Alien Invasive Inventories for Europe Project

Check-out the Delivering Alien Invasive Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Project:

DAISIE will deliver an Alien Species Gateway to act as a “one-stop-shop”for information on biological invasions in Europe. DAISIE addresses the need for a regional network of invasive alien species information. With direct access to national knowledge bases throughout Europe, those addressing the invasive alien species challenge will easily obtain data through DAISIE on which species are invasive or potentially invasive in particular habitats, and use this information in their planning efforts.

Webpage: http://www.daisie.se/

Register yourself in the invasives expert registry at: http://daisie.ckff.si/

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

1st International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling

The 1st International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling -ICSMM 2006- is to become an interacting forum for those organizations, institutions, and experts interested in Sustainability Measurement, Modelling and Evaluating issues.

Announced by the UNESCO Chair in Sustainability at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya, the Department of the Environment and Housing of the Government of Catalonia and the Spanish Observatory for Sustainability (SOS), the conference will take place in November 16th and 17th 2006, in Terrassa (located 35 km from the city of Barcelona).

New abstract deadline: April 23, 2006

Webpage: http://congress.cimne.upc.es/icsmm06/frontal/default.asp

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

View the world through the Worldmapper lense!

Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.

New maps will be added during 2006. All files and maps are interim versions and may change.

Webpage: http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas meeting - PECS2006

The bienniel Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas meeting
(PECS2006) is the world's leading meeting in estuarine physical
oceanography. PECS2006 will be held in scenic Astoria, OR USA, 18-22
September 2006, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
Conference cost will be $350-400.
For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to:

www.aux.pdx.edu/conf/pecs/Home.htm

We have extended the oginal abstracts deadline to 1 April 2006.
Abstracts may also be submitted directly to pecs2006@cecs.pdx.edu..

David A. Jay, Associate Professor
djay@cecs.pdx.edu
Portland State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Postal address: PO Box 751, Portland, Oregon 97207-0751
Delivery address: 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201
503-725-4247

Source: coastal_list@UDel.Edu

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Student Conference on Conservation Science

Invitation to conservation practitioners and applied scientists working
for conservation organisations to participate in this conference -
ABSOLUTELY FREE!

28 - 30 March 2006, Zoology Department, Downing Street, Cambridge

We invite conservation practitioners and applied scientists to visit
the
seventh in this series of student conferences which aim to provide a
forum for graduate students from a wide range of countries and
disciplines to present their work to a friendly and informed audience.

Around 150 students from about 40 countries will participate.  There
will be 35 talks by students, poster sessions, workshops and four
lectures by distinguished speakers.

Program: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/sccs/programme_2006.html

Source: http://www.cambridgeconservationforum.org/

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Death by a Thousand Coasts: The Ethics of Climate Change Symposium

First International Inter-Research Symposium:
Death by a Thousand Coasts: The Ethics of Climate Change

Web page: http://www.ir-symposia.com/

24-27 November 2006, Washington, D. C., U.S.

Focus on: Best Evidence   Best Practices    Best Analysis
Climatology . Paleoclimatology . Oceanography .Paleoceanography. Ecology . Agriculture & Husbandry . History . Law . Medicine .Economics . Business . Engineering . City Planning . Property Assessment . Investment . Risk Management . Insurance . Emergency Response . Policy . Politics . Ethics

Source:  MARINE-B@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Sustainable Development 2007: Call for papers from WIT

On behalf of the International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC), we are
pleased to inform you of the Third International Conference on Sustainable
Development and Planning. The meeting will take place from 25 - 27 April
2007 at the Tivoli Almansor Hotel, Algarve.

Conference papers will be reviewed by members of the ISAC and other
colleagues, and if selected, will be published in hard book form by WIT
Press and will be available to delegates at the time of registration. In
addition, the proceedings will be widely distributed after the conference
through the international book trade and by direct announcement to readers
and librarians. All papers will be permanently archived in the Transactions
of the Wessex Institute on our eLibrary site, which is available to the
Further details about the conference follow this message. Alternatively
click on the web address below to access the conference website, which has
full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission
requirements: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2007/sustain2007/cfp.html

If you are not the right point of contact for this material we apologise,
and would appreciate you forwarding this to the correct person or providing
us with the contact details.

Best regards,

Honorary Chairman: E Beriatos, University of Thessaly, Greece
Conference Chairmen: C A Brebbia, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and A
Kungolos, University of Thessaly, Greece

Source:  MARINET@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

38th CIESM Congress in Istanbul in 2007

In slightly more than a year, from 9 to 13 April 2007, CIESM will hold its 38th Congress in Istanbul, on the shore of the Bosphorus. Already !

As usual we will do our best here, together with the Commission committee Chairs and taskforces Coordinators, to offer you an attractive programme, which will reflect the best science which Mediterranean and Black Sea researchers have to offer. For its part, the local organizing committee is already in place and we have been working hard with them to finalize essential structural components, such as the meeting venue which will be the excellent Lutfi Kidar Convention Center that will provide modern comfort and efficiency, combined with a central location.

Needless to say, we will be happy to see as many of you as possible in this magnificent city. There is plenty of time ahead, particularly since we have drastically shortened the time necessary between submission of papers and c ongress inauguration, so as to allow you to present and discuss your latest results.

Please already note that the papers will have to be submitted between September 1st and 15 October 2006 (on a pre-formatted submission form), and that authors will have until 10 January 2007 to pay their registration online.

I invite you to bookmark the following webpage http://www.ciesm.org/marine/congresses/index.htm
where you will find more detailed information on important deadlines and on the cost of registration. This is also where, in the future, we will update you on the logistics and programme of the Congress

with my best regards, as always

Frederic Briand
Director General, CIESM

Source: www.ciesm.org

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Feedback and Requirements for Use of GBIF Data Portal

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has been operating its
prototype data portal for biodiversity data (http://www.gbif.net/) since
2004 and is now developing a new portal incorporating lessons learned from
these early experiences (to be released at the end of 2006).

The aim of this portal will be to provide rapid access to distributed
biodiversity data resources from all over the world.  The portal should
support user access through HTML web browsers, as well as machine access by
other portals and analytical tools through web service programming
interfaces.

GBIF wishes to receive the widest possible feedback on the existing
prototype data portal and user requirements for the new portal.  As part of
this process, we have set up the following online survey and would like to
receive responses by 30 April 2006:

  Feedback and Requirements for use of GBIF Data Portal
    - end-user requirements for access to biodiversity data
  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=279441780723

We plan to offer two further related surveys over the next few weeks:

  Feedback and Requirements for providers of data to GBIF Data Portal
    – requirements from individuals and organisations sharing data
      through the GBIF network

  Technical Feedback on architecture for GBIF Data Portal
     – review of architecture and design for GBIF data portal and
       its associated web services

For more information on GBIF’s plans for the data portal, please see:

  The GBIF Data Portal Strategy, available from:
    http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/gbif/dadi/library?l=/architecture

  The GBIF Data Portal Design wiki at:
    http://wiki.gbif.org/dadiwiki/

Please note that this survey relates to the GBIF Data Portal.  GBIF also
operates the GBIF Communications Portal (http://www.gbif.org/), which
provides information about the organisation and its activities.  An
opportunity is provided on the last page of this survey to comment on the
GBIF's use of two separate portals.

Thank you for your help.

Donald Hobern (dhobern@gbif.org)
Programme Officer for Data Access and Database Interoperability
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: +45-35321483   Mobile: +45-28751483   Fax: +45-35321480

Source: all-users@ig.circa.gbif.net

Jorge Brenner

Launch of the EuroDEEP Call for Outline Proposals

Call for Outline Proposals for the EUROCORES Programme EuroDEEP is now open. Please distribute this announcementas widely as possible to the appropriate scientific community.

You can also find the attached document and additional information on the EuroDEEP website www.esf.org/eurodeep.

Thank you very much!

Bernard Avril

PS: Please note that the proposal submission should be made online.

Source: lesc-list@esf.org

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

New Resource Portal for Marine GIS and Seabed Mapping

The new Davey Jones' Locker Treasure Chest of Links, accessible at either http://marinecoastalgis.net or http://seafloormapping.net provides scores of marine/coastal GIS and seafloor mapping links to assist researchers, educators, students, and interested parties from all over the world in finding helpful information and data. The site is maintained by the Davey Jones Locker research laboratory, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University.

Dawn Wright | Professor | Department of Geosciences, dawn@dusk.geo.orst.edu
Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR 97331-5506
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu | 541-737-1229 phone | 541-737-1200 fax

Source: SEA-GIS@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Contribute to the GSDI Association Developing Nations Fund

Do you ever wonder how you might help your professional peers who are in nations far less economically developed than your own?

Many of us work with or communicate with professional peers across the globe who are committed to using geographic data and technologies to address local pressing needs but who face severe financial constraints. Among the needs our peers are addressing include poverty alleviation, support of local economic development activities, designing and planning physical infrastructure improvements, conserving important natural resources and species, improving economic competitiveness, mitigating environmental degradation, increasing efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in government operations, and advancing the health, safety and social well being of their countrys citizens.

The problems and needs in developing nations are so great that we often despair about what we as individuals might accomplish. But small contributions can make a big difference. Here are some specific suggestions for making tangible differences for our peers in less economically developed regions of the world:

1. Join the GSDI Association as an Individual Member

Dues paid by individuals are applied to developing nation needs through the Developing Nation Fund. Over the next several months all individual dues received by the organization will be spent to support travel costs for deserving individuals from economically disadvantaged nations to attend the GSDI-9 conference and its affiliated free training workshops in Santiago, Chile. You can join and pay dues on-line in less than ten minutes at http://gsdi.org/joinGSDI.asp. To apply for such a travel grant, applicants may consult the Conference Support Grant Application at http://www.gsdi9.cl/

Source: news@gsdi.org

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

New Ecological Informatics Journal

Ecological Informatics is a new international journal devoted to the publication of high quality, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of ecoinformatics, computational ecology and systems ecology, and special issues on topics of current interest. The scope of the journal includes principles of information processing from genomes to ecosystems, computational approaches to ecological scales and complexity, computational approaches to ecosystems analysis, synthesis, simulation and forecasting, ecological pattern analysis at nano- to macroscales, management of ecological data. The nature of the journal is interdisciplinary, publishing high quality papers on information processing in ecosystems, ecological data management as well as computation, and the crossover between biology/ecology and computer/information sciences.

Ecological Informatics publishes research in the following areas:
•Theory and applications of ecoinformatics
•Principles of information processing from genomes to ecosystems
•Novel developments in bio-inspired computation, machine learning and artificial intelligence
•Spatial-temporal simulation of ecological entities, ecosystem structures and behaviours by artificial life, cellular automata and adaptive agents
•Knowledge discovery and forecasting of ecological processes and patterns, ecosystem functions and behaviours by bio-inspired computation, machine learning and artificial intelligence
•Processing of uncertain ecological data by fuzzy logic and qualitative reasoning
•Standardisation and integration of ecological data and models by meta-information concepts and object-oriented programming
•Ecological data warehousing including data archival, retrieval, sharing, mining and visualisation
•Ecological data acquisition, spatial analysis and visualisation by GIS and remote sensing
•Computational frameworks for decision making in relation to environmental sustainability, biodiversity and global environmental changes
•Education and training in ecoinformatics.

Bibliographic & ordering Information
ISSN: 1574-9541
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commenced publication 2006

Check out this new publication at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/705192/description#description

Source: http://www.elsevier.com

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

ISEI5: 5th International Conference on Ecological Informatics

5th International Conference on Ecological Informatics,
December 4-7, 2006, Santa Barbara, USA.

Please visit the web site: www.ISEI5-conference.elsevier.com.

Source: ecoinfo@ecoinformatics.org

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Grants Announcement for the International MSc. in Airbone Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

The Institute of Geomatics is pleased to announce two grants to attend the International MSc. in Airbone Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Those grants are possible thanks to the Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (ICC, http://www.icc.es).

In case you should be interested in it, please browse to http://www.IdeG.es

These two grants will already available for the forthcoming module: Fundamentals of Economics and Management of International Projects (March, 20-24, 2006).

Romina Canals

Institut de Geomàtica

Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia

Avda. del Canal Olímpic, s/n

E-08860 Castelldefels

Barcelona (Spain)

Tel.: +34 93 556 92 80

Fax: +34 93 556 92 92

recepcio@ideg.es

Source: mailing@ideg.es

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Summer school on controls in marine ecosystems - June 2006

The summer school "Towards ecosystem oceanography: Identification and
modelling of controls in marine ecosystems" will take place in Dragerup,
Denmark, 18-28 June 2006. It is co-organised by the Ecosystem Approach
to Marine Resources (WP6) group within the EUR-OCEANS Network of
Excellence, and SLIP/Fishnet. It is endorsed and sponsored by GLOBEC.
Registration is open from 9 February to 9 April 2006. Cf.
http://www.eur-oceans.org/eamr/school/ and the attached documents for
details.

Please feel free to circulate the attached poster and flyer within your
institution and beyond (larger PDF files for higher-quality printing are
available on request: pbaisnee@ifremer.fr.

Caroline Gernez 
European Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis
(EUR-OCEANS)
Executive Director
Tel: + 33 (0)2 98 49 86 29 
Fax: + 33 (0)2 98 49 86 09
E-mail: caroline.gernez@univ-brest.fr

Source: MARINE-B@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE 

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Alcan Prize for Sustainability 2006

Do you know of, or work for, a not-for-profit organization, based anywhere in the world, that has made a major contribution to economic, environmental and/or social sustainability in the field in which it operates?

The $1million Alcan Prize for Sustainability, in association with the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), is now in its third year, and both organizations are scouring the globe for projects that are helping to make the world a more sustainable place. All entries must be in by 31 March 2006 (midnight GMT).

To make a nomination, go to

http://www.alcanprizeforsustainability.com/2006/en/apply2006/form.asp and complete details online. You can nominate as many organizations as you wish.

Source: Cambridge Conservation Forum March 2006 Newsletter

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

Nominations Invited for UNEP Sasakawa Prize

Nominations are invited for the 2006 UNEP Sasakawa Prize. The new prize aims to encourage environmental innovation, research, iniatives and ideas on an annually changing theme. In 2006, the theme for which candidates will be eligible is Deserts and Desertification. Please note that the deadline for nominations is 15 March 2006.

The Prize acts as an incentive for environmental efforts that are sustainable and replicable in the long-term. It recognises innovation, groundbreaking research and ideas, and extraordinary grassroots initiatives from around the world.

The $200,000 UNEP Sasakawa Prize offers the financial support Laureates need to build on their achievements. Background information on the prize and the nomination form are available at: www.unep.org/sasakawa

Source: Cambridge Conservation Forum March 2006 Newsletter

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

New Eco-tools.net

Eco-Tools is a web-accessible means of performing commonly-needed and useful calculations in ecology and conservation biology. No special software is required, and all algorithms are open-source and based on standard references.

Tools included:

• Life Tables
• Population Timeseries
• Population Genetics
• Population Viability Analysis (PVA)
• Species Diversity
• Ordination
• Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Autocorrelation

Webpage: www.eco-tools.net

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

ECO-IMAGINE Thematic Conference: BUILDING COASTAL KNOWLEDGE AND GI

We are pleased to announce the ECO-IMAGINE Thematic Conference:

BUILDING COASTAL KNOWLEDGE AND GI

Cork (Ireland) June 13^th- 17^th, 2006.

On the ECO-IMAGINE web site ( www.gisig.it/eco-imagine), you can find:

- the general overview of the conference
- the draft schedule of the conference
- the registration form

We are glad to inform you as well that, after the success obtained in Nice, a ESRI Award is organised also within this Conference.
All the participants interested in applying for the ESRI Award can find detailed information on the ECO-IMAGINE web-site.

Finally, we are pleased to inform you that some Marie Curie grants are available for supporting the participation of early stage and more experienced researchers in the conference.
The call for grants and the forms to be filled in are available on the above-mentioned web-site (deadline for application: April 21^st, 2006).

We will be also glad to receive from you information on events and projects related to the ICAM-GI themes. Such information will be posted on the ECO-IMAGINE Forum in order to improve the sharing of knowledge.

Best regards,
GISIG and ICCOPS Staff

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

NSF Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 available

This overview of the National Science Board's Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 describes some major U.S. and international science and technology (S&T) developments. It focuses on trends since about 1990, although it occasionally takes a longer view. The overview synthesizes selected major findings in a meaningful way and is not intended to be comprehensive. The reader will find many important findings in the report that are not covered in the overview, e.g., public support for science is strong even though public knowledge is limited; S&T activities in different states vary substantially in size and scope; and some of those who are employed in S&T occupations lack S&T degrees, although many people with S&T degrees work in other types of jobs. The interested reader will find more extensive data in the body of the report; major findings on particular topics appear in the Highlights sections that precede chapters 1–7.

Online document and download page: http://nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

ESSP Open Science Conference

9-12 November 2006. Beijing, China

CALL for CONTRIBUTIONS (Deadline: 01 May 2006)

We invite scientists, policy makers, practitioners, scholars, members of the private sector and journalists to participate in the ESSP Open Science Conference and to submit online abstracts (poster or parallel session presentations) through the OSC website (http://www.essp.org/ESSP2006/CallPapers_index.html). Please note that this call for contributions will primarily be for poster presentations, and that poster sessions will be an integral part of the Conference. Poster sessions will also relate directly to OSC parallel sessions. A list of the session titles and their keywords/brief descriptions can be found on the online submission form and on the Conference website (see web link above). Please note that we cannot accept late submissions (deadline: 01 May 2006) and that abstracts should not exceed 250 words. Thank you for your interest in the ESSP OSC.

Source: psipher@agu.org

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

7th International Temperate Reef Symposium

The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) will be hosting the 2006 International Temperate Reef Synmposium. All meeting activities (including housing) will be held on the UCSB campus. See our lodging link for more information about housing. See our travel link for information on getting to Santa Barbara. The schedule and more information about the meeting will be posted here as soon as it becomes available. We intend to open registration and abstract submission in early March.

For more information or questions email us at ITRS@msi.ucsb.edu

Webpage: http://ucsb.piscoweb.org/ITRS/

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

11th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium

Dates for your diary:
9-14 July 2006

The Symposium will be hosted by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton UK (formerly the Southampton Oceanography Centre). The DEEPSEAS Group at NOCS look forward to welcoming you to Southampton in 2006.

Please browse around to find out more about the Symposium. We are now into the active phase of organisation and these Web pages will be updated regularly - so do come back. Planning of this meeting is a UK-wide effort with colleagues from several UK institutions lending a hand (see the participants page for details of the organising committee).

If you need any further information on the Symposium please contact the Symposium Team - click on the Symposium banner above or on the contact link at the bottom of the page for details.

Webpage: http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/GDD/DEEPSEAS/symp_pages/symphome.html

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner

1st International Conference on Object-based Image Analysis

We kindly remind you that the deadline for abstract submission for OBIA 2006 is approaching soon. If you have not already done so, please submit your extended abstract until March 6, 2006 (see www.agit.at/obia for online submission). Notification of acceptance will be send out by April 10. Please consider that accepted authors need to register until April 30 the latest.

We would also like to draw your attention on related user meetings and events attached to AGIT 2006. You can find information on combined registration options and important dates under www.agit.at/obia, www.agit.at/gi4dev, www.agit.at.

July 3: Definiens User Meeting & Training

July 3: ER Mapper User Meeting

July 6: SAGA User Meeting

July 7: AGIT Special GI for Development

::.. Dr. Stefan Lang ..::
Z_GIS Centre for Geoinformatics | Salzburg University
Schillerstr. 30 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria
tel +43-662-8044 5262 fax +43-662-8044 5260

mailto: stefan.lang@sbg.ac.at | web: www.uni-salzburg.at/zgis/lang

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner