China Data Center News 1/10/2005

The International Workshop: Advanced Watershed Modeling, Water Resources Management, and Complex Environment System Studies

The International Workshop Announcement Advanced Watershed Modeling, Water Resources Management, and Complex Environment System Studies Nanchang, Jiangxi, China June 27–29, 2005 Located in Jinagxi province, Poyang Lake is the largest fresh lake in China. Containing about 97% of Jiangxi province region, the Poyang Lake Basin serves as an important base for China’s economic development and a critical reserve area for biodiversity and ecological protection. Connecting upper stream watersheds with the Yantze River, Poyang Lake is also crucial in ensuring flood control and maintaining the water level of the Yangtze River. Largely due to its unique geographic setting and the less developed economy in the Basin, Poyang Lake is one of few precious, clean lakes remaining in China. With the increasing population growth and economic development, however, a number of environmental problems have become a concern, including flooding, soil erosion and sedimentation, nonpoint source pollution, wetland depletion, urban sprawl, and water-borne diseases, etc. It would be hard to maintain the unique ecological system and clean water in the Poyang Lake Basin without sustainable development strategies. Given the unique economic and environmental roles of Poyang Lake, it is essential to understand the dynamics and impacts of human activities on fundamental processes of hydrology, water quality, ecology, and human health in order to develop sustainable policies to ensure economic prosperity and ecological integrity of the Poly Lake Basin. Within this context, an international workshop on advanced watershed modeling and water resources and quality management is organized to facilitate scientific understanding, modeling, and management of watershed processes and to explore management scenarios in support of policy/decision making in the Poyang Lake Basin. The workshop will cover the following themes: (1) Watershed hydrology and fluxes; (2) Nonpoint source pollution; (3) Ecosystem dynamics; (4) Land use/cover change; (5) Public health; (6) Water resources management; (7) Wetland biodiversity; and (8) Sustainable resource and regional development. The workshop will bring well-known international and national scholars to present the state-of-the-art theories, methods, and models on monitoring, analysis, simulation, and management of human impacts on the quantity, quality, movement, and processes of water resources and ecosystem at the watershed scale. Through in-depth discussions and exchanges, the workshop intends to explore the application of above models and methodologies to the studies of the water systems and ecosystems of Poyang Lake Basin, and facilitate national and international collaborative research on the ecological and hydrological processes of the Basin. Co-Organizers: • The Key Lab of Poyang Lake Ecological Environment and Resource Development, Jiangxi Normal University • The Office of Mountain, Rivers and Lakes, Jiangxi Government • Jiangxi Association of Sciences and Technology • The National Key Lab of Remote Sensing Information Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences • The University of Michigan • Michigan State University • Western Michigan University Co-Sponsors: • Nanjing Institute of Geography and Lakes, the Chinese Academy of Sciences • The National Key Lab of Surface Water Cycle and Dynamics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences • The National Key Lab of Water Resource and Hydrological Engineering, Wuhan University • State Key Lab of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering Science, Hehai University Contact: Liu Ying / Tang Chongjun The Key Lab of Poyang Lake Ecological Environment and Resource Development Jiangxi Normal University 437 Beijing Rd. West Nanchang, Jiangxi 330027 P. R. China. Tel: 086-791-8507242 / 8507449 Fax: 086-791-8511619 Email: liuy64@126.com Web: http://poyanglakecenter.org/

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