Name of event: Dune ecosystems – natural processes, restoration

Name of event: Dune ecosystems – natural processes, restoration, management
Keyword: Restoration/recovery and management of habitats/species
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Spain
ICCD 2007 – Conferencia Internacional Sobre Restauracion
y Gestion de las Dunas Costeras
Oct. 3-5 2007. Begins 9.30 Oct. 3; ends 13.00 Oct. 5, with
site visit to dunes afternoon of Oct. 5.
Santander, Spain
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente - Direccion General de
Costas; Universidad de Cantabria
Afid Congresos S.L.
Tel. + 34 94 231 8180; fax: + 34 94 231 8653.
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iccd07/com
Spanish and English (with simultaneous translation)
Fee 350€ (students 190 €). Fee includes lunches but travel
and accommodation at own expense
The conference consists of plenaries with parallel sessions
devoted to one of the four topics physical processes,
biological processes, dune restoration, dune management.
For each of the topics, theory, monitoring and surveying,
analysis and practice will be discussed. Practical papers
detailing the design, construction and performance of case
study coastal dune restoration projects and management
programmes are encouraged.
Topics in more detail:
Physical processes
Wind transport, dune movement, dune erosion, stabilization.
Biological processes
Dune wildlife, vegetation establishment.
Dune restoration
Design, construction, performance of restoration projects.
Dune management
Management programmes, access and services planning.