strategies of Saltinization in Jilin West Plain

 Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow around Porous Fences and Highways

 Effects of Municipal Solid Waste Compost on Soil Microbial Populations and Crop Yields in

Saline-alkaline Fields

 Analysis of Farmland Desertification in Hexi Corridor

 Wind Erosion during Sandstorm Events in Hetian, China

 Primary Factors Influencing Wind Erosion of Farmland in Wuchuan County, Inner Mongolia, China

Part Ⅲ Engineering and Management Systems for

 Desertification Prevention and Control

 Hydrology and Vegetation Responses to Emergent Water Conveyance in the Lower Reaches of the

Tarim River, China

 Seasonal Variation in Structure and Diversity of Vegetation Community in the Southern

Edge of Mosuowan Desert, Xinjiang, China 

 Tillage Effects on Characteristics of Soil Water under Winter-wheat in North China

 Analysis of Soil Environmental Succession of an Abandoned Agricultural Land in an

Oasis in Xinjiang,China

 Preliminary Study on Optimum Population of Xinjiang for Sustainable Development

 Response of Chickpea to Short Periods of High Temperature and water Stress

 Efficiency of Wind Erosion Control Measures at the Dk1562 Section of the Qinghai-Tibet

Railway

 Effect of Irrigation Regimes on Concentrations of Phytic Acid and Minerals in Hulled and Naked Oats

Part Ⅳ Leading Edge Research

 Essential Strategies for the Anti-desertification Project in China

 Quantitative Models of Invasion by Alien Plants

 Dynamics of Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon under Different Land-use at an Ecotone in Inner

Mongolia Mountains of North China

 Effects of Film Mulching and Improving Soil Fertility on Yield, WUE and NUE of Pumpkin

Grown on a Dry Sandy Soil in Northwest Plateau of Hebei Province

 Effects of Plastic-film Mulching on Forage Maize in an Agro- pastoral Ecotone in North China

 Effects of Climate Change on Soil Salinization in Xinjiang Oasis, China

 A Study on Types and Causes of Land Desertification in the Coal Mining Area of Shanxi Province

 Dynamic Analysis of Ecological Footprint of the Northern Ecotone-- The Case Study of Wuchuan, P. R. C

 Spatial Information Technology-based Check-dam System Planning in the Hongshimao Watershed

of the Loess Plateau, China 

 Research on the Vegetation of the Tarim River Basin under theSub-pixel Structure Pattern

 Preliminary Report on Conservation Tillage in Dryland in Yellow River Basin

Part Ⅴ Others

 Current Status of Soil and Water Loss in China and Its Preventive Measures

 Cultivated Land Loss Arising from Rapid Urbanization in China (1996--2005)

 Changes in Land-use and Environmental Effect on an Arid" Oasis City--A Case Study of Urumqi in Xinjiang

 Management Strategies for Wind Erosion in the North Ecotone of China

 Study on the Dynamic Changes in Rocky Desertification in Yunshun County Based on RS in

Northwestern Hunan Province

 Making a Digital Land-use Status Map Based on the MAPGIS

 Estimating Paleo-vegetation Type in the Loess Plateau of China Using Carbon Isotope

 The Relationship between Spectral Changes and Soil Condition in Various Depths

 A Quality Fuzzy Assessment Model Based on Maximum Entropy of the Water-eroded Desertification

 Assessment of Grassland Variations in Northern-Tibet Plateau of China Using Remote Sensing and

Climate Data

 Study on Yield Potential and Water Requirement of Aerobic Rice in Beijing Area Based on

ORYZA2000 Model

 Decisions for Sustainable Use of Groundwater Resources in the Ecological Area Located

between Beijing and Inner Mongolia of China

 Montane Snow Cover Variation and its Impact on Runoff of Tarim River in Xinjiang, China

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3