September 3-6, 2012, Kahramanmaraş, TURKEY
RATIONALE
Forest and water is one of the high priority areas of IUFRO. The forest-water interaction becomes a major concern in both local and global scales due to anthropogenic stressors like climate change and air pollution. Therefore, the management of forests towards water and carbon management and air pollution mitigation becomes a challenging issue and concern to be addressed.
The aim of the conference is to provide a harmonization of forests, water cycle, climate change and air pollution issues.
Presentations are welcome from various geographies on ecological, economical and social aspects of listed conference topics.
Conference topics
New watershed management concepts
Nutrient, water and carbon cycles in ecosystems
Air pollution and forest hydrology
Hydroecology of stream corridors
Riparian ecosystems and their restoration
Landscape Ecology and Planning
Adaptation to climate change with focus on Mediterranean ecosystems
Urbanization as a stressor for forests
Water stress in terrestrial ecosystems
Erosion and sedimentation in relation with climate change
Desertification and its consequences
Water quality, quantity and regime
Ecophysiology
Keynoters
Air pollution affects tree water control by Elena Paoletti, IPP-CNR, ITALY
Carbon balance in forest ecosystems by Janusz Olejnik, PULS, Poznan, POLAND
Modelling human impacts in urban watersheds by Yusuf Serengil, Istanbul University, TURKEY
Land Use/Cover and Water Quality/Quantity linkages at Spatial and Temporal Domain: A Case Study from Coastal Alabama by Latif Kalin, Auburn University, USA
Landscapes, people, and ecosystem services in a changing world by Jiquen Chen, Toledo University, USA
Local Organisers
Mahmut Reis < mreis@ksu.edu.tr This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it > (organizational matters) ++90 506 2776356
Yusuf Serengil < serengil@istanbul.edu.tr This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it > (scientific matters) ++90 533 3012978
