SAGE to partner with the Hawaii Shore & Beach Preservation Association to host workshop at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

“Living Shorelines” integrate habitat restoration techniques, coastal engineering, and conservation to mitigate coastal hazards through the incorporation of natural elements.   Effectively implemented, they create ecologically robust coastal environments that also serve as dynamic buffer zones, absorbing wave action and storm surge and reducing impacts to coastal infrastructure.  Living Shorelines have been used effectively in the US along the eastern, western and gulf coasts as an effective alternative to traditional shoreline armoring. However, in tropical island settings living shorelines will look and function differently to address unique physical, social and economic implications to shoreline communities in the face of climate change..."  For the entire presentation description click here.

The short of it is this - world leaders have agreed to break through the 2 degree target and pursue a 1.5 degree target.

​Ahead of the climate talks in Paris, researchers stress the importance of psychological research. Studies indicate countries could walk away from a deal even if it is in their best effort to agree.

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/24/457203835/the-psychological-dimension-behind-climate-negotiations

You are invited to participate in ECSA’s next major symposium, ECSA 56 – Coastal systems in transition: From a ‘natural’ to an ‘anthropogenically modified’ state, which will take place from the 4-7 September 2016 in Bremen, Germany.


Submit your abstract Oral and poster abstracts are invited on the following conference topics and should be submitted using the online submission system
1. Changing physical settings and processes

• Coastal morphodynamics affected by anthropogenic modifications and climate change
• From measuring to modelling hydro- and sediment dynamics
• Impact of extreme events on coastal systems
• Monitoring with coastal ocean observing systems

2. Biogeochemical processes and fluxes at the land – sea interface

• Role of aquaculture for the pollution of coastal waters
• From catchment to coast: effects of land use change and hydrological regulations
• Carbon and nitrogen cycling in benthic and pelagic ecosystems
• Impact of ocean acidification on coastal systems
• Blue carbon: assessing the role and carbon storage potential of coastal wetlands

3. Shifting ecosystem structures and functions

• Biodiversity in coastal systems
• Role of functional and response diversity to changes for ecosystem resilience
• Linkages between estuarine, coastal and marine habitats
• Stress responses and resilience: from molecular to ecosystem level

4. The human dimension: impact, management, governance

• Resource use patterns and management and implications for the environment
• Participatory management approaches in coastal zone management
• Marine and coastal spatial planning/ decision support
• Valuing marine ecosystem services
• Governing the commons: Institutions for the sea/ marine governance

Abstract submission deadline: 18 March 2016


Invited speakers will be announced soon, please register for news updates to be kept informed of new developments.

For the complete meeting details including sponsorship opportunities visit www.estuarinecoastalconference.com