GEOTROP2019 The 9th International Conference on Geochemistry in the Tropics & Sub-Tropics – Biogeochemistry of Carbon and Nutrients as well as Pollutants in the Soil, Water and Environment, 28th - 31st July 2019, Crowne Plaza, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia Conference details This conference aims to engage experts on the major emerging environmental issues we face as a result of rapid industrialization, while concurrently detailing the linkages between natural and disturbed chemical composition of the earth’s surface, and environmental and human health, focusing on biogeochemistry of carbon and nutrients as well as pollutants in the context of intensifying climate change and land management in the world, particularly in the topics and subtropics. This conference will cover six major parts. The first part will highlight the degradation of soil and water resources, due to extraction and usage of minerals. The second part will provide historical perspectives on monitoring and assessment of toxic chemicals. The third part will focus on fates and pathways of different toxic chemicals such as arsenic, mercury, other tracer elements and endocrine disrupters, as well as mixtures of various toxic substances emitted from various industries, as well as during open burning of biomass and electronic-waste. The fourth part will provide evidence concerning several major health effects due to consumption of contaminated food, such as mercury contaminated fish and its association to autism in children; and arsenic in rice and its linkage with arsenicosis. The fifth part reviews the most effective techniques currently available in treating toxic chemicals and remediating contaminated sites. The sixth part will focus on biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients in terrestrial terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in forest ecosystems in the context of intensifying climate change and land management. This conference fills a gap in the current lack of updated and comprehensive information in pace with the rapidly developing Asian region where safe and quality food production, as well as the management, regulation and policy concerning different toxic chemicals are currently hot-topics. OBJECTIVES Investigations are urgently needed to study the persistent behavior, distribution and ecotoxicological effects of pollutants in the food production systems, i.e. fish ponds (freshwater fish culture) and fish cages (marine fish culture) and farm soils (e.g. paddy soils), and garden soils (e.g. horticulture) and adjacent ecosystems; with emphasis on their biogeochemical cycles in the context of climate change and land degradation; health risks due to consumption of contaminated food products; and the possible evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to the overuse of antibiotics. It is envisaged that the information gathered in this conference will serve as valuable references for developing the guidelines for “Good Agriculture/Aquaculture Practices” for agricultural/aquacultural industries in the tropics and subtropics, in order to safeguard public health in the region, and for “Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation”.
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GEOTROP2019
The 9th International Conference on Geochemistry in the Tropics & Sub-Tropics –
Biogeochemistry of Carbon and Nutrients as well as Pollutants in the Soil, Water and
Environment, 28th - 31st July 2019, Crowne Plaza, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Conference details
This conference aims to engage experts on the major emerging environmental issues we face as
a result of rapid industrialization, while concurrently detailing the linkages between natural and
disturbed chemical composition of the earth’s surface, and environmental and human health,
focusing on biogeochemistry of carbon and nutrients as well as pollutants in the context of
intensifying climate change and land management in the world, particularly in the topics and
subtropics.
This conference will cover six major parts. The first part will highlight the degradation of soil
and water resources, due to extraction and usage of minerals. The second part will provide
historical perspectives on monitoring and assessment of toxic chemicals. The third part will focus
on fates and pathways of different toxic chemicals such as arsenic, mercury, other tracer elements
and endocrine disrupters, as well as mixtures of various toxic substances emitted from various
industries, as well as during open burning of biomass and electronic-waste. The fourth part will
provide evidence concerning several major health effects due to consumption of contaminated
food, such as mercury contaminated fish and its association to autism in children; and arsenic in
rice and its linkage with arsenicosis. The fifth part reviews the most effective techniques
currently available in treating toxic chemicals and remediating contaminated sites. The sixth part
will focus on biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients in terrestrial terrestrial ecosystems,
particularly in forest ecosystems in the context of intensifying climate change and land
management. This conference fills a gap in the current lack of updated and comprehensive
information in pace with the rapidly developing Asian region where safe and quality food
production, as well as the management, regulation and policy concerning different toxic
chemicals are currently hot-topics.
OBJECTIVES
Investigations are urgently needed to study the persistent behavior, distribution and
ecotoxicological effects of pollutants in the food production systems, i.e. fish ponds (freshwater
fish culture) and fish cages (marine fish culture) and farm soils (e.g. paddy soils), and garden
soils (e.g. horticulture) and adjacent ecosystems; with emphasis on their biogeochemical cycles
in the context of climate change and land degradation; health risks due to consumption of
contaminated food products; and the possible evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to the
overuse of antibiotics. It is envisaged that the information gathered in this conference will serve
as valuable references for developing the guidelines for “Good Agriculture/Aquaculture
Practices” for agricultural/aquacultural industries in the tropics and subtropics, in order to
safeguard public health in the region, and for “Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation”.
ORGANIZERS
• Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Korea Biochar Research Center, O-Jeong Eco-Resilience Institute (OJERI) & Division of
Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment,
University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
• School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China;
• School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
• Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
• School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Key Laboratory for Heavy Metal Treatment and Reutilization, School of Environment and Energy,
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
• Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China
• College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
• Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
• Consortium on Health, Environment, Education & Research (CHEER), & Department of Science &
Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, China
• Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
• Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
The Past GeoTrop International Conference Series:
* 1st Conference : University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica (11-15 September 1994).
* 2nd Conference : University of Malaysia, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia (7-11 April 1997).
* 3rd Conference : Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (24-27 November 1999).
* 4th Conference : CSIRO Land and Water, Townsville, Australia (7-11 May 2001).
* 5th Conference : Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Haikou, China (21-26 March 2004).
* 6th Conference : Institute of Urban Environment, CAS, Xiamen, China (7-9 November 2010).
* 8th Conference: Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China (9-12 December
2017).
Co-Chairmen
Prof. Zhihong Xu Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith
University, Brisbane, Australia
Prof. Yong Sik Ok, Korea Biochar Research Centre, Division of
Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul,
Republic of Korea
Prof. Rongliang Qiu, School of Environmental Science and
Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Honorary Chairman
Prof. Ming Hung Wong, Southern University of Science and
Technology and The Education University of Hong Kong
Special Issues
Journal of Soils and Sediments This special issue focuses on “Developments and Trends in Soils and Sediments” (Guest Editors: Zhihong Xu, Zucong Cai, Jizheng He, Zhiqun Huang, Yong Sik Ok, Rongliang Qiu, Caixian Tang, Hailong Wang and Jianming Xu)
• Paper submission: 30 September 2019 • Publication: 2020
This special issue focuses on “Developments and Trends in Environmental Geochemistry and Health” (Guest Editors: Zhihong Xu, Longbin Huang, Yong Sik Ok, Jorg Rinklebe, Filip Tack and Dan Tsang)
• Paper submission: 30 September 2019
• Publication: 2020
This special issue focuses on “Developments and Trends in Environmental Science and Pollution Research” (Guest Editors: Zhihong Xu, Jizheng He, Hongwen Sun, Hailong Wang and Yongguan Zhu)
• Paper submission: 30 September 2019
• Publication: 2020
The above special issues have been confirmed with the Editor(s)-in-Chief of the three
Southern University of Science and Technology and The Education University of
Hong Kong (Honorary Chairman)
Prof. Zhihong Xu
Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia (Co-
Chairman)
Prof. Yong Sik Ok
Korea Biochar Research Centre, Division of Environmental Science and Ecological
Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Co-Chairman)
Prof. Hu-Chun Tao
School of Energy and Environment, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (Co-
Chairman)
Prof. Daniel S Alessi, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta, Canada
Prof. Kitae Baek, Department of Environmental Engineering, Chonbuk
National University, Korea
Prof. Alan Baker, School of BioSciences, Melbourne University, Australia
Prof. Yoon-E Choi, Division of Environmental Science and Ecological
Engineering, Korea University, Korea
Prof. Richard Dick, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The
Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Nick Dickinson, Department of Ecology, Lincoln University, New
Zealand
Prof. Jim Jizheng He, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of
Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Prof. Deyi Hou, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing,
China
Prof. Longbin Huang, Center for Mined Land Reclamation, The University
of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Zhiqun Huang, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal
University, Fuzhou, China
Prof. Eilhann E. Kwon, Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong
University, Seoul, Korea
Prof. Ravi Naidu, Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination
Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan,
NSW 2308, Australia
Dr. Jeff Novak, USDA-ARS, Florence, USA
Prof. Woojun Park, Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology,
Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Korea
Prof. Hocheol Song, Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong
University, Korea
Prof. Young-Kwon Park, School of Environmental Engineering, University
of Seoul, Korea
Prof Jorg Rinklebe, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University
of Wuppertal, Germany
Prof. Filip Tack, Department of Applied Analytical & Physical Chemistry,
Ghent University, Belgium
A/Prof. Daniel C.W. Tsang, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong,
China
Prof. Yongguang Zhu, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Xiamen, China
Local Organizing Committee Australia
Prof. Zhihong Xu, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia (Co-Chairman) Ms Dian Riseley, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Ms Christina Perry, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia Mr Isaac Knights, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Prof. Jack Ng, Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences
(QAEHS), The University of Queensland, Coopers Plains, Australia
Prof. Nanthi Bolan, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER),
Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. Jim Jizheng He, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and
Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Prof. Caixian Tang, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La
Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Dr Barry Noller, Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable
Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Prof. Longbin Huang, Center for Mined Land Reclamation, The University
of Queensland, Australia
Dr Weijin Wang, Queensland Department of Environment and Science,
Brisbane, Australia
China
Prof. Rongliang Qiu, School of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China (Co-Chairman)
Prof. Zucong Cai School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal
University, Nanjing, China
Prof. Zhiqun Huang, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal
University, Fuzhou, China
Prof. Hongwen Sun, College of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Prof. Hu-Chun Tao, School of Energy and Environment, Peking
University Shenzhen Graduate School
Prof. Ying Teng, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Nanjing, China
Prof. Hailong Wang, School of Environment and Chemical Engineering,
Foshan University, Foshan, China
Prof. Jianming Xu, College of Environmental & Resource Sciences,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Prof. Yetao Tang, School of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China (Secretary)
Korea
Prof. Yong Sik Ok, Korea Biochar Research Centre, Division of Environmental
Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Co-
Chairman)
Prof. Kitae Baek, Department of Environmental Engineering, Chonbuk National
University, Korea
Prof. Yoon-E Choi, Division of Environmental Science and Ecological
Engineering, Korea University, Korea
Prof. Eilhann E. Kwon, Department of Environment & Energy, Sejong University,
Seoul, Korea
Prof. Deok Hyun Moon, Department of Environmental Engineering, Chosun
