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available as pdf-file from the website of IALE www.landscape-ecology.org Bulletin New IALE Working Group: Spatial Analysis of Organisms in the Environment

In natural ecosystems, organisms A prerequisite for exploring the ecological are distributed due to environmental information provided by spatial of spatial analysis in ecological studies. The conditions, disturbances, and interactions distributions of organisms is to precisely workingapplication-specific group will performapproaches the for following the use describe the spatial structure of point work: neighbours. The relationship between patterns with statistical methods. Over the • Reveal the importance of the topic specieswith their and conspecific their environment and heterospecific and past decades, statisticians have developed and increase the application of spatial interactions such as competition, structurally different summary statistics analysis among scientists working on facilitation, and regeneration may create for this purpose. Moreover, rapid advances ecological dynamics and processes in different types of spatial distributions in computer science and technology have terrestrial ecosystems of species in an ecosystem. The spatial resulted in an increased application of arrangement of organisms can be spatial statistics. In addition, development • Organize symposia at IALE World represented by point patterns where each of remote sensing and geographic or regional meetings where we point stands for the mapped location of an information system (GIS) technology has can explore opportunities for individual organism in a given area. joint research projects between patterns of organisms and has increased the statisticians and ecology scientists. Spatial ecology deals with the spatial possibilityled to the identification to identify how of human spatiotemporal activities distribution of organisms and a general • Set up workshops on related topics objective of spatial analysis is to reveal Consequently, ecologists have started to (e.g., application of MATLAB, ArcGIS, the relationship between observed introducehave influenced spatial animal variation and and plant complexity habitats. and R Software such as “Spatial spatial distributions of species and the of ecosystems into their analyses, including Statistics Tools” in ArcMap and mechanisms underlying these spatial changes of spatial patterns over time. “SPATSTAT” package in R to different distributions. The recent advances in topics of spatial ecology) analysing spatial patterns of organisms Therefore, the working group “Spatial in spatial ecology have greatly contributed Analysis of Organisms in the Environment” • Develop and prepare publications (e.g., to better understanding the distribution started by a graduate initiative in the special issues in journals, booklets) of organisms in space and time. IALE-Iran can serve as a forum to develop directly focusing on the topic

Cape gannet colony at Lamberts Bay, (©Photo: Benjamin Burkhard 2015)

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The Iranian chapter of IALE is going to List of initial WG members: hold the 2nd International Conference of IALE-Iran in October 2016 (The 1st Yousef Erfanifard, PhD (the WG leader) International Conference of IALE-Iran Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment, Shiraz University, was held in October 2013). The IALE-Iran Shiraz, Iran highly supports the WG to do the following activities in the conference: Sima Fakheran, PhD (the president of IALE-Iran) • set up a workshop on spatial analysis Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, of plant ecosystems using R Software Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran • develop a special issue of Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology (IJAE) Arne Pommerening, PhD focusing on spatial analysis of Dept. of Forest Resource Management, Faculty of Forest terrestrial ecosystems Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU, Umea, Sweden Moreover, we plan to invite colleagues or the members who are interested to Joachim Saborowski, PhD participate in the conference and present Dept. of Ecosystem Modelling, University of Goettingen, their achievements by giving lectures or Goettingen, conducting workshops. Hong Hai Nguyen, PhD The widespread application of spatial Faculty of Silviculture, Vietnam Forestry University, Hanoi, analysis in ecological studies makes it Vietnam possible to consider special parts in IALE World Congresses or related topics in IALE Annual Conferences and prepare All interested colleagues are warmly special issues to be published by technical welcome to contact: journals (e.g., Ecological Modelling, Spatial Yousef Erfanifard Statistics). ([email protected])

IALE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2015

The administrative management of the Item € In / Out account will be systematically. The initial (€ 7,485.03) and INGTherefore, Bank sinceN.V., Postbus2016 the 94780, only official 1090 bank GT Start 7,485.03 IALE finances for 2015 has been monitored AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, see the Income 26,096.85 23,243.03) highlight a positive balance of IALE web-page for details. €the 15,758.00. final budget In particular,(€ the income is Chapter fee 2015 12,023.65 related to membership fees, with a high In addition, since August 2015 the Bulletin Individual fee 2015 5,148.63 contribution given by the individual fees Editor is unable to cover the costs needed Late fee 2014 3,698,34 (€ 5,148.63), probably due to the for the Bulletin preparation from other Interests 226.23 2015 World Congress. In addition, this sources, resulting in additional expenses. year we have received a donation of WSL However, the IALE Executive Committee Donations 5,000.00 Switzerland from € 5,000. Total IALE 2015 has continued to use Skype calls to manage Expenses 10,338.85 expenses resulted in € 10,338.85. However, the society in order to save costs. In any Subscriptions to 3,444.75 at the moment we have not refunded the case, due to the good 2015 balance, we Landscape Ecology 2015 early registrations provided by have about € 15,000 available for proposals Directory IALE Europe and by the following IALE to support young scientists travel, new 2,228.00 Regional Chapters: Germany, , chapters, and working groups. Administration 2,609.33 Italy, and Czech Republic. These costs will Finally, I’d like to publically thank Ralf-Uwe costs be charged on the 2016 balance. This late Syrbe for his help and for his suggestions Congress travel 1,500.00 refund has been due to the closure of the given his long experience in managing support German account, in order to avoid the Balance 15,758.00 administrative costs for two bank accounts. byIALE Irene finances. Petrosillo (IALE International End 23,243.03 Treasurer) Budget available for 15,758.00 reservations

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US IALE Congress 2016 Greetings from Asheville!

The US-IALE 2016 Annual Meeting Chair); Kurt Riitters, Ph.D., Research Thank you to our sponsors! will be held April 3 - 7, 2016 at the Ecologist & Team Leader (Co-Chair); Asheville Renaissance Hotel in Asheville, Danny C. Lee, Ph.D., Center Director; North Carolina. Make plans now to join Steven P Norman, Ph.D., Research other landscape ecology practitioners, Ecologist; Stephanie Worley-Firley, professionals and students! The theme Biological Science Information Specialist of the meeting will simply be “Landscape Change.” With this simple zen-like Venue: The host hotel, the Asheville Renaissance Hotel, is one of the most characteristic and the inherent nature of centrally located Asheville, NC hotels and ourtheme, modern we strive world to incapture the Anthropocene the defining is just minutes away from Biltmore Estate epoch. Program highlights will include and the Blue Ridge Parkway. plenary sessions with featured speakers, symposia and contributed papers, in-depth www.renaissanceasheville.com networking events! US-IALE fosters landscape ecology in the workshops on key topics, field trips, and United States, providing a link among Organized by: the Eastern Forest practitioners in landscape ecology in the Environmental Threat Assessment Center U.S. and the international community, and the Southern Research Station of the and promoting interdisciplinary research USDA Forest Service. and communication among scientists, planners, and other professionals Local Organizers: William W. concerned with landscape ecology. Hargrove, Ph.D., Research Ecologist (Co-

2016 SIEP-IALE International Congress and Call for abstracts Challenges of Anthropocene and the role of Landscape Ecology ASTI 26-28 MAY 2016

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Tangible challenges, including climate the urban culture who has little interest changes and their landscape impacts from in countryside and nature but who also the urban at one end of the spectrum to decides its fate. a single species, that of humanity, is acting the natural at the other; biodiversity loss, The accelerating landscapes formation asFor a thepowerful first time evolutionary in the history force of in the seeking earth, even as projects for ecological networks are and transformation and the consumption to adapt the environment to its needs. being implemented; biological invasions of primary resources caused by human Humans are the leading agents in global and disturbance regimes; exceeding the activities generates further uncertainty that changes, and must assume responsibility limits of resource use, with a corresponding undermines the reliability of predictions, for these transformations. These pose plans, or programming. ecosystems functioning and threatening the The extent of human control and the where the Anthropocene, as an unique landscapesintensification health of pressuresand their populations;altering the complexity of urban-technological systems phasedifficult in but the also history stimulating of the earth, challenges, opens new processes of urbanization causing the continue to increase, requiring an ever many new possibilities. concentration of human population in cities and uncontrolled urban growth as well as process governance. SIEP-IALE has addressed the contradictions the depopulation of large mountainous Themore landscape refined system integrates of management and restores and the of global changes since its 2004 conference and hilly regions. effects of all the individual transformations „Planning for Uncertainty.” In the current Intangible challenges are mostly related that occur by human or natural causes. For proposed Congress we intend to compare to cultures: from the cultural mix faced this reason Landscape Ecology offers the by multiethnic cities, requiring urban ideal means to identify ways to answer to that must be recognized, interpreted, landscapes capable of adapting to new the challenges of managing a context with collectedthese anew and in the addressed. form of specific challenges conditions, to the overarching theme of a constantly accelerating dynamic.

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The Congress underscores the challenges We are planning to publish an Extended and seeks responses to a series of questions: Book of Abstract (ISBN) and to select the best papers for a Special Issue in a Peer • Climate changes: beyond the ongoing effort to reduce greenhouse emissions, is it more strategic to DeadlineReview Scientific for Abstract Journal. submission is take a technological or an adaptive 19 February 2016 approach? • The human population grows, INFO AND CONTACTS: [email protected]

what sort of urban landscapes can bediversifies, predicted and for concentrates a resilient city in cities: with ABSTRACT SUBMISSION regard to environmental, social, and economic needs? The Scientific Committee invites the • Depopulated areas, ecosystems submittal of abstracts for either oral with new dynamics and decreasing or poster presentations. biodiversity: what can be anticipated in terms of wilderness for the natural Deadline for Abstract submission is 19 and cultural landscapes in the future? February 2016 • The conservation of primary resources in a highly dynamic and increasingly impoverished world: how to make the abstract submission process and abstract best value of the resources? preparationPlease find more guidelines information on the about congress the • Monitoring and managing change: website: http://www.siep2016.eu/call- what are the methods and adaptive for-abstract-en.html tools that respond to the need to plan for uncertainty?

IUFRO Landscape Ecology Latin-American and Second IALE Latin-American Congress 28 November to 02 December 2016, Temuco, Chile

Congress call The event aims to foster communication and The group of landscape ecology belonging exchange of experiences and knowledge in Congress website: to IUFRO (International Union of Forest www.iufrole2016.ufro.clPlease find more information at the Research Organizations) (IUFRO 8.01.02 practical aspects relating to conservation, Working Party on Forest Landscape E managementtechnical and scientific, and restoration methodological of natural and Contact Organization cology) and IALE (International Association landscapes throughout Latin America. [email protected] of Landscape Ecology), in conjunction The event will serve as a platform for with the University of La Frontera and the institutions, professionals, researchers and Catholic University of Temuco invited to students interested in landscape ecology to participate at the Latin American Congress interact and share experiences on current of IUFRO Landscape Ecology and the research topics, practical experiences and Second Latin American Congress of IALE policy implementation. to be held in the city of Temuco (Province of Cautín, Chile) from November 28 to The call for abstracts is now open until December 2, 2016, under the theme: 1st of July 2016. The presentations will “Bringing our society to the nature: conservation, management and and the decision will be available at the restoration of multi-functional beginningbe evaluated of Augustfor the Scientific2016 for theirCommittee check landscapes”

of final acceptance.

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Stay up to date using Landscape Online Conference Tweet.

Since 2007, IALE Germany provides If you want to see how it works in real 1st International Conference on Citizen the international, peer-reviewed, time please have a look at the website Science | 19-21 May 2016 |Berlin, Germany and open access online journal www. of IALE Germany: www.iale.de/en/ | www.ecsa2016.eu LandscapeOnline.de. The focus lies veranstaltungen.html on contributions on landscape research Ecosystem Services – Landscape Ecology with inter- or transdisciplinary aspiration. If you are interested implementing the Integrative Role | IALE conference Landscape Online is meanwhile indexed Landscape Online Conference Tweet on | 22-24 June 2016 | www.py.wgsr.uw.edu. by many literature search data bases. your chapter website, if you want to add pl/landscape Since 2012 it is also listed in the Scopus a conference to the Landscape Online literature database by Elsevier, the largest Conference Tweet or if you have any further Eco Summit 2016 | Ecological Sustainability questions please contact Werner Rolf: | 29 Aug - 1 Sep 2016 | Montpellier, France publications. [email protected] | www.ecosummit2016.org citation and abstract data base for scientific Since this year, Landscape Online offers Currently the following events are listed 150 years of ecology – lessons for the future a new service to all IALE chapters. at the Landscape Online Conference | Annual Meeting of GfÖ | 5-9 Sep 2016 | IALE chapters can announce their own Tweet: www.gfoe-2016.de conferences with international relevance at the Landscape Online Conference 5th LE:NOTRE Landscape Forum | 16-20 European Ecosystem Services | 19-23 Tweet – a new service, announcing March 2016 | Paphos, Cyprus | forum. Sep 2016 | Antwerp, Belgium | www. international scientific conferences ln-institute.org esconference2016.eu with relevance to landscape ecology and research. 53rd IFLA World Congress: Tasting the World Congress: Silvo-Pastoral Systems | Landscape | 20-22 April 2016 | Turin, Italy 27-30 Sep 2016 | Evora, Portugal | www. Furthermore, you are able to implement | www.ifla2016.com silvopastoral2016.uevora.pt the Landscape Online Conference Tweet on your own chapter website. Ecological Modelling Global Conference IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress | 19- Therefor you simply need to add the code | 8-12 May 2016 | Towson, MD, USA | 22 Sep 2017 | Freiburg, Germany | www. of a widget in your website. Furthermore isemconference.com iufro2017.com you can modify and adjust the look and feel of the widget individually (f.i. size, colors), fitting best to your chapters website.

“Concepts and methods for ES assessment – connecting actors” Workshop of the IALE-D working group “Ecosystem Services” at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 10-11 March 2016

The workshop started with three current topics of the ecosystem services systems for ecosystem services. During the informative input presentations on concept and their own project work (incl. discussions, we developed an approach, projects on ecosystem service assessments how to manage re-scaling of different data Müller, CAU Kiel), on the state of the in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal/ sets for sound and comparable assessments artpublishing of the scientificESMERALDA articles project (by Felix (by marine ecosystems). Benjamin Burkhard, CAU Kiel), and on and policy-making. the development of national ecosystem of current methodological challenges in Theand finally results for decisionof the workshop support in planningwill be services indicators (by Ralf-Uwe Syrbe, theThe workworkshop with aimed the ecosystem at the identification services presented and further discussed at the IÖR Dresden). Ten young scientists from concept, as perceived by the young IALE-D annual conference, which will take institutions in Bonn, Dresden, Garmisch- scientists. With the help of short project place on the island of Rügen, Germany (12- Partenkirchen, Hohenheim, Nürtingen, Kiel, presentations, mind-mapping exercises, 14 October, 2016). Also, a contribution Warnemünde/Klaipeda and Berlin joint and discussion sessions, we worked for the IALE-D journal “Landscape Online” the interactive workshop and discussed on on a common understanding of rating and its living special issue on concepts and

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methods for ecosystem service assessments is in progress. We would like to give our sincere thanks to IALE Germany, who supported the participation of the young scientists! Many thanks also to our very active participants; we are looking forward to our next meeting and ongoing cooperation. by Marion Kruse (mkruse@ecology. uni-kiel.de) and Susanne Frank ([email protected])

Group picture of IALE-D working group workshop in March 2016 in Kiel, Germany, © CAU Kiel

Landscape ecology should be more visible at the Global Landscape Forum

We had the opportunity to attend the the integrated landscape management landscape was a resource and a production 2015 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in were clearly pointed out as the heart of for and of their activities. One consequence Paris and this experience drew questions the intertwined challenges associated with of this point of view is that there were not about the place of landscape ecology in climate and development. one unique way for describing landscape, the current discussions about climate it was socially dependent. In landscape change and development. These forums Surprisingly, despite this very strong focus ecology we look for invariant properties combines into one event two of the world’s on landscape scale and its relevance for from spatial patterns, while in the forum, many serious topics, landscape ecology the same patterns were not perceived the the role of forests and in as a science was very rarely cited and same way by different people, according to mitigatingmost influential and adapting annual to conferences climate change: on acknowledged. Landscape sciences was their culture, needs, social position. Forest Day and Agricultural and Rural more often used as if landscape ecology Development Day. Held alongside the UN We have learnt a lot from this forum. climate negotiations, these forums create a questions they wanted to tackle. At the The scope of landscape ecology needs platform for positioning landscapes in the endwas ofnot the sufficient forum, we to wondered encompass why all such the new international agreements on climate situation, why the frameworks, methods GLF could be a good opportunity to and sustainable development. Moreover, and tools provided by landscape ecology confrontdefinitively our to approaches be enlarged to and others the nextwho after (2014, COP19) and Lima are not more mobilized to help in problem try more pragmatic and human centered (2015, COP20), an invitation-only expert solving? approaches. symposium was held in London (June At least, it would be probably useful for More information can be found here: 2015), involving experts on public and IALE to follow these events and to see how http://www.landscapes.org/glf-2015/ our association could be represented as a by Marc Deconchat (INRA Castanet Tolosan, and barriers to sustainable landscape contributor in the debates. But this would France) and Davide Rizzo (Institute of Life investments.private finance Finally, to discuss the third opportunities GLF held in Sciences Pisa, Italy) Paris last December (2015, COP21) gathered was that landscape ecology has things to together more than 3,200 participants. say,probably but also not things be sufficient. to hear fromOur feelingsibling They came from all around the world social movements who explore other and from all parts of the society: farmers, dimensions of our objects of study. Our scientists, NGO’s, entrepreneurs, and landscape is probably not exactly the same even bankers. Stakeholders, researchers, as the landscape used by the participants investors and donors had a vibrant debate of these forums. One key difference lays in on how best to meet the new Sustainable the place acknowledged for humankind. Development Goals (SDGs), with plenty of In many landscape ecology studies, people presentations where landscape was one of are a secondary component of landscapes the most frequent keyword. Transcending while in many presentations during the sector-based approaches and enhancing forum, people were in the foreground and

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Regional ESP Conferences in 2016

The Ecosystem Services The Latin American Conference Partnership (ESP) Conferences will be organised from October in Cali in 2016 Colombia. The Ecosystem Services Partnership (www. Email: [email protected] es-partnership.org) will organize several conferences in 2016 focusing on the use of Africa conference on Ecosystem the ecosystem services concept in policy Services (21-25 November, Kenya) The African ESP Regional conference will for pressing environmental and socio- be held in Kenya, 21-25 November 2016. economicand practice problems to find ‘nature in Asia based (organized solutions’ in Chair of the National Organising Committee South Korea, 30 May-3 June), Europe is Dr. Peter A Minang, Science Domain (in Antwerp, Belgium, 19-23 Sept.), Latin Leader, Environmental Services with ICRAF. America (14-18 November in Brazil Email: [email protected] or Colombia), Africa (in Kenya, 21-25 November) and N. America, together ACES and ESP conference with ACES (in Florida, USA, 5-9). See www. on Ecosystem Services (5-9 es-partnership.org/esp/79104/5/0/50 December, Florida, USA) for further in formation. ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services represents a dynamic and growing Asian conference on Ecosystem assembly of professionals, researchers, Services for Nature Based and policy makers involved with ecosystem Solutions (30 May-3 June, S. Korea). services. The ACES 2016 Conference brings From 30 May – 3 June 2016 the Korean together this community in partnership network on Ecosystem Services (KESNET), with Ecosystem Markets and the Ecosystem together with the Ecosystem Services Services Partnership (ESP), providing an Partnership and many Asian partners, open forum to share experiences, methods, will organise a training (30-31 May) and tools, for assessing and incorporating and conference (2-3 June) to „Reconnect ecosystem services into public and private People with Ecosystems to achieve Nature- decisions. Further information: based Solutions for Environmental and www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aces/index. Socio-economic Problems“ in Ansan City, html# S. Korea (see: www.espconference. org/asia2016). More than 15 Countries will be represented and engage in over 15 Thematic Workshops. Please join the discuss future collaboration and establish anconference Asian Ecosystem to share ideas, Services find partners Network and !

European Ecosystem Services Conference (19-23 September, Belgium) From 19-23 September 2016 the European Ecosystem Services will take place in Antwerp, Belgium (www. esconference2016.euConference ‚Helping nature). The conference to help us‘ is organized by several EU funded research projects (OPERAs and OpenNESS), ECOPLAN and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), and hosted by the University of Antwerp. It will be the biggest European event in 2016 that links science, policy and practice on ecosystem services and natural capital.

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TASTING THE LANDSCAPE 53rd IFLA WORLD CONGRESS Turin, April 20th - 22nd 2016

Putting the landscape, its care and its of places and regions. As the focus of our transformation at the center of the studies, we have chosen the peri-urban environmental and cultural debate in area, that is, that place at the border Italy and throughout the world. In fact, between the city and the countryside the landscape is an integral part of the wherethe majority of the sustainability development of a country: it improves challenge for the city of the new millennium the quality of life, makes its regions more plays out. attractive and thus favors their economic development. The congress is organized by AIAPP – This important objective was the starting The Italian Association of Landscape point for organizing the 53rd IFLA Architecture, representing IFLA in Italy, (International Federation of Landscape in collaboration with the City of Turin. Architects) World Congress, which will be held in Turin, Italy, from April 20th to Hashtag #IFLA2016 April 22nd, 2016. www.ifla2016.com The theme chosen for the congress is [email protected] Tasting the Landscape, understood according to the experiential, sensory Facebook: IFLA2016 Torino and metaphoric meanings held within the word “taste”: meanings that go back Linkedin: IFLA016 – Tasting the Landscape to the sensory dimension of places, and Twitter: @ifla2016 that invite us not to forget the emotional and perceptive aspects of the landscape. This chosen title places emphasis on the landscape project as an instrument that produces quality, well-being, resources, and common assets as well as on the central role of the landscape professional in the processes of restoration and regeneration

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Nature & Culture: Heritage in Context 7th Annual Conference on Heritage Issues in Contemporary Society

May 16-19, 2016 What this means for researchers and University of Massachusetts, in conjunction Prague, Czech Republic professionals is a necessity for inter- with the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and multi-disciplinary conservation and at the Czech University of Life Sciences. The The dichotomy between nature and preservation efforts. Gone are the days Czech Republic is a particularly appropriate culture in heritage conservation has often when heritage professionals can oppose location to explore these themes since both seemed like an either/or proposition. But ecological conservation efforts – and vice nature and culture are an integral part of in recent years, heritage designations Czech culture and society. at the international, national, regional resources. On the other hand, increased effortsversa – towithout achieve significant the conservation effects to the of The Conference explores this link between the fact that nature and culture are integrated natural and cultural systems nature and culture in an interconnected indivisible.and local levels This isare true beginning for the application to reflect will result in higher adaptability and series of events designed to highlight of all of heritage’s associated disciplines: resilience, critical outcomes in the era of different ways of thinking about heritage, landscape, architecture, archaeology, climate change. nature and their interface. The event will folklore, ethnobotany, history, ethnography, planning, agriculture and public health, just This three-day conference is the 7th in to name a few. In fact, there is probably a series of annual conferences exploring andinclude natural a three-day heritage scientific sites, and symposium, a juried no discipline in the humanities, social or the relevance of heritage in present-day organized field trips to explore key cultural natural sciences that is not affected by society. This year’s conference is sponsored questions about the conference, please either culture, nature or, more often, both. by the Center for Heritage & Society at the emailfilm and us at photograph [email protected] exhibition. For all

Nordic Water 2016 8-10 August 2016, Kaunas, Lithuania

“The Role of Hydrology Towards FEES AND REGISTRATION: Water Resources Sustainability” Participants who wish to give a presentation is a conference series focused on water (oral or poster) must submit an abstract. resources, hydrology and related sciences. The abstracts must be formulated according The conference will bring together scien- to the template. tists to discuss about recent trends in water research and water resources management. The XXIX Nordic Hydrological Conference We warmly invite you to Kaunas, will be held at the Vytautas Magnus Lithuania, for Nordic Water 2016 !!! University, Kaunas, Lithuania. Conference website: www.lei.lt/ CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES: nordicwater2016/Conference 1. Hydrological implications of climate and e-mail: diana.meilutyte-lukauskiene@ environmental change. lei.lt 2. The role of hydrology on terrestrial ecosystems and greenhouse gas emissions. 3. Advanced methods and technology in hydrological modelling. 4. Agricultural, forest and urban green water management. 5. Interactions between surface and groundwater. 6. Hydrology and EU water policy with risk management. 7.special Water focus ecology on water and quality restoration and flood of disturbed water ecosystems. 8. Hydropower and the use of water resources (renewable energy sources).

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One Ecosystem Journal: Innovation in ecology and sustainability research publishing

„We need better incentives for scientists Making use of the unique ARPHA Writing sustainability, One Ecosystem is an who want to share their data. One Tool, One Ecosystem does not only enable innovativeFocused on open the access fields scholarlyof ecology journal and Ecosystem provides such incentives by authors to prepare their manuscripts that goes beyond the conventional research linking peer review to open data“ adds directly within the system, but also allows article publication. Launched in January Joachim Maes, European Commission - to submit pre-submission reviews from the 2016, the new journal is now open for Joint Research Centre. very start. These reviews or supporting submissions ranging across the entire statements from experts in the subject will research cycle, including data, models, „We believe that open access to all the facilitate the manuscript evaluation and speed up the publishing process. perspectives and policy recommendations. methods, workflows, results, software, andrelevant innovation products in ofthe the real scientific world. cycleWith „With One Ecosystem we want to accelerate Ecosystem services, Ecology and Oneis key Ecosystem to both scientificwe aim at advancement,fostering open Sustainability are research areas that exchange of information to address sustainability challenges.“ - Deputy Editor- convincedscientific progress that this in new the format frontier of research writing, societal topics. One Ecosystem aims to in-Chief Davide Geneletti, University of reviewingfields of ecology and open and sustainability.access publishing We are of respondaddress tohighly the newest relevant developments scientific and in Trento. scholarly publishing, adapting them for the Editor-in Chief of One Ecosystem - Open access to content and data is quickly Benjaminscientific findingsBurkhard, is theUniversity future“, of explains Kiel. becoming the prevailing model in academic Theand applyingjournal offersthem toa widethese setfields. of article publishing and research funding schemes. Submit your research work here: www. By making research outputs public, the oneecosystem.pensoft.net/ such as Ecosystem services mapping, new journal opens up new mechanisms for Ecologicaltemplates, including models domain-specific or Environmental ones, integration of information, collaboration, monitoring, allowing scientists to appraisal, and dissemination. Committed to publish and get credit for their work at openness and innovation, One Ecosystem any stage of the research cycle. Through offers a novel community-based peer- the technologically advanced ARPHA publishing platform and innovative academic disciplines. The journal gives publishing model, all data that underpin authorsreview introduced and reviewers for the the first opportunity time in these to a given study will be made free to everyone opt for an entirely open review process. and integrated into relevant and domain- specific global data repositories.

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The Handbook of Ecosystem Services is now published

The Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem We are especially looking for people willing Services, edited by Marion Potschin, Roy to write a review on the book. If you are Haines-Young, Rob Fish and Kerry Turner interested, e.g. chairs of regional chapters is now published. The volume included please get in touch with Marion.Potschin@ input from people in the IALE community Nottingham.ac.uk and Benjamin Burkhard who contributed chapters on Indicators for (IALE secretary) at bburkhard@ecology. Ecosystem Services, Mapping Ecosystem uni-kiel.de Services, and Ecosystem Services in the Mediterranean Basin, Forrest ecosystem by Marion Potschin Services and several other topics. (University of Nottingham)

The book contains over 50 chapters New publication: “Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem the spectrum of ecosystem issues from Services” edited by Potschin, M.; concepts,and seven methods briefing through notes, to applications. and spans Haines-Young, R.; Fish, R. and K. Turner, In his forward Sir Robert Watson, Professor 630pp. See: www.routledge.com/ of Environmental Sciences, at the products/9781138025080 University of East Anglia in the UK wrote: “This handbook, written by world- class academic and policy experts, is long overdue, and provides a If you would like to buy a copy or encourage much-needed guide to address this your library to do so, a discount is available challenge. It is an authoritative reference text written in easy to read sections that is essential reading Forby using more theinformation code in the see: flyer www.routledge. attached. for academics, decision-makers and com/products/9781138025080 civil society.”

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