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New Technologies
for Soil Reclamation and Desert Greenery
(Proceedings of the Joint KISR – PEC Symposium)
Edited by Nader M. Al-Awadhi
and Faisal K. Taha
US $49.95, 2002, 352 pp.
ISBN: 1-884940-25-0
For the past five years, the
Petroleum Energy Center in Japan has been organizing annual
symposia jointly with Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries to promote the enhancement of the desert
environment, with an emphasis on greenery development. These
symposia have been held in Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United
Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, and have attracted considerable
interest from the scientists and professionals active in
related scientific fields in the GCC countries as well as
worldwide. In bringing together these scientists, the
symposia provided international forums for the exchange of
views and information. Kuwait was selected to host the
symposium December 7-9, 1998. This symposium was organized
and sponsored by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific
Research (KISR) and the Petroleum Energy Center (PEC).
The symposium program
included invited and volunteered papers in addition to field
visits to water desalination plants and a Kuwait Oil Company
site for bioremediation activities. The speakers came from
Kuwait, Japan, North America, Europe and GCC countries. A
total of twenty-three scientific presentations were made
during the three-day program. An international review panel
prepared comprehensive recommendations to guide the
development of sustained greenery and the reclamation of
polluted soil.
This publication presents the
overall state of present efforts made by scientists in
developed and developing countries with regard to the
development of greenery and the enhancement of the
environment in arid zones. This book is a valuable reference
and source of information for those interested in desert
greening and environmental improvement.
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