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Second Global Conference on Large Marine Ecosystems
The LME approach to the assessment and management of marine resources was first introduced in 1984, and the first international LME Conference was held in 1990 in Monaco. Since the mid 1990s, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), in partnership with several UN agencies, has supported 110 economically developing coastal countries with start-up funding at a level of $1.8 billion and the participation of 7000 experts and partners to apply LME assessment and management methods in 16 LME projects directed to the recovery and sustainability of marine resources and their environments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. The Conference will examine the scientific advances made in ecosystem assessment by LME projects around the globe and gauge the progress of the 16 GEF funded LME projects in achieving the targets put forward at the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. Conference papers and posters are invited on each of the 10 themes outlined below, including the theoretical background of the LME approach and its present and future role in marine science.
| What | LME Asia |
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| When |
11-Sep-2007 01:25 PM
to 13-Sep-2007 01:25 PM |
| Where | Qingdao, CHINA |
| Contact Name | Dr. Kenneth Sherman, Director |
| Contact Email | Kenneth.Sherman@noaa.gov |
| Contact Phone | 401-782-3211 |
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The Conference is convened by Dr. Kenneth Sherman (NOAA/USA) and by Professor Qisheng Tang (Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute and Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qingdao, China). It is sponsored by the Chinese Government, by Chinese science agencies, by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), by the IUCN, and by 5 U.N. agencies. Conference themes include assessment and management methodologies for ecosystem-based approaches to the recovery and sustainability of marine resources, and methodologies for analyzing changing states of LMEs, and LMEs at risk from climate change. The Conference also provides a unique opportunity to interact with young Chinese scientists and with Conference participants from countries of the Pacific Rim. Further information is available on the Conference website (see below).
Ten Conference Themes:
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The Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) Approach to Assessment and Management Marine Resources: Theory and Background
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Practical implementation of the Ecosystem Approach in LMEs
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Assessment and Monitoring of LMEs and Development of Indicators and their Application
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State of Environment and Ecosystem Information Systems in LMEs
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Integrating Socioeconomics, Science and Governance in LMEs
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Developing International Partnerships in Science and Management in LMEs
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Changing States of LMEs in Regional Seas: a Global Perspective
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LMEs at Risk: Adaptation to Climate Change
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Complementarity among LME Assessments, GOOS-GEOSS and GLOBEC
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Toward an LME network
Third announcement of the 2nd Global Conference on Large Marine Ecosystems LMEs), Qingdao, China, September 11–13, 2007.
