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[交流] 会议信息:国际城市湿地生态和修复研讨会(2008年12月12-19日)

Sponsors:
1.Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
2.Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
(Rutgers)

Organizers:
1.Institute of Urban Environment, CAS
2.New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station,
Rutgers


Wetlands are essential in providing many
ecosystem services to urban areas, including the
retention of nutrients and toxic materials that
degrade surface and coastal waters, protection of
water flows and supplies, and the provision of
biodiversity resources to urban populations.
Over 50% of the global population lives in urban
areas nowadays, and this number is increasing.
The increasing urbanization not only accelerates
the loss of wetlands and degradation of those that
remain, but denies urban areas the many
ecological services that wetlands can provide.
In recognition of the importance of wetlands,
China has established 26 national urban wetland
parks and numerous regional urban wetland parks.
These parks are centers for ecological research,
restoration activities, and environmental education,
and are helping to restore ecosystem services to
urban areas. However, these urban wetlands face
many challenges, as they are affected by many
stressors, including altered hydrology, high
inflows of nutrients, heavy metals and toxic
contaminants, and the influx of exotic species.
Wetland restoration and management is needed in
these parks, as in all urban wetlands, to promote
the highest level of ecological integrity and
delivery of ecosystem services possible.
Methods of restoring ecological integrity and
maximizing ecological services are urgently
needed to ensure that urban wetlands and wetland
parks provide the maximum benefit to the
surrounding urban areas. This workshop is
intended to review the status of knowledge about
wetland functions in urban areas and to identify
research goals for improving the management and
restoration of these essential ecosystems.
This workshop will focus on the problems of
assessing and restoring wetland ecosystems in
urban areas, with the goals of:
1) reviewing current methods of assessing
ecosystem services from urban wetlands
2) reviewing methods of wetland restoration
that maximize ecosystem services
3) reviewing the role of urban wetlands in
urban environmental and human health
4) developing international collaborations to
promote the restoration and management
of urban wetlands.
The workshop will consist of a two-day scientific
session, followed by field trips to an urban
mangrove wetland (Mangrove Reserve Park in
Zhangzhou, Fujian Province), a Spartina-invaded
coastal marsh (Ningde, Fujian Province), and an
urban wetland park (Xixi National Wetland Park in
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province).
Contributed oral papers and posters are invited that
address the four goals of the workshop. Oral
presentation will be 15 minutes with a 5-minute
question time. Poster size is 182cm /72in (wide) x
81cm /32in (long). Language for the workshop is
English.
Registration fee is USD$300.00 per person
regularly and USD$270.00 for early-birds before
October 1, 2008. Accommodation is not included.
Please send the filled registration form back by
email or fax. (国内代表注册费人民币800 元,凭
学生证减半)
The pre-workshop field trip to the Mangrove
Reserve Park is included in the registration fee.
Post-workshop field trips to the Spartina-invaded
coastal marsh and the Xixi National Wetland Park
will be charged for travel, accommodation, and
meals.

Important date:
Abstract submission deadline:
October 1, 2008
Registration deadline:
October 15, 2008

Contact:
Mr. Scott Cameron
Email: scameron@iue.ac.cn
Voice: 86-592-2610278
Fax: 86-592-2659290
Dr. Shen Yu
Email: syu@iue.ac.cn
Voice: 86-592-2610273
Fax: 86-592-2659290

Preliminary Program:
Dec. 12: Arrive in Xiamen, Fujian Province
Dec. 13: Pre-workshop field trip (Mangrove
Wetland Park)
Dec. 14: Invited presentations on “ecosystem
services and urban wetlands” and
contributed posters
Dec. 15: Contributed oral presentations and
posters
Dec. 16: Post-workshop field trip 1: travel to
Ningde, Fujian Province and visit a
Spartina-invaded coastal marsh
Dec. 17: Post Workshop field trip 2: travel to
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
Dec. 18: Visit XiXi National Wetland Park in
Hangzhou
Dec. 19: Departure to Shanghai or Beijing

http://www.iue.ac.cn/upfile/20080825/AnnouncementChinese.pdf

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