Symposium Lake 2010:
Wetlands,
Biodiversity and
Climate Change
22nd
- 24th December 2010
Satish Dhawan
Auditorium, Indian
Institute of
Science, Bangalore,
India
The 7th Biennial
Lake Conference Lake
2010 would focus on
“Wetlands,
Biodiversity and
Climate Change” to
commemorate the
International Year
of Biodiversity. The
United Nations has
declared year 2010
as the the
International Year
of Biodiversity and
this provides a
unique opportunity
to increase
understanding of the
vital role that
biodiversity plays
in sustaining life
on Earth.
Lake 2010 Symposium
focusing on lakes
popularly known as
“Lake symposium” was
initiated by the
Energy & Wetlands
Research Group at
Centre for
Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore
in the year 1998.
The theme was
broadened in 2000
(Lake 2000) with a
wider participation
of organisations
such as Karnataka
Environment Research
Foundation, etc. The
basic idea of the
symposium was to
bring out the trends
in ecosystem
conservation,
restoration and
management including
the hydrological,
bio-physical,
people’s
participation and
the role of
non-governmental,
educational and the
governmental
organizations and
the future research
needs. Lake 2010
will be the 7th
Biennial Lake
Conference would
focus on “Wetlands,
Biodiversity and
Climate Change” to
commemorate the
International Year
of Biodiversity. The
United Nations has
declared year 2010
as the the
International Year
of Biodiversity and
this provides a
unique opportunity
to increase
understanding of the
vital role that
biodiversity plays
in sustaining life
on Earth.
Lake 2010 would
bring in awareness
among school
students, teachers
and public. It
provides a forum for
researchers,
technologists,
economists,
sociologists and
others to meet and
discuss water
related issues. This
symposium will:
• introduce the
major types of
ecosystems -
characteristics,
diversity and
importance;
• describe the
main physical and
biological processes
important in several
major types of
ecosystems, and
their consequences
for community
structure and
function;
• determine how
the process and
institutional
innovations are
embedded in the
bio-physical context
and characteristics
of water, and how
the technologies
also get shaped by
and operate in as
part of social and
institutional
processes and
contexts.
Papers are invited
on the following
themes from
researchers,
planners,
development
managers, economists
and social
scientists, school
and college students
(VIII – XII
students), school
and college
teachers.. Topics
for Paper
Presentation/ Poster
in Lake 2010:
1.
Biodiversity –
Terrestrial, Aquatic
2. Climate
change and
biodiversity
3.
Integrated
Ecological Carrying
capacity
4.
Conservation,
Restoration and
Management of
Ecosystems
5. Coastal
ecosystems:
Biodiversity,
Livelihood aspects,
Conservation
6. Lakes,
rivers, estuaries:
water quality,
biotic resources,
sustainable
management.
7.
Environment—Monitoring
and Management.
8.
Urbanisation—Impacts
on ecosystems.
9. Impact of
climate change on
wetlands
10. Climate
change and natural
disasters
11. Energy,
Ecology and
Environment,
Environmental
Education
12. Open
source GIS,
Application of
Geoinformatics in
conservation and
management
13. Solid
Waste
Management—Approaches
(at home, city,
State).
Queries regarding
the Programme/Exhibition,
should be addressed
to
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra,
Convener, Lake 2010
Energy & Wetlands
Research Group
Centre for
Ecological
Sciences, Indian
Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012,
India
Tel: 91-080-
22933099 / 22932786
/ 2293 2506 /
23600985 (Extn:
215/232)
Fax: 91-080-
23601428 / 23600683/
23600085 [CES-TVR]
E mail:
lake2010@ces.iisc.ernet.in,
cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in,
energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in
Web:
http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy,
http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity
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