The fourth national conference of wind erosion and dune storms will be held March 7^th-8^th, 2018 in Yazd with the cooperation of water, drought, erosion and environment technologies development headquarter.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, a number of natural phenomenon, such as dune storms, soil erosion, and influx and motion of sands, has increased due to human interferences and severity of exploitation of natural resources.

While natural factors, such as change of climate and consecutive years of drought, have a role in intensified nature of phenomenon, such as dune storms, and relevant complications, especially the distribution of dunes in many cities of the country, evidences show the effectiveness of industrial and mine development and excessive exploitation of water sources and inaccurate management of farms in this area.

The main topics of this specialized meeting include the dynamic and physics of wind and wind-surfing dunes, direct and indirect measurement and assessment of wind erosion and dune storms using new technologies, modeling and evaluating the models used in wind erosion and dune storms, recognition and use of domestic knowledge and new methods to control wind erosion, evaluation of effect of wind erosion and dues on environment and natural sources, agriculture, industry and health.

Other topics of the event include the impact of drought and climate change on wind erosion and dune storms, introducing new methods to find the origin of dune storms and determine the sensitive areas of wind erosion to select the optimal crisis management technique, evaluation of impact of water management in arid and semi-arid areas on wind erosion and phenomenon of dunes, assessment of effects of industry and mine development on wind erosion and level of dunes.