Inauguration of WASER

                 Xinhua News Agency: World Research Group on Erosion Founded in China

                       Shucheng WANG and Lisheng SUO congratulate on WASER

First WASER Council Meeting is Held in Beijing

国际泥沙信息网2004年10月17日讯    今天，世界泥沙研究学会第一次理事会在北京国际泥沙研究培训中心召开，来自世界各地的理事会委员认真讨论了世界泥沙研究学会章程，选举出了世界泥沙研究学会主席、副主席和秘书长，著名泥沙研究专家、英国Exeter大学Desmond E. Walling教授当选为主席，美国科罗拉多州立大学教授杨志达、国际水库泥沙研究协调委员会主席G. Di Silvio当选为副主席，国际泥沙中心副秘书长、清华大学教授王兆印当选为秘书长。

世界泥沙研究学会将在即将召开的第九次河流泥沙国际学术讨论会（宜昌，2004.10.18-21）上正式宣布成立。

世界泥沙研究学会是非政府、非盈利性的国际学术组织。 中文名称为“世界泥沙研究学会”，英文名称为“World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research”（缩写为WASER）。学会的宗旨是联络各国泥沙工作者，开展技术交流与合作，共同促进泥沙领域的研究、设计和管理水平的提高，为合理利用水土资源、保护生态环境、实现可持续发展提供科学知识和技术支持。

世界泥沙研究学会的秘书处设在国际泥沙研究培训中心，河流泥沙国际学术讨论会作为世界泥沙研究学会的例会，英文期刊“International Journal of Sediment Research”作为学会的会刊。

会场

Desmond E. Walling教授当选为主席, 杨志达教授、G. Di Silvio教授当选为副主席，王兆印教授当选为秘书长

WASER理事会成员及工作人员合影

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Inauguration of WASER

• Prof. G. DiSilvio, Vice President of WASER acts as a moderator

• Prof. Zhao-Yin WANG, WASER secretary-general introduces WASER

• Prof. Jizhang GAO, Director of IRTCES announces the WASER establishment

• Prof. Walling, WASER President makes speech 

• Dr. A. SZOLLOSI-NAGY, UNESCO representative, makes speech

• Dr. Christopher GEORGE, IAHR Executive Director, makes speech

• Prof. Kuniyoshi TAKEUCHI, IAHS President, makes speech

• Prof. Zhimin MENG, Deputy Director-General of Department of International Cooperation, Science & Technology, MWR., P. R. of China, makes speech

• Congratulations from Prof. George Gergov, representative of WASWC

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Xinhua News Agency: World Research Group on Erosion Founded in China

The World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER) was founded in the capital of central China's Hubei Province Tuesday and more than 140 scientists from 37 countries have applied to be initial members.

The research group decided to place the headquarters in China because China had played a leading role in research into erosion and riverbed sediment, said an expert from the China Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power Research Institute. 

So far the country has hosted five of the nine international seminars on sedimentation and erosion. 

The research on sedimentation and erosion covers the fields such as earth erosion, the transportation and deposition of earth in the river and its impact on water conservancy projects. 

According to a WASER source, earth erosion results in a loss of 50,000 to 70,000 square kilometers of arable land and sediment causes a shrinkage of 1 percent in reservoirs around the world each year. 

In China, about 3.56 million square kilometers of land suffer erosion, accounting for 37 percent of the country's total territory.

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Shucheng WANG and Lisheng SUO congratulate on WASER

作者：高立洪 韦凤年 席晶

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