US-Egypt Workshop: Water Resources and Environment Issues in Egypt, and Research Needs

该奖项旨在支持将于2003年12月在埃及开罗举行的“关于埃及水资源和环境问题及研究需要的美国-埃及研讨会”。组织者是阿拉巴马农工大学土壤科学系的Tommy Coleman博士和埃及开罗水资源和灌溉部国家水资源研究中心（NWRC）主任Mona El-Kady博士。本次讲习班的目标有三个方面；首先，确定水资源和环境领域可能存在的研究空白，这些空白可以解决威胁埃及自然资源可持续性的污染问题。第二，讨论目前可能适用的用于防治污染的最新技术和方法，例如在环境保护方面有效的工程方法；遥感和地理信息系统（GIS）在解决环境问题中的应用，以及基于GIS的环境建模工具。最后，确定埃及水资源管理所需的长期监测和决策支持系统。研讨会将分为三个主要会议。第一次会议将包括两天半的演讲和小组讨论，由美国和埃及科学家讨论目前在自然资源保护、环境和水资源技术领域的研究差距，这些技术用于监测、评估和改善受污染和退化的水体和景观。第二届会议将包括为期两天半的实地考察和参观选定的需要立即补救的地区，以及已成功保护和恢复的地区。第三次会议将是为期一天的战略会议，以确定一项计划，以解决埃及水资源退化和环境保护领域确定的主要研究差距和优先事项。范围：本次联合研讨会旨在找出解决水资源短缺、水资源恶化、沿海地区水土流失和随机城市化等最严重环境问题的研究空白。它将侧重于那些需要一个合适的解决方案，可行的完成和需要双方共同合作的问题。2002年10月在埃及开罗举行了“第三届可持续农业环境系统：新技术和应用国际研讨会”。讨论的问题是埃及和世界上许多国家的共同问题。该研讨会是PI与埃及NWRC的埃及参与者进行讨论的结果。研讨会成果将促进两国互利的合作研究。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金项目的支持，该项目向两国的科学家和工程师提供资助，以开展这些联合科学活动。

0345430 ColemanDescription: This award is to support a "U.S.-Egypt Workshop on Water Resources and Environmental Issues in Egypt, and Research Needs" to be held in Cairo, Egypt in December 2003. The organizers are Dr. Tommy Coleman, Department of Soil Sciences at the Alabama A&M University and Dr. Mona El-Kady, Director, National Water Research Center (NWRC), Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Cairo, Egypt. The objectives of this workshop are threefold; first, to identify research gaps that may exist in the water resources and environmental areas that could address pollution problems that threaten the sustainability of Egypt's natural resources. Second, to discuss state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies currently used to combat pollution that may be applicable, e.g., engineering approaches that are effective in environmental protection; remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) applications in addressing environmental issues, and GIS-base environmental modeling tools. Finally, to identify long-term monitoring and decision support systems needed in the management of Egypt's water resources. The workshop will be organized in three major sessions. The first session will be comprised of two and half days of presentations and group discussions by the U.S. and Egyptian scientists addressing the current research gaps in the area of natural resources protection, environmental and water resources technologies for monitoring, assessing, and ameliorating polluted and degraded water bodies and landscapes. The second session will consist of a two and half days field trips and tours of selected areas that are identified as in need for immediate remediation, and areas that have been successfully protected and restored. The third session will be a one-day strategy session to identify a plan for addressing the primary research gaps and priorities identified in the area of water resources degradation and environmental protection in Egypt. Scope: This joint workshop is to identify research gaps in addressing the most serious environmental problems, such as shortage in water resources, water deterioration, coastal area soil erosion, and random urbanization environmental problem. It will focus on those problems that are in need of a suitable solution, feasible to complete and require joint cooperation between the two parties. A "Third International Symposium on Sustainable Agro-Environmental Systems: New Technologies and Applications" was conducted in Cairo, Egypt in October 2002. Problems discussed are common to Egypt and to many countries around the world. This workshop is an outgrowth of the discussions made by the PI and the Egyptian participants from Egypt's NWRC. The workshop results would lead to cooperative research of mutual benefits to the two countries. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these joint scientific activities.