Mr. Gregory A. Thomas, President of U.S. Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) visited the International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES) on March 29, 2011, accompanied by Ms. Yongxuan Gao the NHI water resources engineer and Ms. LV Tong of the Nature Conservancy (China). IRTCES Deputy Director Mr. NING Duihu and his colleagues met with the guests, and both sides had a talk for cooperation.

Mr. Ning welcomed Mr. Thomas’ visit, and Mr. LIU Cheng, Deputy Division Chief of IRTCES, made a presentation introducing IRTCES and its activities.  Mr. Thomas briefed NHI as well as its proposal on harvesting the global state of knowledge on managing sediment passage through reservoirs. Both sides reached a preliminary cooperation intention on the proposal. (by LIU Cheng, IRTCES)

Mr. Gregory A. Thomas, President of U.S. Natural Heritage Institute (NHI)

Mr. NING Duihu, IRTCES Deputy Director

Meeting