ECSA 53: Estuaries and coastal areas in times of intense change

ECSA 53: Estuaries and coastal areas in times of intense change

13 – 17 October 2013, Shanghai, China

ECSA’s next major Symposium, ECSA 53 will take place in partnership with the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC) at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.

The close links between ECSA and Elsevier (Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science) have already proven to be very beneficial and based on that historical success we propose to further intensify our long lasting co-operation. This time this co-operation is to organize a meeting in a part of the world from where we expect further excellent scientific results: China. 

The fast economic growth and related human activities in China during the last few decades are dramatically influencing the environment, from river catchments to estuaries and seas; and natural phenomena further amplify these effects. One of these rapidly changing systems is the Yangtze estuary, with Shanghai, the largest city in China, located close to it. The Yangtze is the 3rd largest river in the world, and constitutes an excellent case study for large scale impacts on ecosystems due to human activities and an excellent place for one of the major global events in 2013. 

Conference Topics

• Functioning of estuarine and coastal waters
• Estuarine Wetlands, their understanding, restoration, rehabilitation, filter function and role in human health
• Inputs to aquatic ecosystems of contaminants, nano-particles, nutrients; partitioning, bioavailability, bioaccumulation and health
• Coastal water - Catchment links, implications and sustainable solutions
• Eutrophication, anoxia and harmful algal blooms
• Environmental challenges and remediation in view of climate change and related phenomena
• Geomorphological, physical and ecological effects of engineering constructions within estuarine systems and coastal waters
• Estuarine ecosystem health and governance
• EMECS Session "Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas"
• Quantifying economic and ecological sustainability
• Economic development and ecological and socio-cultural risks: the socio-cultural-economic-ecology interface
• Technical developments in detecting change and managing heavily modified estuaries
• Strategies and Tools for improved estuarine management
• Special Session/Workshop “Writing, refereeing and publishing scientific papers”

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Conference Chairs

Victor N. de Jonge, University of Hull, UK
Yunxuan Zhou, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Zhongyuan Chen, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (Conference Co-chair)

Coastal Zone Canada 2014

Coastal Zone Canada Association Press Release issued on January 17, 2013

In 1994, the Coastal Zone Canada Association organized its first international conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since then, ten biennial CZC conferences have been held around Canada's four coastal regions: the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Arctic and the Great Lakes. But twenty years on, the state of coastal and marine ecosystems globally and in Canada has declined in many areas. Why have we fallen short? How can we revitalize and sustain the commitment and momentum? What must we do to achieve truly integrated coastal and ocean management (ICOM)?

You are cordially invited to join us in Halifax in June 2014 for a 'working conference' to listen, learn, debate, and contribute to the crafting of a practical strategy and action agenda for revitalizing our approaches to ICOM in Canada. We will draw from experience across Canada and the world's coastal nations, from the management, science, policy, engineering, government, academic and civil society sectors that are all vital to an effective and integrated approach.

For further information about CZC 2014 or on joining us in putting together an outstanding 20th Anniversary Conference, please email the Coastal Zone Canada Association at czcadmin@dal.ca. 

Website: http://www.czca-azcc.org/czc-zcc2014/