President: Miodrag Zlatic, University of Belgrade, Kneza Viseslava, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro. mizlatic@yubc.net

Deputy President: Machito Mihara, Tokyo Univ. of Agr., 1.1.1 Sakuragaoka Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan. waswc@nifty.com

Executive Secretary: Jiao Juren, ICRTS, DSWC/MWR, Jia 1, Fuxinglu, Beijing 100038, Beijing, China. waswc@icrts.org

Treasurer: John M. Laflen, 5784 Hwy 9, Buffalo Center IA 50424, USA. laflen@wctatel.net

Immediate Past President: Samran Sombatpanit, 67/141 Amonphant 9, Soi Sena 1, Bangkok 10230, Thailand. sombatpanit@yahoo.com

(The Immediate Past President also functions as the Acting President for the period April 2005-June 2006.)

For Africa: Mohamed Sabir, National School of Forest Engineers, BP 511 Salé, Morocco. sabirenfi@wanadoo.net.ma

For America (Latin): Eduardo Rienzi, Fac. of Agronomy, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Av. San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. rienzi@mail.agro.uba.ar

For America (North): Ted Napier, Dept of Human & Community Development, Ohio State U., Columbus, OH 43210, USA. napier.2@osu.edu

For Australia: Ian Hannam, International Environmental Law and Policy Specialist, Newport, Australia. ian.hannam@ozemail.com.au

(Assistant Treasurer: W.C. Moldenhauer, 2400 Sunrise Ridge Circle #107 Brookings SD 57006, USA. moldwc@itctel.com.)

Past Presidents:

1983-1985: William C. Moldenhauer, USA

1986-1988: Norman W. Hudson, UK (deceased)

1989-1991: Rattan Lal, USA. lal.1@osu.edu

1991-1997: Hans Hurni, Switzerland. hans.hurni@cde.unibe.ch

1997-2001: David W. Sanders, UK. dsanders@clara.net

2002-2004: Samran Sombatpanit, Thailland. sombatpanit@yahoo.com

Secretariat:

c/o International Center for Research and Training for Seabuckthorn, DSWC/MWR, Jia 1, Fuxinglu, Beijing 100038, China.Phone:+86-10-63204370, Fax:+86-10-63204359, waswc@icrts.org

Secretary General: Henry Lu Shunguang, Phone: +86-10-63204362, henry@icrts.org, sglu@mwr.gov.cn

Deputy Secretary General: An Baoli, Phone: +86-10-63204370, waswc@icrts.org, anbaoli@swcc.cn

Assistants: Tu Xiaoning, Chen Xuechun, Xia Jingfang xjfang@mwr.gov.cn

Website operators:

Guangzhou Website (http://waswc.soil.gd.cn): GUO Zhixing, zxguo@soil.cn & yishan_liao@163.com (for multi-language WASWC Newsletter)

Tokyo Website (www.waswc.org): Takashi Ueno, waswc@nifty.com (For Journal and Proceedings of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation)

Photo Websites (http://community.webshots.com/user/waswc & http://community.webshots.com/user/waswc1): Samran Sombatpanit, sombatpanit@yahoo.com (For posting photos illustrating all aspects of soil and water conservation)

Regional Vice Presidents:

Africa: Mohamed Sabir, National School of Forest Engineers, BP 511 Salé, Morocco, sabirenfi@wanadoo.net.ma

Zachee Boli, IRAD, BP 2123, Yaounde, Cameroon. m.tengantchouang@cgiar.org

Paul S. Tarimo, Dept. of Agriculture and Food Security, P.O. Box 9071, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. tarimops@hotmail.com

Asia: Dimyati Nangju, Jl Mertilang c. Jl Maleo, Blok JE8, 15, Sekt 9, B. Jaya, Jakarta, Indonesia. dimynangju@yahoo.com

D.C. Das, 19 Parijat Apartments, 4 Outer Ring Road, Pitampura, New Delhi 110 034, India. dinesh_ranu2003@yahoo.com

Li Rui, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, 26 Xinong Rd., Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. lirui@ms.iswc.ac.cn

Machito Mihara, Tokyo Univ. of Agric., 1.1.1 Sakuragaoka Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan. waswc@nifty.com

Australasia: Ian Hannam, International Environmental Law and Policy Specialist, Newport, Australia. ian.hannam@dipnr.nsw.gov.au

Europe: Eric Roose, ORSTOM, B.P. 5045, Montpellier, F 34043, France. eric.roose@mpl.ird.fr

Georgi Gergov, National Inst. of Meteorology and Hydrology, B. Tzarigradski, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria. g_gergov@internet-bg.net

L. America: Rolf Derpsch, Conservation Consultant, CC13223, Shopping del Sol, Asunción, Paraguay. rderpsch@telesurf.com.py

Ildefonso Pla Sentis, Universitat de Lleida, Av. Alcade Rovira Route 177, E-25198 Lleida, Spain. ipla@macs.udl.es

Middle East: Shabbir Shahid, Salinity Management, Int’l Centre for Biosaline Agriculture, P.O. Box 14660, Dubai, UAE. s.shahid@biosaline.org.ae

Pacific: Samir A. El-Swaify, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. elswaify@hawaii.edu

Mohammad H. Golabi, College of Agric. and Life Sci., Univ. of Guam, Mangilao, Guam. mgolabi@guam.uog.edu

Pradip Baisyet, 2 Lachlan Place, Favona, Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand. Baisyet@ihug.co.nz

National Representatives:

Afghanistan: (Corresponding member) Bashir Ahmad, Herat. bashir_eng2002@yahoo.com

Albania: Ramazan Saraci, Rr. Shinasi Dishnica No. 5, Tirana. ramazansaraci@yahoo.co.uk

Argentina: Eduardo Rienzi, Fac. of Agronomy, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Av. San Martin, Buenos Aires. rienzi@mail.agro.uba.ar

Algeria: Mourad Arabi, Station INRF de recherche pour la GCES, BP 193 Ain Dheb-26001 Médéa-Algérie. almouraddz@yahoo.fr

Australia: Philippa Tolmie, Dept of Nat Res, Mines & Energy, 102 Tor Street, Toowoomba, 4350. Philippa.Tolmie@nrme.qld.gov.au

Austria: Josef Rosner, Agric. Office of Coordination for Edu. & Res., Frauentorgasse, A-3430 Tulln. josef.rosner@noel.gv.at

Bangladesh: J.U. Shoaib, Soil Resource Development Institute, Dhaka 1215. jushoaib@aitlbd.net

Bangladesh: M. Iqbal Zuberi, Univ of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205. zuberimi@yahoo.com, iqbal.zuberi@gmail.com

Belgium: Donald Gabriels, University of Ghent, Compure links 653, B-9000 Ghent. Donald.Gabriels@UGent.be

Bhutan: Chencho Norbu, National Soil Services Center, Dept. of Agric., Min. of Agric., Timphu. norbuc@druknet.bt

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Hamid Custovic, Agricultural Faculty, St. Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71000 Sarajevo. hcustovic@smartnet.ba

Botswana: Benedict Kayombo, Botswana College of Agriculture, Private Bag 0027, Gaborone. bkayombo@bca.bw

Brazil: Antonio Guerra, Fed. Univ. of Rio, Department of Geography - Cidade Universitaria, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro , RJ - Brazil. antoniotguerra@gmail.com

Brazil: Antonio Ramalho-Filho, Embrapa Solos, Rua Jardim Botanico, 1024, Rio de Janeiro 22460-000. ramalho@cnps.embrapa.br

Bulgaria: Elena Rafailova, Univ. of Forestry, Kliment Ohridski Str. 10, Sofia 1756. erafailova@yahoo.com

Burkina Faso: François Lompo, INERA, BP 8645 Ouagadougou 04. frlompo@fasonet.bf

Canada: Tom Goddard, Alberta Agric., Food & Rural Development, 4340 114^th St., Edmonton AB T6J 1N1. tom.goddard@gov.ab.ca

Chile: Carlos Crovetto, No-Till Dev. Cen. (CEDECELA), P.O. Box 1626, Las Heras 2095, Concepción. crovetto@entelchile.net

Chinese Taipei: Huei-long Wu, Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Taipei. hueilong@mail.swcb.gov.tw

Colombia: Franco Obando-Moncayo, University of Caldas, Calle 65 No 26-10 AA:275, Manizales-Caldas. fobando1@yahoo.com

Cuba: Leslie Molerio León, Gr. of Terrestrial Waters, Min. of Sci., Tech. and Env., CP 10600, Habana 6. leslie@cesigma.com.cu

Czech Republic: Josef Krecek, Czech Technical University, Thakurova 7, CZ-16629 Prague 6. krecek@cesnet.cz

Denmark: Ole Borggaard, Dept of Nat. Sci., Royal Vet. & Agric. Univ, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C, DK-1871. okb@kvl.dk

Eritrea: Ashwani Kumar Goel, Agric. Engineering Dept., P.O. Box 397, Keren. erakgoel@rediffmail.com

Estonia: Raimo Kolli, Dept. of Soil Sci. and Agrochemistry, Estonian Agric. University, Erika, EE-51014 Tartu. raimo@eau.ee

Ethiopia: Daniel Danano Dale, Ministry of Agriculture, P.O. Box 62758, Addis Ababa. Ethiocat@telecom.net.et

Ghana: Charles Quansah, Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Kumasi. crop-ust@africaonline.com.gh

Greece: Christos Tsadilas, Inst. Soil Class. Map. Nat. Agr. Res. Found., Theophrastos 1 St., Larissa 41335. tsadilas@lar.forthnet.gr

Hungary: Ádám Kertész, Geogr. Res. Inst., Hungarian Academy of Sci., Budaörsi út 45, H-1112 Budapest. kertesza@helka.iif.hu

Iceland: Andrés Arnalds, Soil Conservation Service, Gunnarsholt, 850 Hella. andres.arnalds@land.is

India: Suraj Bhan, SCSI, G-3, Nat. Soc. Block, NASC Complex, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi-110012. bhan_suraj2001@yahoo.com

India: Surinder S. Kukal, Department of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004. sskukal@rediffmail.com

Indonesia: Dwiatmo Siswomartono, J. Raya Sindabarang 167, Bogor. dwiatmo_sm@yahoo.com

Iran: Ali Najafi Najad, Watershed Mgmt Dept., Univ. of Gorgan, Golestan Province. najafinejad@yahoo.com

Iran: Ghorban Ali Roshani, Dept of Soil & Water Res, Golestan Agric. Res Center, Gorgan. gh_roshani@yahoo.com

Iran: Hassan Rouhipour, Desert Div., Res. Inst. of Forests and Rangelands, P.O. Box 13185-116, Teheran. Parviz624@yahoo.com.au

Ireland: John Geraghty, Geraghty Consulting, Kilsheelan, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. info@jgeraghtyconsulting.com

Israel: Menahem Agassi, Soil Erosion Res Sta., Ruppin Institute, Emeq Hefer. menahema@moag.gov.il

Italy: Michele Pisante, University of Teramo, Via Spagna, 1, 64023 Mosciano S. Angelo (TE). mpisante@unite.it

Italy: Paola Rossi, Dept. of Agr. Science and Tech., Univ. of Bologna, Bologna. ppisa@agrsci.unibo.it

Kazakhstan: Zulfira Zikrina, Kazakhstan Center for Pollution Prevention, Microdist. 6, 46, 59, 480036 Almaty. om@zik.samal.kz

Kenya: James O. Owino, Dept. of Agric Eng., Egerton University, P.O.B. 536 Njoro. joowin@yahoo.com

Korea: Yeong-Sang Jung, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Kangwon-Do. jungys7@kangwon.ac.kr

Kuwait: Ghulam Shabbir, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885 Safat 13109. gshabbir@kisr.edu.kw

Kyrgyzstan: Abdybek F. Asanaliev, Agronomy Faculty, Kyrgyz Agrarian University, Bishkek. asanaly61@mail.ru

Lao P.D.R.: Bounthong Bouahom, National Agric. & Forestry Res. Inst. (NAFRI), P.O. Box 7170, Vientiane. bounthong@nafri.org.la

Latvia: Aldis Karklins, Dept. of Soil Sci. and Agrochemistry, Latvia Agric. Univ., Jelgava, LV-3001. karklins@cs.llu.lv

Lithuania: Benediktas Jankauskas, Lithuania Institute of Agriculture, Silale District LT 5926. kaltbs@kaltbs.lzi.lt

Macedonia: Ivan Blinkov, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij", 1000 Skopje. blinkov@ukim.edu.mk

Madagascar: Marie Antoinette Razafindrakoto, Division Gestion Conservatoire des Eaux et des Sols, BP 175, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo. ma.kisatoo@univ-antananarivo.mg

Malawi: Amon Kabuli, Bunda College of Agriculture, amonmw@yahoo.com

Malawi: D. Kayambazinthu, Forestry Research Institute of Malawi, Kufa Rd., P.O. Box 270, Zomba. d_kayamba@hotmail.com

Malaysia: Joseph Kendawang, Forestry Dept HQ, Wisma Sumber Alam, Petra Jaya 93660 Kuching, Sarawak. josephjk@sarawaknet.gov.my

Malaysia: Mohd Faisal B. Mohd Noor, School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Locked Bag No. 2073, 88999 Kota Kinabalu. faisal@ums.edu.my

Maldives: Mohamed Nazeem, Min. of Fisheries, Agric. & Marine Resources, Ghazee Bldg., Male 20-05. agri@fishagri.gov.mv

Mexico: Aurora Michel Galindo, Corazon de la Tierra, c/o Lloyd Carret, Chapala-Jocotepec # 40, Ajijic, Jalisco 45920. auroramichel@hotmail.com

Moldova: Valentin Ciubotaru, NGO BIOS, 6th Pomicultorilor Str., No. 16, MD-2028, Chisinau. ngobios@mtc.md

Morocco: Abdelaziz Merzouk, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat 10101. merzouk@mtds.com

Nepal: Mohan P. Wagley, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Singhadurbar, Kathmandu. mpwagley@yahoo.com

Netherlands: Leo Stroosnijder, Wageningen University, Nieuwe Kanaal 11, 6709 PA Wageningen. leo.stroosnijder@wur.nl

New Zealand: Garth Eyles, 1 Kent Ter., Teradale, Napier. garth@hbrc.govt.nz

Nigeria: 40. salibello2002@yahoo.com

Pakistan: M. Ehsan Akhtar, Inst. for Nat. Res. Sci., Nat. Agric. Res. Center, P.O. NIH Chak Shehzad. ehsan_narc1@yahoo.com

Pakistan: Khalida Khan, Center for Integrated Mountain Research, Punjab University, Lahore. cimrpu@yahoo.com

Peru: Manuel Paulet, IICA Sede Central-Area II, Av Jorge Basadre 1120, San Isidro, Lima 27. mpauleti@terra.com.pe

Philippines: Annie Melinda A. Alberto, Env. Mgmt Inst., Central Luzon State Univ., Muñoz City of Science. ralbrtco@mozcom.com

Philippines: Romeo V. Labios, FSSRI, University of the Philippines, Los Baños. romylabios@yahoo.com

Philippines: Jose D. Rondal, Bureau of Soils and Water Management, Diliman, Quezon City. jrondal@info.com.ph

Poland: Jan Jadczyszyn, Inst. of Soil Sci. and Plant Cultivation, ul Czartoryskcih 8, Pulawy 24-100. janj@iung.pulawy.pl

Portugal: João Pedroso de Lima, Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Sci. & Tech., Univ. of Coimbra, 3030-290 Coimbra . plima@dec.uc.pt

Romania: Gheorgh Cretu, "POLITEHNICA" University of Timişoara, Timişoara 1900. gcr@mail.dnttm.ro

Russia: Ludmila Frolova, Dept. of Ecology, Kazan State University, Kremlevskaya St. 18, Kazan. lucy.frolova@ksu.ru

Senegal: Adama Ly, PGIES, Parc Forestier et Zoologique de Hann, BP 17 313 Dakar, Liberté. adama@refer.sn

Serbia and Montenegro: Miodrag Zlatic, University of Belgrade, Kneza Viseslava , Belgrade. mizlatic@yubc.net

Slovak Republic: Beata Houskova, Soil Sci. & Cons. Res. Inst., Gagarinova 10, 82713 Bratislava. Beata.houskova@jrc.it, houskovab@hotmail.com

Slovenia: Ales Horvat, Podjetje za urejanje hudournikov, Hajdrihova 28, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia. ales.horvat@puh.si

S. Africa: Richard Fowler, Afric. Cons. Till. Network (ACT), 5 Musson Mews, Hayfields, 3201 Pietermaritzburg. rmfowler@iafrica.com

S. Africa: Rinda van der Merwe, Inst. of Soil, Climate & Water, Private Bag X29, Pretoria 0001. rinda@arc.agric.za

Spain: Artemi Cerdà, Departament de Geografia, Universitat de València, 46010 - Valencia. acerda@uv.es

Sri Lanka: K.M.A. Kendaragama, Natural Resources Management Center, P.O. Box 52, No. 05, Sarasawi Mawatha, Peradeniya, kendarag@sltnet.lk

Sri Lanka: Ranjith B. Mapa, Team Leader, SRICANSOL Project, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, maparb@yahoo.com

Sweden: Ingvar Nilsson, Dept. of Soil Science, Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala 75007. ingvar.nilsson@mv.slu.se

Syria: Zuhair Masri, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo. z.masri@cgiar.org, soilcons@scs-net.org

Tajikistan: Sanginboy R. Sanginov, Soil Science Research Institute, Rudaki av. 21 A, 734025 Dushanbe. soil@tajik.net

Thailand (N): Mattiga Panomtaranichagul, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002. mattiga@chiangmai.ac.th

Thailand (NE): Patma Vityakon, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40000. patma@kku.ac.th

Thailand (S): Charlchai Tanavud, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112. charlchai.t@psu.ac.th

Thailand (C): Nongkran Maneewan, SWCST, Land Development Dept., Bangkok 10900. nongkran@ldd.go.th

Turkey: Sevilay Haciyakupoglu, Istanbul Technical University, 80626 Maslak, Istanbul. haciyakup1@itu.edu.tr

Turkey: Ahmet Hizal, Dept of Watershed Mgmt, Faculty of Forestry, Istanbul Univ., Bahcekoy 34473 Istanbul. ahizal@istanbul.edu.tr

Uganda: Bueno Dickens Sande, Forestry Resources Research Institute (FORRI) of NARO, P.O. Box 311 Kabale. bdsande@yahoo.co.uk

Uganda: John Ssendawula, SWCSU, Dept. of Soil Sci., Makerere Univ., P.O. Box 7062, Kampala. swcsu@infocom.co.ug

Ukraine: Vasyl Gutsuleak, Geography Institute, Chernivtsy University, 58000 Chernivtsy. lidia@unicom.cv.ua

United Kingdom: Mike Fullen, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB. M.Fullen@wlv.ac.uk

Uruguay: Fernando García-Préchac, Faculty of Agronomy, University of the Republic, Montevideo. fgarciap@fagro.edu.uy

USA: Ted Napier, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210. napier.2@osu.edu

Venezuela: Fernando Delgado, CIDIAT, University of Los Andes, Merída. delgado@ula.ve

Venezuela: Oscar Rodríguez Parisca, UCV-Facultad de Agronomia, Maracay. osrp@telcel.net.ve

Vietnam: Dao Chau Thu, Hanoi Agricultural University, Gia Lam, Hanoi. chauthu-hau@fpt.vn

Vietnam: Pham Quang Ha, Soil Environment Research Dept., National Institute for Soils and Fertilizers, Tu Liem, Hanoi. pqha-nisf@hn.vnn.vn

Vietnam: Vo-Tong Xuan, Angiang University, Angiang Province. vtxuan@agu.edu.vn

Zambia: Reynolds K. Shula, Agricultural Support Programme, P.O. Box 50181 Lusaka. scafe@zamnet.zm

Zimbabwe: Edward Chuma, Inst. of Env. Studies, Univ. of Zimbabwe, Box MP 167 Mt. Pleasant, Harare. chuma@africaonline.co.zw

Special Representatives:

- Will Critchley, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1105-2G, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. WRS.Critchley@dienst.vu.nl

- Martin Haigh, Geography Unit (S.S.), Oxford Brookes Univ., Oxford OX3 OBP, UK. mhaigh@brookes.ac.uk

- Toshiaki Ohkura, National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES), Tsukuba, Japan. tohkura@niaes.affrc.go.jp