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SUMMARY:Synopsis of activities of  the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Res
 earch
DTSTART:20110222T121500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Professeur Berliner\, Director Blaustein Inst. for Desert Rese
 arch\, Ben Gurion Uni of Negev\, Israel\nPresentation of the mission and t
 he academic structure of the the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research\
 , one of the research institutes of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev
 . The activities of the various research groups (desert ecology\, architec
 ture and social studies\, solar energy and environmental physics\, irrigat
 ed and rain fed dryland agriculture \, aquaculture\, plant stress physiolo
 gy\, desalination\, wastewater treatment and geohydrology.) will be presen
 ted and some projects will be presented in greater detail\, amongst them:\
 n1. Efficient use of flood water for the production of olives and the simu
 ltaneous production of firewood and fodder\n2. Polyethylene mulching to im
 prove water use efficiency of irrigated crops\n3. Urban canyon microclimat
 e and pedestrian comfort\n4. Remote sensing for desertification studies\n5
 . Gaseous environment of rodent burrows' 
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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