Special Initiatives
IALC special initiatives include workshops, conferences, symposiums, Websites, technical training, and related projects [not specified as research or demonstration]. The IALC actively participates with other organizations in support of such activities.
Outcomes of completed special initiatives are listed when available after the project’s abstract.
- Water Scarcity, Human Security and Democratization: Aspects and Impacts of The Syrian Crisis
- “Cutting-edge Solutions to Wicked Water Problems” Conference September 10-11, 2017 in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Caravan For Democracy
- IALC and DRFN collaborate on adaptation fund technical assistance project, 2017, Windhoek, Namibia
- Fourth International Conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification: Implementing Rio+20 for Drylands and Desertification November 12-15 2012 , Sede Boqer campus of Ben Gurion University
- ConferenceTitled: Afforestation and Sustainable Forests as a Means to Combat Desertification (06S-01) (Funded in 2006)
- Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II Conference (04S-01) (Funded in 2004)
- Santa Rita Experimental Range: One-Hundred Years (1903-2003) of Accomplishments and Contributions (02S-02) (Funded in 2002)
- IALC Conference: Assessing Capabilities of Soil and Water Resources in Drylands: The Role of Information Retrieval and Dissemination Technologies (02S-01) (Funded in 2002)
- Enhancing the BRDP Library, Jordan (01S-01) (Final Report Abstract)
- IALC Land Management Workshop: A 10th Anniversary Celebration of USFS, CSREES, Israel, and IALC Partnerships (98D-16, Funded in 1999) Reno NV
- Badia’s Center for Ecological Education (BCEE) (00D-06) (Funded in 2000)
- Biodiversity in Drylands: Research, Management and Demonstration Needs (99D-10) (Funded in 1999)
- Technical Training Course on Mitigating Risks to Conservation and Sustainable Use of Water and Other Natural Resources (30 May - 11 June 1999, Jordan and Israel) (97D-08A - FY98) (Final report abstract)
- An International Management Training Workshop on Arid & Semiarid Ecological Systems (Nov - Dec 1995, Israel) (95D-09) (Funded in 1995)
- International Symposium on Sustainable Water Management in Arid and Semiarid Regions (15 - 19 May 1995, Israel) (94D-19) (Final report abstract)
- International Workshop on Arid Lands Management: Towards Ecological Sustainability (19 - 24 June 1994, Israel) (93R-RAC) (Funded in 1993)