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Erosion and transport of soil has worldwide implications for agriculture, landscape stability, climate, natural hazards, and clean, renewable resources of water and air. Assured access to clean water and a healthy and safe environment requires an ethic of conservation and protection. The minimum scale in which these principles apply successfully is basin wide. These are the fundamental concerns of the Sino-US Centers for Soil and Water Conservation and Environmental Protection.
The
focus for Chinese participation is located in Yangling, Shaanxi Province,
at the Northwest Sci-Tech University for Agriculture
and Forestry. The U.S. focus is located
at the University of Arizona in Tucson,
Arizona, USA.
Li Jing, Director, China Center
William A. Sprigg, Director, U.S. Center
(a) Understand the processes that affect soil and water conservation and environmental protection;
(b) Develop and/or identify better management practices to conserve soil and water and to protect the environment;
(c) Disseminate information and educate and inform those who may use or expand upon the CentersÕ accomplishments.
Precious natural resources such as soil and water and the environmental conditions underlying good health fortify a countryÕs economy and its ability to share experience and wealth for worldwide benefit. Neglect and insensitivity to environmental conditions, inferior application of technology, and increasing demands to occupy and reshape the land, produce food, and exploit water are barriers to using and sustaining natural resources. In China and the United States, government agencies, educational institutions, and the business sector are establishing the Centers and addressing these concerns.
The Centers were formed under the guidance of a Joint Organizing Committee, which in January 2002 was:
Scott Christiansen
International Program Leader
Office of International Research Programs USDA-ARS
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705-5141
Bus: (301) 502-4686
Bus Fax: (301) 504-4528
E-mail: sac@ars.usda.gov
Shou-shan
Fan
Mission Coordinator
Adjunct Research Professor
20427 Aspenwood Lane
Gaithersburg, MD 20886
Bus: (301) 869-1883
Bus Fax: (301) 869-1883
E-mail: ssfan@erols.com
John R.
Gray
Sediment Specialist/Hydrologist
Office of Surface Water Resources Division
US Geological Survey
12201
Sunrise Valley Drive
415 National Center
Reston, VA 20192
Bus: (703) 648-5318
Bus Fax: (703) 648-5722
E-mail: jrgray@usgs.gov
Li
Jing
Director,
China
Center, Sino-U.S. Centers for Soil and Water Conservation and Environmental
Protection
Executive
Vice President, Northwest SCI-Tech University of Agriculture & Forestry
Yangling, Shaanxi 712100 China
Bus: 86-29-7082808
Bus Fax: 86-29-7082858
E-mail: lijinglee@163.net
Sylvana
Li
International Affairs Specialist
USDA-FAS-ICD-RSED
Room 3222, South Building
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250
Bus: (202) 690-4872
Bus Fax: (202) 690-0892
E-mail: LiS@fas.usda.gov
Liu Guobin
Professor and Director of Ansai Research Station
Chinese Ecosystem Research Network
Department of Watershed Ecology and Management
Institute of Soil and Water Conservation
Northwest SCI-Tech University of Agriculture & Forestry
Yangling, Shaanxi 712100 China
Bus: 86-29-7012907 (Yangling); 86-911-6212966 (Ansai)
Bus Fax: 86-29-7012210
E-mail: gbliu@ms.iswc.ac.cn
William
A. Sprigg
Director, U.S. Center, Sino-U.S. Centers for Soil and Water Conservation
and Environmental Protection
Research
Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
University of Arizona
715
N. Park Ave., 2nd Floor
Tucson, AZ 85721
Bus: (520) 622-9014
Bus Fax: (520) 792-8795
E-mail: wsprigg@u.arizona.edu
Jock
Whittlesey
American Embassy Environment, Science and Technology Section
3 Xiu Shui Bei Jie, Beijing 100600 China
Bus: 86-10-6532-3831
Bus Fax: 86-10-6532-3297
E-mail: WhittleseyJK@state.gov
Zhang Shuoxin
Chief of the International Coop. and Exchange
Northwest SCI-Tech University of Agriculture & Forestry
3 Taicheng Road Yangling, Shaanxi 712100 China
Bus: 86-29-7082891
Bus Fax: 86-29-7082892
E-mail: sxzhang@nwsuaf.edu.cn
China Associates
Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
CAS - Institute of Soil and Water Conservation
Chinese Meteorological Administration
Chinese Meteorological Society
Chinese Ministry of Agriculture
Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology
Chinese Ministry of Water Resources (MWR)
and it's Haihe River Water Conservancy Commission
Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the US
MWR-Yellow River Conservancy Commission
Meteorological Bureau of Xinjian Uigur
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture & Forestry
Beijing Water Resources Bureau
U.S. Associates
Environmental Technology Industry Cluster
National Association of State Development Agencies
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
University of California, Los Angeles
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Watershed Research Center (WRC)
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
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