Overview

The Second International Nitrogen Conference took place October 14-18, 2001 outside of Washington DC in Potomac, Maryland, USA. Over 400 scientists, engineers, resource managers, decision makers, and policy analysts from 30 countries attended with the goals of helping nations make optimal choices about nitrogen management in food production, energy production and use and environmental protection. 

Conference products include a 17-page Conference Summary Statement, a 70-page Conference Report, a peer-reviewed collection of Contributed Papers published by A.S. Balkema & TheScientificWorld.  In addition, the plenary papers are published in the March 2002 issue of Ambio.

NitroGenius, a nitrogen decision support interactive computer simulation game, was also featured. The findings of the Conference are being disseminated through post-conference activities, which include distribution of the products and a series of targeted briefings for decision makers.

Additional Information

Conference website: http://n2001.esa.org/

Products

Cowling, E. B., Galloway, J. N., Furiness, C. S., Barber, M.C., Bresser, T., Cassman, K., Erisman, J. W., Haeuber, R., Howarth, R.I, Melillo, J., Moomaw, W., Mosier, A., Sanders, K., Seitzinger, S., Smeulders, S., Socolow, R., Walters, D., West, F., and Zhu, Z. 2001. Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection: Summary Statement from the Second International Nitrogen Conference, October 14-18, 2001. Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC. 17 pp.

Cowling, E. B., Galloway, J. N., Furiness, C. S., and Erisman, J. W. 2002. Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection: Report from the Second International Nitrogen Conference, October 14-18, 2001. Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC. 70 pp.

Galloway, J. N., Cowling, E. B., Erisman, J. W., Wisniewski, J., and Jordan, C.  2002. Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection. Contributed papers from the Second International Nitrogen Conference.  14 - 18 October, Potomac MD, Maryland, USA. Co-published by Balkema Publishers & TheScientificWorld.