We live on a blue planet. Yet freshwater makes up only 3 % of all water on earth, 2 % of which is locked up in snow and ice, leaving just 1 % for all of us to use. The availability of clean freshwater is vital for life, humans and nature alike. UNEP estimates, however, that by 2025 two out of three people will live in water stressed areas. Yet other parts of the world will be subject to increased flood risks. Nature in rivers, lakes and wetlands is equally dependent on ample, clean freshwater. Changes in the global water cycle instigated by changes in precipitation snow and ice-melt, which are part of global changes in climate, will enhance the uncertainty in the availability of freshwater in the (near) future. Moreover, freshwater systems are under extreme pressure from modification, over-exploitation, eutrophication and pollution. This is a threat to the extraordinary level of biodiversity these systems maintain. Other important services freshwater systems provide are the provision of drinking water, irrigation, fisheries and recreation. These services can only be maintained if the freshwater ecosystems maintain their resilience under stress. The functioning and resilience of ecosystems is strongly dependent on the level of biodiversity. What emerges is that various global crises – loss of biodiversity, climate change and water scarcity – interact and may strengthen each other. All of this requires much better governance of the increasingly limited water supplies as well as proper management of water quantity, quality and aquatic biodiversity. For this freshwater sciences are indispensable. It has been 100 years since François Alphonse Forel passed away. Forel, the founder of Limnology, lived and worked in the Lake Geneva area and published his major work on this lake “Le Leman” between 1892 and 1902. One could say that by hosting SEFS in Geneva in 2015 freshwater sciences are coming home. A time to commemorate more than a century of freshwater studies, but above all a time to look ahead, since in the 21st century freshwater sciences are needed more than ever before. ... [Information of the supplier]
The INTECOL International Wetlands Conference is the largest, most influential international conference in the field of wetland science and applications. It is held every four years with the support of the INTECOL Wetland Working Group (WWG). We are pleased to announce that the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference will be held in Changshu, China, on September 19-24, 2016. This conference will provide a platform to review advances in research on wetland biodiversity and ecosystem management as well as the functional roles of wetlands in wastewater treatment, ecosystem services and wise use. The conference program will include various symposiums, workshops and open sessions related to the conference theme, plus a one day mid-conference excursion. ... [Information of the supplier]
This interdisciplinary conference is a platform for exchange and discussion of innovative scientific findings and methods in aquatic ecosystems research. It focuses on novel methods of environmental monitoring and modeling of various scopes, scales and structural complexity to improve process understanding the interconnectivity and feedback mechanisms of climate (regional), land use (regional), economy, hydrology and hydraulics (catchment and river), water quality (river), biology and aquatic ecosystems (reach scale). Further, the conference builds the bridge to the scientific assessment of implications on policy and management. ... [Information of the supplier]
Our planet is under pressure due to increased demand for freshwater. The availability and suitability of water resources are threatened by human influences, directly, through globally unbalancing the slow and fast water cycles and impairing water quality, and indirectly through the adverse effects of climate change. Many freshwater ecosystems are deteriorating in quantity and quality. As a result, an increasing number of people are chronically short of water. In this context, limnology must represent the answer to the planetary water crisis as we need more science and more scientists to urgently face a sustainable and effective freshwater recovery. This need can be satisfied only improving our knowledge in Limnological Sciences and the people awareness of what science can do for a more sustainable use of freshwater ecosystems. Thus, as water scientists we have two missions: 1) to improve our knowledge of freshwater ecosystem functioning and 2) to make our knowledge a tool handy for environmental managers and friendly for people. We are confident that this Congress will help us as to accomplish these missions as scientists and as human beings. ... [Information of the supplier]
Ecohydrology as a scientific discipline has been emerging from the need to address the interactions and feedbacks between ecological, hydrological, geomorphological and atmospheric processes, and aims to understand and predict fast changing aquatic-terrestrial environments. Over the last decade, the scientific discipline of Ecohydrology has seen rapid technological and conceptual developments. The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on: Hydrology and Ecology will focus on "Ecohydrology on the edge: ecology-hydrology-human interactions in a changing world". ... [Information of the supplier]
Our crucial aim is to ensure a sufficient supply of good-quality water for future generations. However, the maintenance and management of freshwater ecosystems require the close cooperation of scientists, politicians and stakeholders, and must arise from the best available knowledge and experience provided by ecologists and limnologists. We hope that the 10th European Symposium for Freshwater Sciences (SEFS10) will offer an opportunity to bring together experts from various freshwater disciplines and contribute substantially to increasing our knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of freshwater sciences. ... [Information of the supplier]
Die Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus‐Senftenberg (BTU) und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL) freuen sich, Sie zur 33. Jahrestagung der DGL nach Cottbus einladen zu dürfen. Die DGL‐Tagung findet damit in einer der zentralen Energieregionen der ehemaligen DDR statt, einer Landschaft, die bis heute von tiefgreifendem Wandel geprägt ist. Es erwartet Sie nicht nur eine der größten Seenlandschaften Europas, entstanden aus der Flutung ehemaliger Braunkohletagebaue, sondern auch die vor den Toren von Cottbus liegende einmalige Fließgewässerlandschaft des Spreewalds, die ein Beispiel für die gelungene Symbiose von Landschafts- und Naturschutz sowie wirtschaftlicher Nutzung ist. Die Tagung findet vom 25. bis 29. September 2017 auf dem Hauptcampus der BTU in Cottbus statt. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Liebe GewässerökologenInnen, liebe DGL‐ und SIL-Mitglieder, die Hochschule Rhein-Waal (HSRW) und die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie (DGL) freuen sich, Sie zur 34. Jahrestagung der DGL an den Niederrhein einladen zu dürfen. Die diesjährige Jahrestagung wird am 10.–14. September 2018 am Campus Kamp-Lintfort (Kreis Wesel) der Hochschule Niederrhein stattfinden. Unter dem Motto "Limnologie am Niederrhein: Wissen, Wirtschaft, Wege und Wildnis" wollen wir uns besonders den vielfältigen Nutzungen der Gewässer und ihres Umfeldes annehmen, die zugleich Belastungen wie Chancen für ihre Entwicklung sein können. Mit "Wissen" sprechen wir die vielfältigen Grundlagenthemen der Limnologie an. Mit den Themenfeldern "Wirtschaft" (Wasserwirtschaft und Landwirtschaft), "Wege" (Freizeit- und Tourismusansprüche an die Gewässer) und "Wildnis" (Thema Naturschutz) betonen wir die angewandte Limnologie besonders, wollen hierzu Kooperationspartner für unsere Tagung gewinnen und ihnen so auch die Limnologie nahebringen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Croatian association of freshwater ecologists will host the 11th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences. It will also be a celebration of 20 years since the first SEFS in Belgium (Antwerp). SEFS11 will be held from June 30th till July 5th 2019 in Zagreb, and supported by Department of Biology, Faculty of Science. CAFE will send out the first announcement with more details by the end of the year. Looking forward to welcoming freshwater scientists from around the world. ... [Information of the supplier]
