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EFIB (European Federation for Soil Bioingenieering), APENA (Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Natural) and AEIP (Asociación Española de Ingeniería del Paisaje), together with Cascais Municipality, cordially invite you to our International Congress under the title “Bioengineering and Land Management - New Challenges” to be held September 19-22, 2012, at Cascais, Portugal.
Patronage 
President of the Portuguese Republic
About
The theory of the four basic elements - water, soil, air, and fire, proposed by Empedocles (ca. 490–430 BC), remained commonly accepted for more than 2000 years. While science has improved dramatically, upon Empedocles’ notions, researchers today are often so specialized that they lose sight of the multiple elements. We are considering these last elements as they are manifestations in relation to:
• the current challenges and trends, in Bioengineering, Ecology and Sustainability Solutions;
• the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), to be held in Brazil on 4-6 June 2012, 20 years after the Rio Summit 1992 and 10 years after the Johannesburg Summit 2002.
Objectives
• Provide a global venue, with scientific sessions and world-known speakers, for professionals, decision makers, researchers and students from diverse backgrounds, including the earth sciences, bioengineering, landscape architecture, natural resources and land management and public policies;
• Discuss new developments in the science and practice of low-cost, effective solutions, in bioengineering;
• Identify biodiversity and ecosystem aspects useful to establish the ecological status of landscapes;
• Promote tools for a more appropriate land management, especially in urban and peri-urban areas;
• Provide practical solutions to the imbalances between Nature and Humanity, in communion with the results of Rio +20 Summit, to be held in June 2012.
• Amplify knowledge and experience of EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) and other policies involved in soil restoration and landscape management.
Scientific areas:
1. Landscape and Land Management
2. Slope Stabilization & Restoration
3. Fluvial and Coastal Stabilization & Restoration
4. Ecological Quality and Biodiversity
5. Combating Desertification
6. Rainwater Harvesting
7. Recuperation and Renaturalization of Degraded Areas
8. Requalification and Rehabilitation in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas
9. Greenways
10. Policy Implementation for Land Restoration and Conservation
Official languages:
• English
• Portuguese
• Spanish
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