Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Desert Environment

Opening Session. Welcome address (H.E. Dr Abdul Muhsen Medej Al-Medej). Congratulatory address (H.E. Jun Kawashima). Opening address (A. Al-Otaibi). Keynote address: Current state of water resources in Japan and course of technological cooperation (Y. Takahasi). Keynote address: Overview of Kuwait experience in restoration and rehabilitation of the desert environment (N. Al-Awadhi). Session 1: Soil Bioremediation. Remediation and rehabilitation of oil-lake beds in Kuwait: I. Bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil (M.T. Balba et al.). Bioremediation of oil-contaminated coastal zone (M. Ishihara et al.). Enrichment of Kuwaiti desert samples with hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms during a simulated oil spill (S.S. Radwan). Technologies for cleaning and restoring contaminated soil (S. Fujioka). Exploratory work on physical/chemical treatment of oil sludge (K. Puskas et al.). Biochemical aspects of bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil (R. Hamzah). Preservation of the environment using photocatalysts (M. Hashimoto et al.). The oil lakes environmental disaster (A.J. Abdul Salam). Contaminated soil remediation by the terrasteam process (M. Kato). Session 2: Greenery Development New strategies and alternatives for greening the desert (M. Jensen). Overview of the Kuwait National Greenery Plan (D. Kater). Afforestation methods for arid lands (K. Terakawa). New technology for greenery development in arid lands (M. Suzuki). Role of plant tissue culture propagation in the rehabilitation of desert environment (M. AboEl-Nil). New plant growth promoter (T. Tanaka, Y. Hotta). Session 3: Water Utilization for Greenery Management of water resources in Japan (M. Morita). Pretreatment of the municipal wastewater feed for reverse osmosis plants (M. Abdel-Jawad et al.). The recycling of water in urban regions (Y. Ogawa). The feasibility of sea water irrigation in arid lands (T. Yagura et al.). Closing session Japanese perspectives and recommendatons (Y. Takahasi). Kuwait perspectives and highlights of Kuwait/Japan Collaborative Program (M. Al-Attar). List of participants. Author Index.