SCOPE
The committee of EMCEI-2017 invites research papers on all crosscutting themes of environmental sciences and engineering, principally focusing on the following major topics:

• Innovation Approaches & Methods for a Sustainable Environment
• Environmental Risk Assessment, Ecotoxicology & Bioremediation
• Water Quality (Assessment, Protection & Management)
• Water Resources Engineering & Management
• Natural Resources (Characterization, Assessment, Management & Valorisation)
• Renewable Energy (Biomass, Wind, Waste Valorisation & Management)
• Sustainable Management of Marine Environment & Coastal Areas
• Remote Sensing & GIS for Geo-Environmental Investigations
• Geo- & Natural Hazards (Earthquakes & Landslides)
• Environmental Health Sciences (Natural & Social Impacts on Human Health)
EMCEI-2017 is dedicated to the knowledge-sharing among researchers in the Euro-Mediterranean region. It is organized by the Editorial Board of Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (EMJEI) in collaboration with Springer.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper (max. 2 pages) Submission Deadline: 15 May 2017
• Notification of Paper Acceptance: 1 July 2017
• Registration Deadline: 1 October 2017
• Notification of Paper Selection (in Special Issues): 15 December 2017

Webinar on Water Accounting and Audit
Date: Monday, 3 April 2017
Time: 14:00 – 15:00 hours (Indian Standard Time - IST)
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This is the Second Webinar being given under “ICID Webinar Services” as part of its policy to extend its knowledge dissemination for ICID members and wider irrigation and drainage community in general. Irrigated agriculture is an essential component of the rural economy in many river basins. Long term investments in commercial farming and the local agribusiness, makes it difficult to put a halt on irrigation activities. Yet, water shortage is a common element of many irrigated river basins in semi-arid and arid climates. Surface water is becoming rapidly a constraint for keeping the agro-sector healthy. The short term solution of many irrigators is to switch to groundwater exploitation, but this is not a sustainable practice. Many irrigated river basins are in a situation where the total volume of evapotranspiration surpasses the total precipitation. The extra evapotranspiration can be ascribed to these groundwater irrigation practices, and this should discontinue. ..... For more information visit http://www.icid.org/icid_webinar.html.

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AGRICULTURE
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CLIMATE CHANGE
• Climate change may boost mercury in ecosystems, food chain click here

DROUGHTS
• WHO scales up response in Somalia as drought-affected populations face difficult situation click here
• ‘Drained bone dry’: Battling 15 years of drought, Colorado River could decline by 35% by end of century click here

FLOODS
• With Climate Change, California Is Likely To See More Extreme Flooding click here

FOOD SECURITY
• Food security will not be achieved by 2030 without sustainable actions, FAO warns click here
• 3 key ingredients to achieve food security in Africa click here

IRRIGATION
• 90% of Iran’s Farmlands Irrigated click here
• Irrigation to Begin on the Rio Grande Project click here

WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• New standards for better water quality in Europe click here

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
• 13th International Drainage Workshop (IDW), Ahwaz City, Iran, 4-7 March 2017, Theme: Drainage and Environmental Sustainability.
• 68th IEC and 23rd ICID Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, 8-14 October 2017, on the theme: Modernizing Irrigation and Drainage for a new Green Revolution, Mexico City, Mexico, 8-14 October 2017.

LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
• National Agriculture Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, September 2016.