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INTERNATIONAL WETLANDS CALENDAR (2002
and beyond)
Last updated May 2002
AUGUST
11 – 17 August
23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, China, under the auspices
of International Ornithological Committee. The Congress features 10 plenary
lectures, 40 symposia, round-table discussions, oral presentations, and poster
presentations. For further information, or to obtain a brochure, contact: Liu
Feng, Assistant Secretary General. E-mail: infocenter@ioc.org.cn, or visit:
http://www.ioc.org.cn
11 – 18 August
VIII INTECOL, International Association of Ecology, Seoul, Korea. The title
of the conference is “Ecology in a Changing World.”
22 August – 2 October
International Course on Wetland Management. the Institute for Inland Water Management
and Waste Water Treatment (RIZA), part of the Ministry of Transport, Public
Works and Water Management in The Netherlands. The deadline for applications
is 1 March. For full description go to: http://www.ramsar.org/about_watc_courses.htm
SEPTEMBER
8 – 13 September
Asian Wetlands Restoration of Structure, Function & Values, Nanjing, China.
The symposium provides a forum for synthesizing knowledge about ecosystem processes
as a foundation for effective wetland restoration in Asia. For more information
about this go to: http://www.sws.org/china/#Venue
24 – 30 September
III North American Ornithological Conference, Intercontinental Hotel in New
Orleans, Louisiana, USA. For further information on the conference contact:
Tom
Sherry at tsherry@tulane.edu or Kimberly Smith at kgsmith@uark.edu
OCTOBER
7-9 October. Wetlands 2002 "Restoring Impaired Wetlands and Other Waters." The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, IN. National Symposium coordinated by the Association of State Wetland Managers. Success in managing and improving the quality of wetlands nationally requires the marriage of sound science and balanced policy. Abstracts are encouraged that will help define the critical components of sound science as well as those that illustrate highlight methods for administering successful wetland programs. Abstracts are due April 19, 2002. Our goal is to publish a draft agenda on the web in May. For additional information visit http://www.Core4.org/Wetlands.
13 – 18 October
The Role of Wetlands in Biosphere Reserves. This workshop is organised jointly
by the Czech National Committee for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme
(MAB), Czech Ramsar Committee and Palava Biosphere Reserve. The aim will be
to evaluate the contribution wetlands can make to the sustainable functioning
of Biosphere Reserves, as postulated by the Seville Strategy. For more information
contact: Eva Jelinkova, Secretary Czech MAB National Committee, Narodni 3, CZ
- 110 00, Prague 1, Czech Republic. E-mail: mab@kav.cas.cz
NOVEMBER
6 - 10 November
Twenty-Sixth Annual Waterbird Society Meeting, Radisson Hotel, La Crosse, WI.
The Waterbird Society is an international organization that promotes the study
and conservation of all waterbird species. For more information go to: http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/cws/annual_meeting.htm
18 – 26 November
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands COP8, Valencia, Spain. For more information contact:
Ramsar Secretariat, Gland, Switzerland; Tel: +41-22-999-0170;
E-mail: ramsar@ramsar.org; Internet: http://www.ramsar.org
THE YEAR 2003
MARCH
26 – 30 March
68th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina at the Adam's Mark Winston Plaza.
JUNE
8 – 13 June
Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) 24th Annual Meeting, at the Hyatt Regency
New Orleans, LA. The SWS meeting will focus on the need to understand the interdisciplinary
scientific needs and innovative approaches for the stewardship of wetland ecosystems.
What approaches are needed to meet the challenges of management across diverse
and changing geographical landscapes, socio-political boundaries, scientific
disciplines, and varying time scales? The conference will encourage symposia
that present interdisciplinary, integrated approaches and technologies for wetland
science, assessment, conservation, rehabilitation, and management to sustain
wetlands in diverse environments across different continental regions of the
world. Fur further information contact Lisa C. Gandy, gandylc@swbell.net, +(501)
225-1552 - Phone/Fax.
AUGUST
4 – 9 August
The 4th Conference of the Working Group on Aquatic Birds of the International
Society of Limnology(SIL) "Limnology and Waterbirds 2003" will be
held in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. The preliminary announcement and the
return form of Expression of Interest at: http://www.links.umoncton.ca/lw/
OCTOBER
5 – 11 October
The VIIth Neotropical Ornithological Congress will be held in Puerto Vargas,
Chile. For more information, visit the web site of the Neotropical Ornithological
Society: http://www.neotropicalornithology.org/