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The Millennium Wetland Event scheduled for August 6-12, 2000 in Quebec
City, Canada is the first opportunity of the next millennium to meet, hear
about, and discuss the latest innovations, challenges and directions in
wetland and peatland science. This international event features a
high-profile roster of some of the world's most respected research
authorities and industry and environmental leaders.
This Event will bring together, under the same roof, major global wetland
and peatland meetings such as the 6th INTECOL Global wetland s Conference
of the International Association of Ecology, in conjunction with the 21st
Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, the 11th World
Congress of the International Peat Society, and Symposia of the
International Mire Conservation Group, and Wetlands International . The
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the IUCN Ecosystem Management Commission
have offered to assist in implementation of the program.
The Organizing Committee, comprised of representatives of Canadian and
international partners, universities, governments and industry, invite your
participation, and expressions of interest in organizing special workshops
or symposia, and presentation of papers or posters. Currently over 60
proposals for Invited Paper Symposia and Short Courses are being considered
in addition to many Contributed Paper and Poster Sessions. It is expected
that over 1000 papers from 2000 participants from all parts of the world
will be presented.
Symposia topics proposed to date include:
Wetlands and Greenhouse Gases (Don Adams, USA);
Biogeochemistry and Microbiological Ecology of Wetlands (Richard
Robarts, Canada);
Politics and Legal Experience in Wetland Development (A. Shukla, India)
Integrating Wetlands, Biodiversity and Water (Wetlands International);
Characterizing Properties of Peat and Peat-based Substrates (Ron
Walden, USA);
Biodiversity in Wetland (J. Dagar, India);
Waterfowl Habitat Conservation (Ducks Unlimited);
Wetland Response to Changes Water Quantity and Quality (Carolyn Oldham,
USA);
Wetland Plants of the USA (Porter Reid, USA);
Neotropical wetlands: Building Links Among Scientists (Eduardo da Silva,
Brazil);
Restoration of Sphagnum Peatlands (Line Rochefort, Canada);
Pond Landscapes Survival and Protection (Andrew Hull, United Kingdom);
Coastal Conservation in South East Asia (A. Saxena, India);
Wetland Education (Irene Wais de Badgen, Argentina);
Peat Therapy Worldwide (Gerd Luttig, Germany);
Tropical and Subtropical wetlands (Eliska Rejmankova, USA);
Salt Marshes and Mangroves (Jean Claude Lefeuvre, France);
Floodplain Forests (Wolfgang Junk, Germany);
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater (John Pries, Canada);
Decomposition in Wetlands (Jos Verhoeven, Netherlands);
Species Diversity, Biogeochemistry and Hydrology of Fens (Barbara
Bedford, USA);
Use of Stable Isotope Analysis in Wetlands (Janet Keough, USA);
Peat Soil Quality Assessment (Lιon-Etienne Parent, Canada);
Constructed Wetlands for Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems (Wolfgang
Grosse, Germany);
Wetland Restoration (Kevin Erwin, USA);
Public Water Supply Wellfields (John Emery, USA);
Carbon Balance in Peatlands (Tim Moore, Canada);
Freshwater and Coastal Fish Habitat Conservation (Robert Bailey,
Canada);
Wetlands Image Interpretation (John Anderson, USA);
Wetland Data Bases and Conservation Planning (Ed Wiken, Canada)
Wetland Classification and Inventory (Barry Warner, Canada);
Succession and Wetland Development (Yangyong Xing, P.R. China);
Wetlands as Carbon Sinks in Climate Change (Jon Kusler, USA);
Wetlands and Migratory Birds Programs (Ken Cox, Canada);
Wetlands and the Great Lakes Basin (Nancy Patterson, Canada);
Northern Wetlands (Najat Bhiry, Canada);
Disease and Wetlands (Pat Dale, USA);
Tropical Forested Wetlands (Katherine Ewel, USA);
Beyond Wetland Policy on the Ground (Pauline Lynch-Stewart, Canada);
Plants and Organisms in Stressed Wetland Environments (Abad Chabbi,
Germany);
Flood Pulsing and Restoration of Wetlands (Beth Middleton, USA);
Wetland Identification and Classification for International
Practitioners (Ralph Tiner, USA);
Floodplain Restoration (Gerry Quinn, Australia);
Rice Agroecosystems and Maintenance of Biodiversity (Ahyaudin Ali,
Malaysia);
The Global Action Plan for Peatlands (Richard Lindsay, United Kingdom);
Peatland Conservation (Claude Lavoie, Canada);
The Event is now supported by the Government of Canada as an official
Millennium Project, and many NGO, corporate and provincial (Governments of
Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario) donors. The Organizers are hoping to
establish a support fund to assist travellers from developing and
disadvantaged regions.
An exciting week of meetings and social and cultural events for
participants are being organized. Full details on the scope of these
meetings and their draft program, field trips, registration, hotels and
additional information can be viewed at the Web site:
http://www.cqvb.qc.ca/wetland2000/
or by contacting the Millennium Wetland Event Secretariat, Attention: Ms.
Elizabeth MacKay, Bureau 620, Le Delta II, 2875, boulevard Laurier,
Ste-Foy, Quιbec, Canada G1V 2M2, Phone: (418) 657-3853/Fax: (418) 657-7934,
E-mail: cqvb at cqvb.qc.ca
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