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List of conferences relevant to MPAs and/or marine ecosystem-based management
Last updated: October 27, 2009
| October 25-30, 2009 | "XIII Congress of the Mesoamerican
Society for
Biology and Conservation" |
Belize City, Belize | Including a theme on conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems | Web: www.msbcbelize2009.com/ |
| October 26-30, 2009 | "13th Latin American Congress on Marine Sciences and the 8th Cuban Congress on Marine Sciences (ColacMarCuba 2009)" | Havana, Cuba | Major topics include: Integration for development - the role of Marine Sciences; Human impacts on the coastal zone and oceans; Climate change, natural disasters and marine ecosystems; Marine biodiversity, connectivity and conservation; and Management of marine mammals in controlled environments | Web: www.colacmarcuba2009.com/ |
| October 27-29, 2009 | "2009 Headwaters to Oceans (H2O) Conference" | Long Beach, California, U.S. | A California-focused conference with topics including water quality, beach restoration, wetland restoration, watershed management, desalination, coastal policy/legislation, marine debris, and the ongoing Marine Life Protection Act process | Web: www.coastalconference.org/ |
| October 30-31, 2009 | "Coral: Symbol, Substance,
and Significance" |
New York City, U.S. | Exploring coral in several facets,
including its place in jewelry and in the larger natural, cultural, and academic worlds |
Web: www.artinitiatives.com/public/ |
| November 1-5, 2009 | "2009 Conference of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation" | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | Conference theme is "Coasts and Estuaries in a Changing World" | Web: www.erf.org/cerf2009/ |
| November 2-6, 2009 | "62nd Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI)" | Cumana, Venezuela | Including a session titled "Success
Stories in Marine Resource Management and
Conservation in the Wider Caribbean: Applying an Ecosystem-Based Approach and Facing the Climate Change", as well as a session on MPA science and management |
Web: gcfi.org/Conferences/62nd/Cumana.html |
| November 6-13, 2009 | "9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9)" | Merida, Mexico | Global platform for debate, planning
and action on
wilderness-related issues, including a theme on marine wilderness |
Web: www.wild9.org |
| November 10-14, 2009 | "Ninth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment (MEDCOAST 09)" | Sochi, Russia | Topics will include marine protected areas and marine ecosystem-based management | Web: www.medcoast.org.tr |
| November 15-19, 2009 | "Pacific Regional Conference on Marine Managed Areas" | Moorea, French Polynesia | Allowing stakeholders to discuss the status of existing MPA networks, to identify managers' needs, and to develop a regional action and cooperation program | Web: www.crisponline.net/PacificRegionalConferenceonMarineManagedArea/tabi
d/328/Default.aspx |
| November 16-18, 2009 | "International Meeting on Marine Resources 09" | Peniche, Portugal | The six conference themes are Biodiversity and Conservation, Fisheries and Management, Blue Biotech, Aquaculture, Seafood Technology, and New Resources | Web: www.immr09.ipleiria.pt |
| November 23-27, 2009 | "East Asian Seas Congress 2009" | Manila, Philippines | Reviewing and sharing on-the-ground experiences in integrated management of coastal and marine resources, locally, regionally and globally | Web: www.pemsea.org/eascongress |
| December 2-4, 2009 | "1st Mediterranean Coastal and Maritime Conference" | Hammamet, Tunisia | Theme is "Best Environmental
Practices in Coastal and Maritime Engineering" |
Web: www.paralia.fr/hammamet___tunisie_2009_831.htm |
| December 9, 2009 | "International Conference on Transboundary Collaboration towards Co-Prosperity in the Asian Seas" | Seoul, South Korea | Sponsored by the Korea Maritime Institute; conference will identify issues and opportunities in building collaborative mechanisms for transboundary conservation, development, and peace in Asian seas | E-mail Jungho Nam at jhnam@kmi.re.kr |
| December 14-18, 2009 | "4th European Conference on Coastal Lagoon Research" | Montpellier, France | Featuring sessions on biodiversity and global change; invasive species and harmful algal blooms; impacts of climate variability and sea-level rise on the geomorphology and ecosystem functioning; linking science and management for jointly defining research questions; and governance for conservation, with special reference to European directives | Web: www.ecolag.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=121&lang=en |
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| January 12-15, 2010 | "ICRI General Meeting" | Monaco | General Meeting of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Secretariat; will include a full day dedicated to the Caribbean region | Web: icriforum.org/GM24/index.html |
| February 18-22, 2010 | "Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)" | San Diego, California, U.S. | Theme is "Bridging Science and Society" | Web: www.aaas.org/meetings/2010 |
| February 22-26, 2010 | "2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting" | Portland, Oregon, U.S. | Includes a session on marine spatial planning | Web: www.agu.org/meetings/os10/ |
| March 6-10, 2010 | "International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines" | Alexandria, Egypt | Themes include coastal change processes and human influence on coasts; coastal modeling and risk management; coastal and beach ecosystems; and more | E-mail: nicoastmarine@gmail.com |
| April 11-17, 2010 | "International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM10)" | Cascais, Portugal | Conference themes include strategic environmental assessment in coastal areas; integrated coastal zone management; living with erosion; and tourism and coastal conservation | Web: icccm.dcea.fct.unl.pt/ |
| April 12-13, 2010 | "International Symposium on Coastal Zones and Climate Change: Assessing the Impacts and Developing Adaptation Strategies" | Churchill, Victoria, Australia | Assessing the impacts of climate change in coastal zones (including sea level rise), and examining strategies and policies for adaptation | Web: www.monash.edu.au/cemo/czcc2010/ |
| April 19-21, 2010 | "Islands 2010: First International Conference on Island Sustainabilityt" | Brac Island, Croatia | Topics will include climate change, natural resources and economics, tourism strategies, and more | Web: www.wessex.ac.uk/10-conferences/islands-2010.html |
| June 7-11, 2009 | "12th Deep-sea Biology Symposium" | Reykjavik, Iceland | Themes include diversity, reproduction, human impact in the deep sea, and outcomes of the Census projects | Web: 12dsbs.hi.is/ |
| June 15-17, 2010 | "Sustainable Ocean Summit" | Belfast, UK | Held by the World Ocean Council;
it is the first international,
cross-sectoral ocean sustainability conference for the private sector |
Web: www.oceancouncil.org |
| June 15-18, 2010 | "The Third International Symposium on Research and Management of Eutrophication in Coastal Ecosystems (EUTRO 2010)" | Nyborg, Denmark | Presenting most recent results and experience in the research and management of coastal eutrophication | Web: www.eutro2010.dhi.dk/ |
| June 19-23, 2010 | "12th International Symposium on the Interactions between Sediment and Water" | Dartington, Devon, U.K. | Exploring the state-of-the-art in sediment-water science from catchment to coast, and its contribution toward sustainable management of water-sediment systems | Web: www.geog.plymouth.ac.uk/IASWS2011/ |
| July 13-16, 2010 | "IIFET 2010 (Conference of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade)" | Montpellier, France | Theme is "Economics of fish resources and aquatic ecosystems: balancing uses, balancing costs" | Web: www.colloque.ird.fr/iifet-2010/ |
| July 24-29, 2010 | "Coastal Zone Canada 2010" | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | Theme is "Healthy Oceans - Strong Coastal Communities" | E-mail: kdcantelo@gov.pe.ca |
| September 20-24, 2010 | "VIII World Sponge Conference" | Girona, Spain | Including discussion of sponge conservation issues | Web: www.spongeconference2010.org |
| October 25-29, 2010 | "6th International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges and Coastal Environment (MWWD 2010)" | Langkawi, Malaysia | Themes include: Environmental Impact Assessment of near-shore and offshore discharges; Environmental aspects of water discharges; Eutrophication and discharge’s impacts on marine biology;bio-indicators of pollution; and more | Web: www.mwwd.org/site/page.asp?dsy_id=3331 |
| November 1-3, 2010 | "2nd International Conference on Coastal Zones and Engineering (Arabian Coast 2010)" | Muscat, Oman | Discussing coastal zone management, coastal dynamics and monitoring, waterfront development, risk management, coastal legislation, and more | Web: www.arabiancoast2010.org/login.aspx |
| November 8-11, 2010 | "Ecosystems 2010: Global Progress on Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management" | Anchorage, Alaska, US | Reviewing regional case studies, developing new analytical tools, and discussing practical approaches toward future progress | Web: seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2010/wakefield-ecosystems/index.php |
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