Terra Preta Symposium
June 13 - 14, Benicassim, Spain
Organized by William I Woods and Bruno Glaser
Agenda (Draft)
Wednesday	June 13, 2001
9:00 AM	Woods William	Towards an Understanding of Amazonian Dark Earths
9:20 AM	Zech Wolfgang	History and origin of Terra Preta soils and future perspectives
9:40 AM	Glaser Bruno	The Terra Preta phenomenon - A model for sustainable agriculture in the humid tropics
10:00 AM	Guggenberger Georg	Black carbon in density fractions of anthropogenic soils of the Brazilian Amazon region
10:20 AM	Kern Dirse	Evolution of the Scientific Knowledge Regarding Black Earth Soil in the Amazon
10:40 AM	Coffee Break
11:30 AM	Ruivo et al.	Organic Matter in Archaeological Black Earth and Yellow Latosol in the Caxiuanã, Amazon, Brazil
11:50 AM	McCann Joe	Terra Preta and Terra Mulata in Tapajonia: A Subsidy from Culture
12:10 AM	Mora Santiago	Culture, Agriculture and Anthropic Soils: The Araracuara Case, Colombian Amazonia
12:30 AM	Myers Tom	Black earth on the Ucayali - Did we miss it?
12:50 AM	Neves et al.	Terra Preta formation in three sites in the Central Amazon
1:10 PM	Denevan Bill	Intensive cultivation and the origins of dark earths in Amazonia
1:30 PM	Lunch
5:00 PM	German Laura	Human adaptability and anthropic soil modifications on the Rio Negro: Contributions to method and theory
5:20 PM	Lehmann Johannes	Managing Terra preta nova in the central Amazon
5:40 PM	Sombroek Wim	Terra Preta Nova Project idea - First progress report
6:00 PM	Discussion	Terra Preta Nova Project - Joint research in the future
Thursday	June 14, 2001
9:00 AM	Discussion	Terra Preta Nova Project - Joint research in the future
10:30 AM	Coffee Break
11:30 AM	Discussion	Terra Preta Nova Project - Joint research in the future
1:30 PM	Lunch
5:00 PM	Discussion	Terra Preta Nova Project - Joint research in the future

Last update 09.05.01
By Bruno Glaser
E-Mail: bruno.glaser@uni-bayreuth.de