Form V

Annual Report* of IGCP Project No.____

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Project leader(s)

1. Name: Edgardo M. Latrubesse Address: University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geography and the Environment, 1 University Station, GRG 334, A 3100 Tel.: 521-2172202 Fax: 512-2321592 Email: [email protected]

2. Name : Jose, Candido Stevaux Address: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Grupo de Estudos de Meio Ambiente-GEMA, Avenida Colombo 5790 - Bloco 024 - Bairro: Zona Sete CEP: 87.020-900 - Maringá/PR Tel: (44) 3261 4327 Fax: (44) 3261 4290/ [email protected]

3) Name: Rajiv Sinha Address: Engineering Geosciences Group Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur 208016, INDIA 4) Zhonguan Chen Address: State Key laboratory for Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

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Project Secretary:

Name: Samia Aquino da Silva Address: University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geography and the Environment, GRG 334, A 3100 Tel.: 521-2172202 Fax: 512-2321592 Email [email protected]

Date of submission of report: December 14th, 2012.

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1. Website address(es) related to the project http://www.igcp582.uem.br/

2. Summary of major past achievements of the project During the four year of activities the Project was able to generate international meetings, supporting young and seniors researchers from in developing countries and editing special issues of international and regional journals. Additionally, several participants also produced interactions with governmental agencies in projects related to river management, planning, hazards, restoration and engineering.

3. Achievements of the project this year only 3.1. List of countries involved in the project: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, México, Perú, Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela.

3.2. General scientific achievements and social benefits Many of the previously listed projects in charge of our members which provide social benefits still active. In addition to that, this year meetings and talks were maintained-offered by the co- leaders Stevaux and Latrubesse to technicians of the Ministry of the Environment at Lima with the intention to discuss the impact of planned dams in the Peruvian . A major contribution this year was including CREAR, Center for Research and Education of the Amazon rainforest www.crearamazonia.org as our partner to organize the IGCP 582 annual meeting. CREAR was officially inaugurated last November 25, 2011 as an umbrella organization, with charter members from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, the Service of Hydrography and Navigation of the Peruvian Navy, The Peruvian Amazon Research Institute, the National Hydrologic and Meteorological Service, National University of the Peruvian Amazon, and The Scientific University of . Trough CREAR we were able to generate a stronger impact in terms of results transferences to Peruvian institutions, scientific actors and the public in general.

3.3. List of meetings with approximate attendance and number of countries This year the annual conference was organized by CREAR. The conference was held in , Peru and Dr. Jorge D. Abad (University of Pittsburgh) and Commander Hugo Montoro (Peruvian Navy) served as chair and co-chair respectively. Topics covered during the conference included: [1] River science and processes: hydro- physical processes, sediment transport, morphology-ecology linkages, [2] River Hazards and river dynamics, floods: hydrology and geomorphology, bank erosion and related hazards, [3] Human impact on river systems: impact of engineering structures on hydro-physical processes; river pollution and water quality, impact on biodiversity, [4] Response of river systems to climate change: short and long term impacts, downscaling of climate models and basin-scale response, [5] River management: role of engineering and geomorphology in river management, eco-system based management of rivers, flood and floodplain management, and [6] Quaternary research on tropical rivers. Main topics of discussion were the fluxes of sediments in South American Rivers, extreme events in the Amazon basin, morphodynamics of lowland tropical rivers and dam impacts (hydrophysical and greenhouse gases production) on South American rivers. Invited keynote speakers included: [1] Rolf Aalto, University of Exeter, UK, [2] Paul Carling, University of Southampton, UK, [3] Juan Restrepo, EAFIT University, Colombia, [4] Jean-Loup Guyot, IRD, France, [4] Jose C. Stevaux, Universidad Estuadal de Maring &-

Form V UNESP, Brazil. Two post-conference academic tours were organized: [1] a one-day aquatic tour on board of the Peruvian Navy’s vessel STIGLICH was carried out along the , the , and the Itaya River, [2] a one-day terrestrial tour discussing the region’s geology with in-situ lectures by Dr. Latrubesse and Dr. Stevaux (co-leaders of IGCP 582) was carried out. The surrounding environment provided delegates a myriad of opportunities, not only to visit the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest, but also to be in contact with the Amazon River and the Amazonian ecosystem. Peru´s tropical rainforests are the largest and most pristine in the world, providing many functions essential to sustain life on Earth and habitat for one of the most biologically diverse areas on our planet. Participated in this meeting more than hundred researchers and students from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, México, Perú, Chile, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Korea, United Kingdom, Spain and USA. 3.4. Educational, training or capacity building activities A main concern on IGCP 582 is the training of young scientists and local technicians. Besides the regular conference presentations, a one-day training course for young scientists and local professionals was organized where Dr. Latrubesse (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and Dr. Filizola (Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil) presented lectures on the hydro- geomorphology of the Amazon basin. Also training was offered during the one day field excursion to the Amazon River. A one-day terrestrial tour discussing the region’s geology with in-situ lectures by Dr. Latrubesse and Dr. Stevaux (co-leaders of IGCP 582) was carried out. The field excursion offered to the participants the possibility in generating “in situ” discussions on the Late Cenozoic morpho-stratigraphic and paleoecological record of western Amazonia and to assess the validity of paleogeographic models on the reorganization of the Amazon fluvial basin. 3.5. Participation of scientists from developing countries, and in particular young and women scientists We encourage the participation of young scientists from developing countries. In 2012 we supported the participation of Peruvian students and professionals with a set of small grants to attend our annual meeting at Iquitos. Simultaneously we supported other participants from Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, México, Spain.

3.6. List of most important publications (including maps) The main publication of 2012 was a special issue of the prestigious journal Palaeogeogaphy, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology edited by R. Sinha, E. Latrubesse and G. Nanson, titled The Quaternary of tropical and subtropical rivers (356-357, 118p). A special issue of the Journal of South American Earth Sciences, edited by E. Latrubesse, J.C. Stevaux and K. Young on “Abiotic Controls in South American Wetlands”, is close to being completed. Dr. Sinha also got approved the edition of a new special issue of the journal Geomorphology on Asian rivers.

4. Activities planned 4.1. General goals: We are closing our project in 2013 organizing a special session at the most important event of Geomorphology, the International Congress of Geomorphology, Paris, 2013 http://geomorphology-iag-paris2013.com/. During 2012 our goal is shaping and rounding the results of previous years as we planning activities and strategies for the oncoming years. Our session is S24A - Tropical Rivers: Hydro-Physical Processes, Impacts, Hazards and Management http://www.geomorphology-iag-paris2013.com/en/s24a-tropical-rivers-hydro- physical-processes-impacts-hazards-and-management Currently we have near ~30 abstracts already submitted to our session but the deadline for submissions still open. We expect to get ~35-40 abstracts in IAG Paris 2013.

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4.2. Tentative list of specific meetings and field trips (please list the participating countries) In addition to the session S24 we are organizing a field trip to the Congo River, Brazzaville from September 1 to 8, 2013. This unique opportunity to discuss the second largest river of the world in water discharge has been offered by Dr. Alain Laraque from IRD France in collaboration with local institutions at Brazzaville (University of Brazzaville and the government of Congo. A free of cost training course for local people and a short workshop will be offered by IGCP 582 at the University of Brazzaville.

5. Project funding requested We are asking again for $10,000. Currently we had got a support of $7000-$7500 in recent years. We have been able to find additional support for our meetings with a variety of agencies and projects, and in that way we optimized our short resources in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. However, in 2013 we are linking our meeting to a major event in Europe. We are not going to have the local support as we have had previously in South America, Asia and even in Africa next year. Local organizers in France as well IAG are not offering to us monetary support. However we consider that closing our project in a major event such as IAG will help us to disseminate our results to the international community. Considering the high costs to attend IAG plus the cost of living in France and aerial transportation from in development countries to Europe, we consider that a $10,000 budget is highly desirable and necessary to support, at least partially, researchers from a variety of countries. 6. Request for extension, on-extended-term-status, or intention to propose successor project E. Latrubesse and J.C. Stevaux are planning to submit a new proposal in 2014 with focus on South American rivers.

7. Financial statement ($ USD only): During 2012 we had a support of $7500. The resources were spent supporting grants for scientists to attend the annual meeting activities. We supported 6 senior researchers and 17 graduate students. The grants ranged from $400 to $700. CREAR provided additional support of $3740 in grants covering registration fees and field excursions and additional $4000 renting the necessary facilities for the IGCP 582 meeting at the Hotel El Dorado. The University of the Amazonas at Iquitos provided a bus for the field excursion. An estimated extra support of $4,000 was provided by the Peruvian Navy to navigate with the Hydrographical vessel Stiglich during a full-day excursion in the Amazon Rivers and tributaries. At total we managed ~$20,000 in resources for our 2012 activities. A detailed list of cost is provided in attach.

8. Attach any information you may consider relevant

1- Sinha, R., Latrubesse, E. and Nanson, G. (Guest Editors). The Quaternary of tropical and subtropical rivers. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 2- Detailed Cost Statement