First International Conference on Sustainable watershed management (SuWaMa)

The overall objective of this Conference Series is to enhance and evaluate, at the global level, decision support tools and models for the sustainable use and development of watersheds. This objective will be accomplished by:  

• integration of existing expertise and advancing knowledge,   
• strengthening scientific and technological excellence,  
• increasing scientific acceptability through publications,  
• organizing training programs,  
• establishing webbased platforms. 

The series of Conferences will be structured to address these issues. Preconference courses will be offered to provide technical training for conference participants who are unfamiliar with tools for integrated watershed management. 
The First Conference will provide participants with an opportunity to develop understanding and skills in advanced decision support tools and models for sustainable management of watersheds.

Participants from all over the world will exchange knowledge on how to use advanced tools for assessment and decisionmaking that provide the ability to manage watersheds to balance economic and environmental considerations. Participants will benefit from applying the sustainable use and development models to minimize and mitigate anthropogenic effects on the natural capital of water resources, watersheds, and socioeconomic systems. This will lead to recommendations based on an “ecosystem approach” for decisionmaking directed at protection of human security and peace. Further, group sessions will result in the identification and harmonization of terms and principles of integrated watershed management as well as recommendations for application and implementation of sustainable use and development practices in developing countries.  

On the whole the outcome will be sharing of knowledge, ensuring lasting integration of information and data, networking of experts and stakeholders across and throughout the participating countries, expanding use of scientific tools to promote sustainability on a watershed basis, and to spread sound watershed management practices worldwide.  

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The deadline for abstract submission to "FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT (SuWaMa) CONFERENCE, 19-23 September 2011, Istanbul" have been extended till 31 January 2011 due to a number of requests.
We are very pleased to invite you to participate in the SuWaMa Conferences and courses. Information and on-line registration for the first Conference and Course is available at "SuWaMa CONFERENCE 2011"section above.