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2012 |
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| January, 25 |
‘AMORAS’ –
Antwerp Mechanical Dewatering, Recycling and
Application of Silt – operational since October
2011
With the AMORAS project, there is a
permanent and sustainable solution for the
treatment and storage of maintenance dredging
material in the Port of Antwerp. This occurs by
means of a unique silt treatment system. It
consists of a treatment installation for
dewatering dredged spoil and purifying process
water. The filter cakes left behind, which are
at least 60% dry, are stored or reused as
environmentally friendly material. The
dewatering installation can process
approximately 500,000 tonnes of dry material (after
dewatering). The construction of the dewatering
installation was completed at the end of
September 2011. The complete system has been
operational since October 1st 2011.
Click here for the full
article. |
| January, 16 |
EGU session
Sediments, and ecosystem and human health,
Vienna, Austria.
Session HS9.1/GM7.7
Conveners: Phil Owens and Ian Droppo
Session details: In recent years there has been
considerable interest in how the quantity and
quality of sediment impacts ecosystems and human
health. Examples of such impacts include
excessive fine-grained sediment on aquatic
habitats (such as salmonid spawning gravels),
detrimental impacts of contaminated sediment on
animal and human health (e.g. pathogens in
coastal beaches, mercury in Arctic food-chains),
and the role of airborne fine particulates (e.g.
PM2.5) on respiratory problems in urban areas.
This session welcomes contributions that address
these concerns from a variety of different
perspectives, including process studies,
experimental work, and research that focuses on
management needs.
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2012/
Deadline for the submission of abstracts is
Tuesday 17th January 2012. For details on the
EGU and abstract submission see:
www.egu2012.eu |
2011 |
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| November, 17 |
Riverprize
2012 - Apply now!
International RiverFoundation invites to you
to apply for the 2012 Thiess International or
Australian Riverprize. Awarded annually for
outstanding achievements in the restoration and
preservation of rivers, lakes, wetlands and
estuaries, Riverprize is an opportunity to
review your success and be rewarded for your
achievements in improving river health. This
year, entering Riverprize consists of a simple,
two-stage application process, making it easy
for all river basin managers to apply. The 2012
Riverprizes will be awarded at the
Riverprize Gala Dinner held during the 15th
International Riversymposium on 8-11
October in Melbourne, Australia. Applications
close 16 March 2012. To access application forms,
guidelines and further information, click on:
Read the full article |
| November, 2 |
ECSA 51 -
Klaipeda, Lithuania, 23 - 27 September 2012.
Research and management of transitional waters.
Organiser: Arturas Razinkovas, Coastal Research
and Planning Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania, art@corpi.ku.lt
Venue: Campus of the Klaipeda University, H.
Manto 84, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Information:
www.corpi.ku.lt and
www.ecsa-news.org |
| Oktober, 31 |
6th SETAC
World Congress
20 - 24 May 2012, Berlin, Germany.
Call for abstracts open until 30 November 2011.
More info here. |
| Oktober, 28 |
Deadline
abstract submission extended to Dcember 30th,
2011 !
3rd
International Symposium on Sediment Management
(I2SM), 20-22 March 2012. Organised by AEACI
and Ecole des Mines de Douai.
More info here (pdf). |
| September, 29 |
Charles River
wins 2011 Thiess International Riverprize
International RiverFoundation awarded the
Charles River Watershed Association, USA, the
2011 Thiess International Riverprize, for
excellence in river management.
The award was presented at the Riverprize
Gala Dinner on 27 September 2011, Brisbane,
Australia.
Complete article here (pdf). |
| September, 22 |
IS.Rivers 2012
- 1st International Conference on integrative
sciences and sustainable development of rivers,
26-28 June 2012, Lyon, France.
Call for Papers: A declaration of intent
must be sent to the conference secretariat
before October 30, 2011, using
the electronic form. Please be sure to
specify the title, key words, authors,
appropriate theme and approach to guarantee that
your paper is well suited to the themes of
IS.Rivers. Then, the final paper (1 or 2 A4
sides) must be sent by December 1st, 2011.
More info here. |
| September, 19 |
Planet under
Pressure conference, 26-29 March 2012,
London, UK.
Session: Managing river corridors under the
prospect of climate change; a challenge
considering conflicting exosystem services.
More info here (pdf). |
| September, 19 |
3rd
International Symposium on Sediment Management
(I2SM), 20-22 March 2012. Organised by AEACI
and Ecole des Mines de Douai. Call for papers:
deadline October 30th, 2011.
More info here (pdf). |
| September, 19 |
Global
Conference on Oceans Climate and Security,
21-23 May 2012, Boston, USA.
Organised by
The Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate
and Security at the University of
Massachusetts Boston and co-presented by
Battelle Memorial Institute.
Call for Abstracts: deadline extended to
October 15, 2011. See:
www.gcocs.org |
| August, 24 |
Sediments in 14 questions, Lyon, France.
Organised by UCIE.
More info here. |
| August, 8 |
SEDI.PORT.SIL.
Recovery of dredged SEDIments of the PORT of
Ravenna and SILicon extraction
First Intermediate Workshop – 20th SEPTEMBER
2011 - Rome, Italy. More info:
www.lifesediportsil.eu |
| August, 4 |
The 9th
General Assembly of the Mediterranean Network of
Basin Organisations (MENBO) and the
EURO-INBO Conference on the Implementation of
the Water Framework Directive will take
place on 28-30 September 2011 in Porto
(Portugal) at the invitation of the
Portuguese North Water District Administration
in Porto.
The Conference will handle the following topics:
1. Water and energy - the dilemmas, costs and
benefits.
2. Experiences on the implementation of the WFD
to non-EU countries.
3. Water governance in transboundary scenarios:
Strategic cooperation and twining among water
authorities.
4. IWRM - case studies, integration between
Directives/Strategies.
5. RBMP assessment, measures funding and
2015-2021 planning process preparation.
Further info at:
www.remoc.org |
| Juni, 5 |
Newsletter
International River Foundations.
See
www.riverfoundation.org.au |
| January, 20 |
Vacancy for
postdoctoral researcher
“Biogeochemistry of pollutants and modelling:
application to the transfer of PCBs between
sediment and the water column”
More info here. Interested? Please send an
e-mail
to
BRGM France before 28 February 2011. |
2010 |
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| August, 3 |
International
Symposium on Sustainability Science: The
Emerging Paradigm and the Urban Environment.
PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies,
Montclair State University, Montclair NJ, USA.
Key topics will focus on emerging research and
policy in, a) sustainability science, b) the
ecology of cities, c) landschape ecology - scale,
spatial patters, organizational levels and
ecological processes, and d) related topics in
resource exploitation and management, the
valuation of natural and social capital, habitat
and biodiversity conservation, social learning,
ecosystembased management, and integrated
watershed-coastal zone management.
More info here. |
| July, 9 |
Competition of Royal Academy for Overseas
Sciences
The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences in
Belgium organises every year a competition in
order to stimulate high-quality scientific
research regarding problems inherent to overseas
regions. The competition is open to all
scientists worldwide without any age restriction.
Members of the Academy are not allowed to
participate in the yearly competition. The work
submitted for the yearly competition of the RAOS
should be an original, recent and unpublished
scientific manuscript, reaching at least the
level of a PhD thesis.
Two of the six topics that can be addressed for
the 2011 competition are very relevant for
SedNet:
- Question 5: A contribution is requested
to the study of the chemical, mineral and
biological composition of dredged material
extracted from tropical riverbeds, including
estuaries and harbour areas, so as to reduce
pollutant dumping at their source and/or re-use
or store dredged material in such a way that the
environment is protected on a permanent basis.
- Question 6: A study is requested about the
positive and negative impacts of dams'
construction on rivers in developing
countries. Their development is quite often
hindered by lack of water for a large part of
the year. Possible effects of climate changes
are likely to make the situation worse.
Studies must reach the secretariat of the
Academy before 1 March 2011. More info on the
website. |
| June, 29 |
The European Water Framework Directive beyond
2010: let actions speak louder than words
The first generation of WFD River Basin
Management Plans is now available. This is a
formidable achievement and a great step towards
addressing Europe’s deteriorated river systems.
However, plans are only words: only the actual
implementation of the selected measures will
result in achievement of good ecological and
chemical status. The WFD Lille 2010 Conference
pointed out that a lot of new, but so far unused
scientific knowledge is available to improve the
effectiveness of selected measures or to inspire
the introduction of complementary measures.
Furthermore, the complexity in terms of the
functioning of the water system, its interaction
with the socio-economic system and the uncertain
consequences of climate change, urges a
‘learning-by-doing’ approach. This approach
should be applied in well-designed, -coordinated
and -monitored learning catchments.
Scientific Committee WFD Lille 2010 Conference
Full conference position paper is available
here |
| June, 23 |
New abstract submission deadline of 1st July
2010 for the 12th International Symposium on
the Interactions between Sediments and Water.
The symposium will be held at Dartington Hall,
Devon, southwest England, 19-23 June, 2011.
Management objectives for aquatic systems are
increasingly highlighting the importance of
sediment-water interactions in controlling
nutrient and pollutant cycling. The 12th
International Symposium on the Interactions
between Sediments and Water will explore our
current knowledge of process interactions from
catchment to coast, examining how sediment and
water interactions drive, influence and link
many of the physical, chemical and biological
processes at play within and between terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems. Conference
website at
www.geog.plymouth.ac.uk/iasws2011. |
| June |
Implementation of sediments/SPM in the WFD 2010
Presentation by Mathias Ricking, FU Berlin -
Hydrogeology to the SedNet Steering Group |
| May, 12 |
The presentations
from the Integrated River Basin Management
Conference, action programs and monitoring under
the Water Framework Directive, held on 26-28
April 2010 in Lille, France, are available from:
http://www.wfdlille2010.org/presentations.htm |
| March, 18 |
Call for
Abstracts 7th International SedNet conference ´Sediments
and Biodiversity: bridging the gap between
science and policy´, Venice, Italy.
Call for Abstracts -
Format for Abstracts. Abstract submission
until 1 September 2010.
More info here. |
| February, 18 |
Pre-announcement
and call for papers: Environmental sediment
dredging and processing.
International Conference and Dredging Equipment
Show
Rotterdam Port Museum, Leuvehaven, Rotterdam,
the Netherlands. Date: 6-8 October 2010.
More info here. |
| February, 15 |
MIRAGE -
Mediterranean Intermittent River ManAGEment
Specific Targeted Research Project - Cooperation
Project No. 211732
This project is supported by funding from the
specific programme 'Cooperation,' theme
'Environment (including Climate Change)' under
the 7th Research Framework Programme of the
European Union.
The proposed research project MIRAGE (Mediterranean
Intermittent River ManAGEment) aims to provide
specific key knowledge for a better assessment
of ecological integrity (or ecological status in
the words of the European Water Framework
Directive) in Mediterranean temporary streams.
MIRAGE will develop the practical measures
necessary to understand their impact on nutrient
dynamics, toxic substances and organic matter
and to link these aspects to an Integrated flood
management.
WP 6 deals with “Sediment regime”: Expected
outcome: Advance in knowledge of particulate
dynamics, the influence on water quality and
guidance on related measures in temporary
waters.
More info here. |
| February, 9 |
Towards
well-informed, adaptive and participatory river
basin management -
key-findings and recommendations of the RISKBASE
project (pdf). |
| February, 5 |
Guidance document
n° 24 of the Common Implementation Strategy for
the Water Framework Directive:
River Basin Management in a Changing Climate
(pdf). |
| February, 4 |
International
Conference ´Deltas in Times of Climate Change´,
September 29-October 1, 2010, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands.
More info here |
| February, 4 |
Call for
Abstracts: Sediment Remediation Workshop
July 6-7th, 2010, at Newcastle University,
United Kingdom.
Organised by the International Network for
Sediment Research (INSR) and CL:AIRE (Contaminated
Land: Applications in Real Environments).
The event will review the state of the art in
sediment pollution assessment and remediation in
multiple countries.
Abstracts of no more than one page in length
should be submitted as an email attachment to:
INSR@newcastle.ac.uk by March 26th, 2010.
Accepted abstracts will be notified by April
15th, 2010. Please indicate the preferred
presentation format (20 min oral or poster).
Registration for the event is £90 (£50 for
students) and includes lunch and refreshments. |
| February, 4 |
Port
Infrastructure Seminar on 22 and 23 June 2010 in
Delft.
The Seminar aims at stimulating innovation in
port infrastructure design, operations and
maintenance through the presentation and
exchange of results of applied research and
technologies.
Conference themes are: Port planning, Terminal
design, Structural solutions and Hinterland
connections, all with special emphasis on
climate change and sustainability.
More info here. |
| February, 4 |
16-17 June 2010:
international workshop / call for abstracts ´Monitoring
and data evaluation under the Water Framework
Directive - Achievements, deficits and new
horizons´, Luxembourg-Kirchberg. Organised by
the Life+-M3- Project.
More info here. |
| February, 4 |
River Restoration:
Fluvial-Geomorphic and Ecological Tools. A 5-Day
shortcourse, 7-11 June 2010, Lyon and Provence,
France.
More info here. |
| February, 4 |
11-13 May 2010:
International Symposium on the Management of
Sediments - I2SM - Casablanca, Morocco Organised
by AMCE Morocco.
More info here. |
| February, 4 |
General Assembly
of the European Geosciences Union. 2-7 May 2010
in Vienna.
More info here. |
| February, 4 |
Revised programme:
WFDLille2010 - Conference on Integrated River
Basin Management under the Water Framework
Directive.
Lille, France, 26-28 April 2010.
More info here. |
| February, 4 |
www.dredgingtoday.com: Global dredging and
port construction news in one glance. |
| February, 4 |
Water System
Science and Policy Interfacing, edited by
Philippe Quevauviller Published by RSCPublishing
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www.rsc.org/books ISBN 978-1-84755-861-9. |
| February, 4 |
UNESCO-IHP-ISI Newsletter No. 15 |
2009 |
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| October |
Erosion, Transport and Deposition of Sediment -
Case Study Rhine (pdf)
Spreafico M., Lehmann C. (Eds.). Contribution to
the International Sediment Initiative of UNESCO/IHP.
Report no II-20 of the International Commission
for the Hydrology of the Rhine Basin (CHR) |
| April, 29 |
Special E-news on River Basin Management Plans
(pdf) |
| January, 20 |
New Work Groups
installed by SETAC’s Sediment Advisory Group |
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