Cooperating Institutions

The World Association of Soil and Water Conservation is grateful for the help and cooperation received from the following organizations, institutions, societies, associations and private enterprises.

 HOST INSTITUTIONS

• Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

• Monitoring Center for Soil and Water Conservation, Ministry of Water Resources, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

• Institute of Environment Rehabilitation & Conservation (ERECON), Tokyo, Japan

 SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS

• SonTek YSI Incorporated, San Diego, CA, U.S.A

• Syngenta, Basel, Switzerland

• SEMEATO Machinery, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Eijkelkamp Agrisearch Equipment B.V., Giesbeek, Netherlands

 COOPERATORS IN TRANSLATION

• Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Spanish)

• National School of Forest Engineers, Salé, Morocco (French)

• Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Tangier, Morocco (Arabic)

• Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Rabat, Morocco (French)

• Institute of Soil & Water Conservation – CAS, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (Chinese)

• Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences – CAS, Beijing, China (Chinese)

• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Portuguese)

• Ministry of Forestry, Jakarta, Indonesia (Bahasa)

• Kyrgyz Agrarian University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Russian)

• National Institute for Soils and Fertilizers (NISF), Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam (Vietnamese)       

 ORGANIZATION MEMBERS

AFRICA

• Malagasy Association for Study and Management of Soils (AMEGES), Antananarivo, Madagascar

• World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya

AMERICA, LATIN

• AAPRESID (Direct Seeding Promotion), Rosario, Argentina

• Conf. Asoc. Amer. Agric. Sustentable (CAAPAS), Argentina

• Associaçao de Plantio Direto no Cerrado (APDC), Brasilia, Brazil

• EMBRAPA - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation)

• FEBRAPDP - Federação Brasileira de Plantio Direto na Palha, Brazil

AMERICA, NORTH

• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan, Mexico

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington , D.C., U.S.A.

• International Erosion Control Association (IECA), CO, USA  

ASIA

• EARTH'S HOPE, Beijing, China

• The Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP), Beijing, P.R. China 

• Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI), Dehra Dun, India

• Indian Association of Soil and Water Conservationists (IASWC), Dehra Dun, India

• National Soil Services Centre (NSSC), Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Simtokha, Thimphu, Bhutan

• Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation (CCEC), Khulna, Bangladesh

• Chinese Soil and Water Conservation Society, 100-2F., No. 8, Lane 113, Hsia-Men St., Taipei

• Soil Science Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal

• Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

• National Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute, Vientiane, Lao P.D.R.

• Hanoi Agricultural University, Gialam, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Vietnam Society of Soil Science, c/o NIAPP, 61 Hang Chuoi, Hanoi, Vietnam

• National Institute for Soils and Fertilizers (NISF), Tu Liem, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Angiang University, Angiang Province, Vietnam

• International Water Management Institute - Southeast Asia (IWMI-SEA), Penang, Malaysia

• Land Development Department, Bangkok, Thailand

• Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

• Philippine Society of Soil Science and Technology (PSSST), c/o BSWM, Quezon City, Philippines

• Environmental Management Institute, Central Luzon State University (CLSU), Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

• Japan Green Resources Agency, Kanagawa, Japan

• Fujian Soil Conservation Office, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

• Fujian SWC Association, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

• Guangzhou Ecoen Env. Afforestation Co. Ltd., China

• Soil Science Society of Iran, Teheran, Iran

• The Erosion and Sedimentation Committee of Iran, c/o Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., School of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

• Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi, India

AUSTRALIA

• Australian Society of Soil Science, Queensland Branch, Brisbane, Australia

• Aquaseeding Pty Ltd., Vermont, Victoria, Australia

EUROPE

• University of Teramo, Via Spagna, 1, 64023 Mosciano S. Angelo (TE), Italy

• European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS)

• Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Paris, France

• Fonds Française pour l’Environnement Mondial (FFEM), Paris, France

• Hellenic Society of Soil Science, Athens, Greece

• "Erosion et GCES" géré par l'AUF, Montpellier, France

• NGO Bios, Chisinau, Moldova

• Eijkelkamp Agrisearch Equipment B.V., Giesbeek, Netherlands

• World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT), University of Berne, Switzerland

• NCCR NORTH-SOUTH, University of Berne, Switzerland

• SLM, University of Berne, Switzerland

• World Soil Information Centre (ISRIC), Wageningen, Netherlands

• Soil Conservation Service, Gunnarsholt, Hella, Iceland

• National Association for Protection of Icelandic Environment, Iceland

• University of Iceland, Sudurgata 1, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

• Agricultural University of Iceland, Hvanneyri, 311 Borgarnes, Iceland

• University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK

• Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

• International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands

• Dept. for Physical Geography, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade Univ., Belgrade, Serbia 

• Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2, boite 2B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

• K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

• Vodoprivredna Organizacija Loznica (Water Management Enterprise Loznica), Loznica, Serbia

 OTHER COOPERATORS

• Clouston Energy Research, LLC

• International Soil Conservation Organization (ISCO), Marrakech, Morocco

• European Society for Soil Conservation (ESSC), Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, IA, USA

• International Erosion Control Association, Picton, NSW, Australia

• Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia  

• EMBRAPA Solos (National Soils Center), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Instituto Agronomico do Campinas (IAC), SP, Brazil

• Central Res. Inst. Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, India 

• Environmental Institute ECO ASIA, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

• Guangdong Huihua Environment S&T Co., Guangzhou, China

• Guangzhou ECO Environmental Science & Technology Co. Ltd., China

• Commission on Land Degradation & Desertification (COMLAND)

• International Union of Soil Sciences [IUSS]

• The World Conservation Union [IUCN]

• Worldwatch Institute

• Centre for Development and Environment [CDE]

• Earth Policy Institute [EPI]

• International Centre for Research & Training on Seabuckthorn [ICRTS]

• Canadian Society of Soil Science [CSSS]

• Department of Soil and Water Conservation, National Chung-Hsing University, 402 Taichung, Taiwan, China

• Indian Council of Agricultural Research [ICAR]

• Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry (ICPA), Bucharest, Romania