The fourth national conference of wind erosion and dune storms
will be held March 7^th-8^th, 2018 in Yazd with the
cooperation of water, drought, erosion and environment technologies development
headquarter.

According to the information center of national elites foundation,  a number of natural
phenomenon, such as dune storms, soil erosion, and influx and motion of sands,
has increased due to human interferences and severity of exploitation of
natural resources.

While natural factors, such as change of climate and consecutive
years of drought, have a role in intensified nature of phenomenon, such as dune
storms, and relevant complications, especially the distribution of dunes in
many cities of the country, evidences show the effectiveness of industrial and
mine development and excessive exploitation of water sources and inaccurate
management of farms in this area.

The main topics of this specialized meeting include the dynamic
and physics of wind and wind-surfing dunes, direct and indirect measurement and
assessment of wind erosion and dune storms using new technologies, modeling and
evaluating the models used in wind erosion and dune storms, recognition and use
of domestic knowledge and new methods to control wind erosion, evaluation of
effect of wind erosion and dues on environment and natural sources,
agriculture, industry and health.

Other topics of the event include the impact of drought and
climate change on wind erosion and dune storms, introducing new methods to find
the origin of dune storms and determine the sensitive areas of wind erosion to
select the optimal crisis management technique, evaluation of impact of water
management in arid and semi-arid areas on wind erosion and phenomenon of dunes,
assessment of effects of industry and mine development on wind erosion and
level of dunes.