Regional Water Issues Acclimations logo link to Acclimations home regional Water issues With instream flows as low as 20% of historical levels, the ecology of the region http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/nationalassessment/newsletter/1998.12/frame
Extractions: the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change The first workshop of the water resources sector was held from September 14-16, 1998, in West Palm Beach, Florida. The workshop summarized and prioritized water resources issues from the regions and other sectors in the assessment. Regional issues identified at the workshop included: Central Great Plains: The Central Great Plains rely on water imported to the region. The main transbasin water diversions are the tunnels drilled through the Rockies to bring supplies of water from the Colorado River to the Great Plains. Irrigated agriculture is a main end use in this region, and this demand is increasing (although there are some shifts underway from agriculture to urban development). The biggest regional issue is the lack of surplus capacity in regional water supplies. For example, water from the Arkansas River serves multiple uses as it passes through the different states. The resulting conflicts over allocation of limited groundwater and surface water supplies have led to a number of lawsuits in the region.
The Monterey Bay Regional Studies Program MBRS sponsors regular informal seminars to discuss regional environmental issues. These include conservation, ecology, and land use; http://www2.ucsc.edu/mbrs/
Extractions: Using an interdisciplinary approach, faculty and graduate students in the natural and social sciences are working together to understand the dynamic processes and tensions of the Monterey Bay region - an understanding that can be extended to worldwide environmental and social change and development. Coastal environments are zones of interaction involving terrestrial and marine habitats, land-sea-air processes, and human activities. The MBRS program gives researchers the opportunity for interdisciplinary perspective, by involving other regional research and educational institutions, social and political organizations, and industry. The program's emphasis, "Bi-directional Interactions in Coastal Environments," combined with the regional approach, promotes focused collaborative work across varied research traditions. MBRS sponsors regular informal seminars to discuss regional environmental issues. Recent topics have included strategies for university-industry interactions and wetland conservation, and the role of refugia in protecting important fisheries. In an ongoing effort to build partnerships with other institutions, MBRS presents public symposia, "Challenges for the Monterey Bay Region." A symposium on fisheries and climate change brought scholars from throughout the United States to discuss studies of fisheries biology and the legal history of fisheries organizations. A planned symposium will address the use of fire in management of the maritime chaparral at Fort Ord, relating issues in conservation biology to questions of land management and military base conversion.
Extractions: The world we envision is one of adventure and possibility, of radically new relationships and potential forms of social and individual life that are difficult to imagine, much less describe, from the perspective of the present. Most of what will happen in a social-ecological future, whether at an environmental, personal, or communal level, will be spontaneous and creative and these are things we can neither plan nor propose nor predict. Nevertheless, such spontaneous and creative unfolding of potentials will require both an institutional framework and an ethical vision if they are to become more than mere dreams. Thus we must turn our attention to the social structures that might make free nature and a free society more likely. Social ecologists work toward a society structured around freedom, cooperation, and ecological and social diversity. Our vision of a better world draws on the practical proposals and utopian hopes raised throughout history by emancipatory movements from below. At the center of our vision of free communities is
IALE Portal Delay issues Landscape ecology (July 05); Internet based IALEdiscussion group All regional chapters and working groups are invited to take part in this http://www.landscape-ecology.org/news/news.htm
Extractions: Search News Maria Kozova (Slovak Republic) and Sandra Luque (Argentina) will replace Margareta Ihse (Sweden) and Françoise Burel (France) who stepped back. Important message from the Council to all members of IALE Executive Committees of Regional Chapters and Working Groups - and other IALE officers: It is proposed to set up an internet based discussion group to improve the functioning of the council. All regional chapters and working groups are invited to take part in this discussion. The realization will depend on the ability, interest and willingness among the members to invest in organization of such a discussion group. Contact: Jesper Brandt More information: NewsfromtheCouncil.pdf
Graduate Degrees - UCI School Of Social Ecology such issues as environmental health and design, urban and regional planning, Ph.D. in Social ecology with a Concentration in Environmental Analysis http://www.seweb.uci.edu/degrees.phtml
Extractions: Graduate Office QuickLinks Application Information Campus Links Graduate Courses Graduate Degrees - UCI School of Social Ecology Ph.D. Programs The doctoral programs offered by the School of Social Ecology prepare students for academic careers in research and teaching. Graduates also are well qualified for employment in private or government agencies, where they can bring advanced academic training, strong methodological and statistical skills, and special expertise to such issues as environmental health and design, urban and regional planning, criminal justice, and social policies affecting mental and physical health across the life course. Students who enter with the normal academic preparation and pursue a full-time program of study ordinarily should be able to earn the Ph.D. in four to five years of study beyond the baccalaureate. Each incoming Ph.D. student is assigned a faculty advisor with whom the student should meet at least once every quarter to discuss an individualized program of graduate education. The following core courses are required of all Ph.D. students except those enrolled in the Environmental Health Science and Policy doctoral program and the Urban and Regional Planning doctoral program: Seminar in Social Ecology (Social Ecology 200), Research Methods (Social Ecology 201), two approved quarters of graduate-level statistics, and one additional approved research methods course.
SPECIAL ISSUE Of FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT SPECIAL ISSUE of FOREST ecology AND MANAGEMENT Part B regional issues. 2.1 Olalde, M., Herrán, A., Espinel, S., Goicoechea, PG, 2001. http://www.pierroton.inra.fr/Fairoak/specialissue.html
Extractions: FAIROAK SPECIAL ISSUE of FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT Range wide distribution of chloroplast DNA diversity and fossil pollen in European white oaks: inferences about colonisation routes and consequences of management Kremer, A., Goenaga, X. 2001 Preface . For. Ecol. Manage. ( PDF file 1.1: Petit, R.J., Csaikl, U.M., Bordács, S., Burg, K., Coart, E., Cottrell, J., van Dam, B.C., Deans, J.D., Dumolin-Lapègue, S., Fineschi, S., Finkelday, R., Gillies, A., Glaz, I., Goicoechea, P.G., Jensen, J.S., König, A., Lowe, A.J., Madsen, S.F., Mátyás, G., Munro, R.C., Pemonge, M.-H., Popescu, F., Slade, D., Tabbener, H., Taurchini, D., de Vries, S.M.G, Ziegenhagen, B., Kremer, A., 2001. Chloroplast DNA variation in European white oaks: phylogeography and patterns of diversity based on data from over 2,600 populations . For. Ecol. Manage. ( PDF 1.2: Brewer, S., Cheddadi, R., de Beaulieu, J.-L., Reille, M., and Data contributors, 2001. The spread of deciduous Quercus throughout Europe since the last glacial period . For. Ecol. Manage. ( PDF 1.3: Petit, R.J., Brewer, S., Bordács, S., Burg, K., Cheddadi, R., Coart, E., Cottrell, J., Csaikl, U.M., van Dam, B.C., Deans, J.D., Fineschi, S., Finkeldey, R., Glaz, I., Goicoechea, P.G., Jensen, J.S., König, A.O., Lowe, A.J., Madsen, S.F., Mátyás, G., Munro, R.C., Popescu, F., Slade, D., Tabbener, H., de Vries, S.M.G., Ziegenhagen, B., de Beaulieu, J.-L., Kremer, A., 2001.
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Georgia Tech Experts On Environmental Issues Expertise air quality, urban and regional ecology Ph 404385-0573 TRANSPORTATION issues. Larry Frank City and regional Planning Program http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/archive/news_releases/environmentalexperts.html
Extractions: ATLANTA-(May 1, 2002) May 1 marks the start of Smog Alert season in Atlanta. Professors across the Georgia Tech campus research different issues relating to smog, including air quality, water quality, drought, land use, public policy, regional planning, sustainability, transportation, energy policy, and alternative sources of energy. The professors listed below may be contacted directly to answer questions and conduct interviews with media. The names are organized by topic with a short description of their expertise. For additional assistance or for contacts in fields of expertise not listed here, please call Georgia Tech Institute Communications and Public Affairs, 404-894-0870. Environmental Issues Experts List
Extractions: Department of Zoology, University of Florida This second issue of Conservation Ecology begins a Special Focus on global climate change. This Special Focus initiates a series of occasional experiments to explore the interactive potential of an electronic journal. The overall focus of these experiments is the present and emerging class of global issues that present novel challenges to the integrity of ecosystems and regional economies. The consequences of biodiversity loss, emergence of novel diseases, and interhemispheric disruption of animal migration are examples. Global climate change, the most obvious current issue, is emphasized in this Special Focus. Four papers launch this experiment, two to be published in this issue of Conservation Ecology and two to be published in the future. Each paper opens a key avenue of understanding and uncertainty. They are intended to initiate a process that will draw upon the knowledge and experience of the
Extractions: The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Hungarian Ministry of Environment and Water, and the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe is organizing an international conference on climate change focusing on the impacts and responses both in mitigation and adaptation in Central and Eastern Europe. A new report by the REC, Environmental Integration in Agriculture in South Eastern Europe , is available for download as a PDF file. The report focuses on the environmental pressures and positive environmental impacts of agriculture. It looks at the extent to which different policies address these issues. The report served as a background document of the SEE Senior Officials Meeting on Agriculture and Environment Policy Integration held on April 15-16, 2005 in Durres, Albania. (PDF - 907 Kbyte)
WA State Permits And Approvals Call the appropriate ecology regional office (see Figure 1) and ask to talk to water Municipalities with authority to issue wastewater discharge permits http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pac/pwbfab/pwb3.html
Extractions: Ecology Home l SEA Program Home l PAC Home The following information is for Printed Wiring Board (PWB) fabricators who want to locate new facilities in Washington State. Fabricators interested in expanding or improving their existing Washington State operations may also find this information useful. To operate in Washington you will need to obtain several environmental permits and approvals. The activities associated with obtaining permits and approvals (for example, working with state and local permitting staff, filling out applications, reviewing applications, etc.) are referred to as the "permitting process." You will need to have selected at least one possible location for your facility before beginning the permitting process. Availability of water and ability to discharge process wastewater are dependent upon location. Therefore, before you make a final decision on where to locate your facility: Make certain that you can obtain the process water you need.
Extractions: 31 May 2004 The Renewables 2004 global conference in Bonn, Germany, has resulted in recommendations for more aggressive research and development of renewable energy resources. Citing persistent unrest in oil rich countries, the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, along with soaring prices and the economic problems associated with any finite resource, the conference noted the benefits to economic and political security of using resources that are local, clean and renewable. Renewable resources were also put forth as a solution to poverty and marginalization: rural communities have historically been deprived of the resources of urban centers, and as many as 2 billion people worldwide still have no access to electricity. Developing countries are beginning to see the economic and political benefits of renewable resources. Norbert Gorißen, head international affairs for Germany's Environmental Ministry, is quoted by Deutsche Welle, saying: "many countries - whether it's Thailand, China, Cambodia and the Philippines - already have their individual programs".
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CURE Centre For Urban And Regional Ecology is a multidisciplinary centre of excellence for the study of urban and regional ecology. Chris is undertaking a PhD programme examining the issue of http://www.art.man.ac.uk/PLANNING/cure/staff.html
Extractions: John Handley, Director: is a professor of landscape rehabilitation, regeneration and management and his work builds upon his previous practical and research work with the Groundwork Foundation, a nation-wide network with substantial achievements in urban regeneration and land restoration. Other areas of research interest include regional landscape appraisals and strategies, climate change assessment, national and regional material flow analysis, and brownfield/greenfield issues. Joe Ravetz, Co-ordinator: is a Research Fellow in the Department of Planning and Landscape. He is a chartered architect with interests and experience in regional planning, economic development, environmental management and community regeneration. He is the co-ordinator of the 'Sustainable City-Region' programme, a partnership between the Town and Country Planning Association, public sector and academic community in the North West. Joe Ravetz is also working on the Economic and Social Research Council's 'Global Sustainability' programme. He has been actively involved in the European Commission's DG12 Integrated Visions project.
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