INAUGURATION OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR SEDIMENTATION AND EROSION RESEARCH （WASER）
摘要
The World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research, the name of which has been abbreviated to WASER, was inaugurated on 19 Oct. 2004 during the 9th International Symposium on River Sedimentation in Yichang, China. Dr. Des Walling, the President of the new Association, addressed the inauguration ceremony. In his brief inaugural address, Dr. Walling stresses the role of WASER in facilitating and promoting corporation and collaboration between scientists in river sedimentation and civil engineers, hydraulic engineers, soil scientists, geomorphologists, geochemists, agricultural engineers, soil conservation specialists, watershed managers, social scientists and environmental managers. He looked back nearly 25 years to March 1980 and to the 1st International Symposium on River Sedimentation held in Beijing, which can be seen as having sown the seed for WASER.