Lake 2010: Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change

Theme: Wetlands Conservation and Management

Organizers:

• Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
• Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc
• Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST), Indian Institute of Science
• Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
• Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST)
• Karnataka Environment Research Foundation (KERF)
• K.K. High School
• Vidyaniketan Public School

Topics:

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).

Venue: Satish Dhawan Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Description:
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.

Registration Fees:

The organising committee has decided to waive registration fee to students and teachers (school/college/UG) whose papers are accepted for presentation in the technical session. The registration fee for individuals from industry, government and those who wish to participate in the symposium are required to pay Rs.1500 (and for accompanying person: Rs.500) along with registration form by demand draft, drawn in favour of “Lake 2010, Indian Institute of Science” payable at Bangalore.

The registration fee would include registration kit, working lunch and tea during the symposium. Accompanying person will have access to all technical sessions and hospitality as per delegates except registration kit.

Important Dates:

• Early Bird Registration 10th September 2010
• Submission of Abstract and Registration Form 8th October 2010
• Acceptance of Abstract (on web) 15th October 2010
• Receipt of Full Length Papers 15th November 2010
• Notification of Acceptance of Papers (on web) 22nd November 2010
• Conference 22-24th December 2010

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Contact Details
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra,
Convener, Lake 2010
Energy & Wetlands Research Group
Centre for Ecological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012, India
Tel: 91-080-22933099/22932786/22932506/23600985 (Extn: 215/232)
Email: lake2010@ces.iisc.ernet.in, cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
Website: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy, http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity