LIFE Charcos Seminar

Data: 1 to 6 of May 2017
Local: University of Algarve, Campus Gambelas, Faro

The LIFE Charcos Project Seminar will take place next year 2017, associated with two other events (the 7th EPCN Workshop and 12th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists), between 1st and 6th of May, at the University of Algarve, Campus Gambelas, in Faro.

This event is being organized jointly with two other organizations, namely the EPCN (European Pond Conservation Network) and the SWS-EC (Society of Wetland Scientist, European Chapter) in order to potentiate the exchange of knowledge and experience among the various specialists in the area of wetland conservation in general and of temporary ponds in particular.

The EPCN will hold the 7th Workshop in conjunction with the LIFE Charcos Project Seminar, from the 1st to the 4th of May, with the theme: "PONDS IN A CHANGING WORLD", with emphasis on the following sessions:

Ecosystem functioning and services;
Organisms, from populations to communities;
Challenges in pond conservation and management;
LIFE projects (and others) dedicated to the conservation of wetlands.

There will be opportunities to visit some Mediterranean Temporary Ponds, targets of the LIFE Charcos Project, in Vila do Bispo and Sagres, at the field trip on the 4th of May.

Meanwhile, the Society of Wetland Scientists, European Chapter, will hold the 12th Annual Meeting to focus on "SUSTAINABLE WETLAND MANAGEMENT - EXPLORING NOVEL APPROACHES FOR WATER MANAGEMENT, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, POLLUITION CONTROL AND CLIMATE CHANGE". This event will take place shortly after the LIFE Charcos Project Seminar on May the 5th and the 6th, at the same location, and will include thematic sessions about:

Wetlands in a water-wise eco (bio)-based industry;
Ecological quality of lakes and reservoirs
River conservation: facing agriculture intensification and climate;
Coastal Lagoons: conservation and conflicting interests.

We invite all LIFE (or other) wetland conservation projects to participate in the LIFE Charcos Project Seminar. This event will potentiate the exchange of experiences between projects that are in the field implementing actions of habitat management for the conservation of these wetlands, also looking for the transfer of knowledge to technicians, scientists and to the general public.

Registration at this LIFE Charcos Project Seminar is free but mandatory and will also give access to participation in the lectures with guest speakers from the 7th EPCN Workshop

"Temporary Ponds: a natural habitat to be protected!"