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WG1: on October 23^rd and 24^th 1998 a technical meeting was held, amongst others for the preparation of the Cordoba meeting, May 13-15, 1999. For a report of this meeting, with a number of Annexes, click on WG1.

WG2: on November 19^th, 1998 a small organizing meeting was held for the preparation of the Cordoba meeting, May 13-15, 1999. For a report of this meeting click on WG2.

MC: on November 20^th,1998 the second Management Committee Meeting was held. The approved minutes of these meetings are available by clicking on Minutes.

MC: on May 12^th,1999 the third Management Committee Meeting was held in Córdoba, Spain. The draft minutes of these meetings are available by clicking on Minutes.

WG1,2: on May 13^th to May 15^th 1999 meetings were organized by WG1 and WG2, in Cordoba, Spain. For the (revised) minutes of WG1 click on WG1. In the near future, information on the WG2 meetings will become available. Information on these WG-meetings is available via the coordinators of the WG's:
WG1: J.P Destain chimie@cragx.fgov.be
WG2: O.F.Schoumans o.f.schoumans@alterra.wag-ur.nl
The text of the following presentations of WG2 from Cordoba can be downloaded by clicking on the (first) authors name:
Quinton : Detachment and transport of particle bound P: processes and prospects for modelling
Chardon : Solubilization of phosphorus: concepts and process description
Hens : The role of soil processes: synthesis of actions (DRAFT)
Gil Sotres : Review of concepts and process description on biological mechanisms
Vanderdeelen : Environmental soil P test in relation to solubilisation
Barberis : Influence of soil processes on detachment of P forms. A review of experimental data
Turner : Influence of soil processes on solubilisation of P forms: A review of experimental data and a provisional protocol for potential P solubilization

WG2: on November 26^th, 1999 a small organizing meeting was held for the preparation of the 2000 meeting in Austria, September 2000. For a report of this meeting click on WG2.

WG3: On 26-28 October 2000 a meeting was held in Denmark. Local organizer: B. Kronvang. The following documents on the meeting are available: a letter, a program and a questionnaire.

WG3 and WG4: a joint Meeting on the theme: Setting critical targets for phosphorus in water was organized at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Aberdeen, 18-20 October 2001. A digital version of a newspaper article on this meeting can be found in: article, a photo of the participants can be found in: photo.

MC: on December 10^th, 2001 the fifth Management Committee Meeting was held in Brussels. The minutes of these meetings are available by clicking on Minutes. Also, the annual reports of 2000 and 2001 of our COST action were made available by P. Withers: click on either 2000 or on 2001

WG1 and WG2: a joint meeting of working group 1 and 2, entitled: "Development of risk assessment methodology for P loss at the field scale", was held at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland, from 16-19 October 2002. For more information click on: info
For more information on publications from this workshop see Publications from the main menu

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Past related meetings

Conference on P recycling, 1998
In May 1998 an international conference was organized at the Warwick University, UK, on: Recovery of Phosphates for Recycling from Sewage and Animal Wastes. More information on the conference and its topic can be found at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/mineralogy/phos/index.htm

Conference on P recycling, 2001
In March 2001 an international conference was organized in The Netherlands on: Recovery of Phosphates from Sewage and Animal Wastes. More information on the conference and its topic can be found at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/mineralogy/phos/index.htm

Conference on Monitoring and Modeling Catchment Water Quantity and Quality, held in Gent (Belgium) September, 2000. More information can be found in: http://neiden.rug.ac.be/erb2000 Conference themes comprised a wide range of hydro(geo)logical, environmental and meteorological issues, and contributions on the following topics were invited:
- Monitoring water quality at different scales
(e.g. innovative and remote sensing methods for data acquisition; data processing, data assimilation and uncertainties involved)
- Modelling surface water quantity and quality
(e.g. regionalization of hydrological parameters; scaling problems; hydrochemical balances)
- Modelling groundwater quantity and quality
(e.g. biogeochemical processes; subsurface pathways; multi-species transport)
- Modeling surface water and groundwater interactions
(e.g. nutrient fluxes; buffer zones; aquifer recharge and depletion)

International Phosphorus Transfer Workshop, August 2001.
On August 28th - 1st Sept. 2001 a meeting was organized entitled: International Phosphorus Transfer Workshop, in Plymouth, Devon, England, by Phil Haygarth, IGER North Wyke, UK. Topics were:
1. Sources and modes of P transfer through the farm (solubilisation, detachment, incidentals)
2. Hydrochemical connectivity, forms and pathways
3. Impacts on water bodies
4. Scaling up and options for mitigation
All information about the meeting can be found at:
http://www.iger.bbsrc.ac.uk/IPTW/IPTW2001.htm

Organic phosphorus workshop, July 2003.
A meeting on organic phosphorus was organised in Monte Verita, Ascon, Switzerland, on July 13-18 2003. For more information click on info. Proceedings were published in a book, for the table of contents click on Ascona.

4th International P workshop, August 2004.
On 16-19 August 2004 the 4th International Phosphorus Workshop was organized in Wageningen, The Netherlands. The theme of the workshop was: "Critical evaluation of options for reducing phosphorus loss from agriculture". For information click on: http://www.ipw4.alterra.nl/