The scientific committee welcomes participation of scientists in areas related to desertification and drylands development and scientific achievements related to the themes of the conference. Participants are required to submit abstracts in English that include objectives and briefing of scientific work and conclusion. 

Papers presented in various sessions will be edited by international experts and published in the Journal of Arid Land Studies (see instructions for contributors).

Abstract must be submitted as indicate in the “Extended Abstract Format”. Collected abstracts will be combined and distributed to participants as an abstract book at the conference.

Abstracts should be sent to the following email:

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For articles in the proceedings, authors will submit their drafts (A4: 4 pages) at the registration desk. The scientific committee will ask two reviewers to read each article critically during the conference and returned it to the authors with comments; the authors will re-submit the revised articles by 1-2 months after the conference.

And if you have any question please do not hesitate to send your query to:

Organizing Committee of DESERT IX

Institut des Régions Arides (IRA)

4119 Medenine-Tunisia

Tel: 00 216 75 633 005

Fax: 00 216 75 633 006

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