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Ecohydrology Workshop and Scientific Advisory Committee
Ecohydrology, Engineering Harmony for a Sustainable World
CONCEPT NOTE•PROGRAMME
Institute of Engineering, Civil Engineering Building, Room 1.06 Campus Penha,
UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE Faro, Portugal
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Conference rational The Ecohydrology Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) aims to prepare a global strategy and vision for the next 4 years of IHP phase 8 (ending in 2021), and start planning and considering, in light of the new global water agendas, the role that Ecohydrology could play in the next phase of IHP 9 (starting in 2022). This meeting will be attended by several Category 2 Water related Centres and Water Chairs working in Ecohydrology, by UNESCO Regional Hydrologists, and representatives from all Regions. Youth participation is also encouraged, and a dedicated session on “Early Career Researchers in Ecohydrology” is part of the events. The Ecohydrology programme benefits from a Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) to guide the IHP Secretariat on strategic directions, new dimensions, activities, programme execution, and communication of scientific and practical way forward. The SAC is composed of representatives of Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO (C2C), water-related UNESCO Chairs and Regional Focal Points: • The European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology (ERCE, Poland) • The International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology (ICCE, Portugal) • The African Regional Centre for Ecohydrology (ARCE, Ethiopia) • The Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE, Indonesia) • The International Centre for Integrated Water Resource Management (ICIWaRM, USA) • The IHE Delft Chair in Ecohydrology, the Netherlands • The UNESCO Water Chair in Ecohydrology and Hydroinformatics, China • The UNESCO Water Chair in Ecohydrology Water Ecosystem for Societies, Portugal • The Focal point for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The Committee will address the following topics:
1. Report on current and past global activities (particularly during the period 2014-2017)
2. Ecohydrology Demosites updates and new publications.
3. Discussion on future activities and strategies (including UNESCO Priority Africa and Gender).
4. Engage in a dialogue on scientific challenges to achieve the water-related SDGs involving visions from young researchers and professionals.
Expected outcomes:
1. Identifying gaps and opportunities in the dissemination the ecohydrology concept and potential research and scientific questions for future strategies.
2. Highlighting the role of international networks working with ecohydrological solution-oriented approaches for the enhancement of ecosystem services for the benefit of societies in demonstration sites.
3. Identifying region priorities and showcasing innovative solutions and adaptation strategies to address water security challenges, including interlinkages with both UNESCO Programmes (MAB) and other international ones.
4. General strategy to include ecohydrological concepts in national development plans, with priority in Africa.
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Ecohydrology Workshop and Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
Ecohydrology, engineering harmony for a sustainable world
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY
9.00 – 9.30 Registration of participants
9.30 – 10.00 Opening Ceremony Moderator: Mr Giuseppe Arduino, UNESCO IHP, Paris
Welcome and opening address by Mr Luis Chicharo. Chair in Ecohydrology (UAlg, Portugal) and International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology (ICCE). Opening remarks by Mr Maciej Zalewski. Director, the European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology (ERCE, Poland).
10.00 – 11.00 I. Presentation of UNESCO Ecohydrology Programme • Mr Giuseppe Arduino UNESCO IHP, Paris - Introduction of participants - Scope of the workshop and the Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting - Past Activities (2014-2017).
Objectives: - To highlight the importance and benefit of international cooperation for water security, in order to strengthen scientific exchange and south-south cooperation. - To demonstrate the importance of engaging directly with local stakeholders and the experiences of collaborative networks.
11.00 - 11.45 Group photo and coffee break
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11.45 – 13.00 II. Presentation of European Activities (including SAC Core Members) Moderator: Mr Giuseppe Arduino, UNESCO-IHP • Mr Maciej Zalewski- Professor and Director European Regional Centre for
Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. (Chair EH SAC) • Mr Luis Chicharo- Professor and coordinator of the Chair in Ecohydrology.
University of Algarve and ICCE, Portugal. (Vice-chair EH SAC) • Mr Michael McClain – Professor, Chair of Ecohydrology Institute for Water
Education- IHE Delft, The Netherlands. (Vice-chair EH SAC) • Mr Stefano Fazi - National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Water Research
Institute (IRSA), Italy. Q&A
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 III. Presentation of African activities Moderator: Mr Miguel Doria - Regional Hydrologist for LAC Region UNESCO-IHP
• Mr Jayakumar Ramasamy - Programme Specialist & Chief - Natural Sciences
UNESCO Nairobi Office - Kenya. • Mr Yohannes Z. Negussie - Director, African Regional Centre for Ecohydrology
(ARCE) Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Ethiopia. • Mr Makarius Lalika - Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania.
Q&A
15.00-16.15 IV. Presentation of LAC activities Moderator: Mr Bisher Imam - Senior Programme Specialist and Regional Hydrologist for the Arab States. UNESCO Cairo Office (UCO), Cairo.
• Mr Miguel Doria - Regional Hydrologist for LAC Region UNESCO-IHP • Mr Marcelo Gaviño Novillo - Departamento de Hidráulica - Universidad Nacional de
La Plata and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Focal Point for LAC) • Mr Marco Albarracin – INGERALEZA, Ecuador – Ongoing Ecohydrology activities
in Ecuador • Mr Jose Alberto Gaona - Independent consultant, Colombia.
Q&A
16.15-16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 –17.15 V. Presentation of Arab States activities
Moderator: Mr Jayakumar Ramasamy, Programme Specialist & Chief - Natural Sciences UNESCO Nairobi Office - Kenya
• Mr Bisher IMAM - Senior Programme Specialist and Regional Hydrologist for the
Arab States. UNESCO Cairo Office (UCO), Cairo. • Ms Olfa BEN SAID - University of Bizerte, Tunisia. • Mr. Hazem Yousef Ali Al Hreisha - Manager, Al Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan.
Q&A
18.30 Cocktail reception
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WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY
9.00 – 10.15 VI. Presentation of ASPAC activities
Moderator: Mr Marcelo Gaviño Novillo - Departamento de Hidráulica - Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Mr Hans Dencker Thulstrup - Senior Program Specialist UNESCO Jakarta
Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. • Ms. Rahmah Elfithri - Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) • Mr Jun Xia, Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering, China. • Mr Li Zhe, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China. • Mr Debao Tan - Director, Department of Spatial Information Technology, China
Application，Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, MWR, China. Q&A
10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30– 11.45 VII. New contributions to the EH Network Moderator: Mr Hans Dencker Thulstrup - Senior Program Specialist UNESCO Jakarta Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. • Mr Ignasius Sutapa - Executive Secretary Asia-Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology -
APCE, Cibinong, Indonesia. • Mr Pascal Breil - National Research Institute of Science and Technology for
Environment and Agriculture, France (IRSTEA), France. • Joana Lessa – UNESCO Chair in Ecohydrology at University of Algarve- multimedia
applications for Ecohydrology (TBC) • Joana Freitas – UNESCO Chair “O Património Cultural dos Oceanos”,
Universidade Nova, Lisboa - Historical background for actual ecohydrology solutions (TBC) Q&A
12.00 - 12.30 Lunch break
12.30 – 18.00 VIII. Field Visit to the Guadiana Estuary
Context: There are 1824 dams in the basin. The Guadiana estuary and the coastal areas are affected by the biggest one, called the Alqueva dam. It has modified the hydrological regime of the estuary and also its ecological functions reducing the ecosystem service of water regulation. More information at http://ecohydrology-ihp.org/demosites/view/79
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THRURSDAY 1 MARCH – Youth Participation - SAC Meeting
9.30 – 10.30 IX. Early Career Researchers in Ecohydrology Moderator: Mr Jose Alberto Gaona, Colombia
• Ms Edyta Kiedrzynska - Professor and Deputy Director European Regional Centre for
Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. Opening Lecture • Ms Anastasia Mirli - PhD Student - Delta Nestos, Lakes Vistonida - Ismarida Management
Body, Delta Nestos Information Center, Greece • Ms Lauren Zielinski – Young Researcher – IHE Delft
Discussion and Q&A 10.30 – 11.00 X. View, Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for Ecohydrology
Moderator: Mr Giuseppe Arduino UNESCO IHP • International Events (WWF 8, Brazil; International Symposium in Xi'an city China Oct 2018;
FRIEND, Beijing Nov 2018, etc.) • Training Courses (Where and When) • Publications & communication, including the web platform
Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30– 13.00 X. View, Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for Ecohydrology. Moderator: Mr Giuseppe Arduino UNESCO IHP • International Events (Where and When) • Training Courses (Where and When)
Publications & communication, including the web platform Discussion
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 XI. A way forward for the IHP Phase IX (2022-2029) - Ecohydrology Moderator: Mr Giuseppe Arduino, UNESCO IHP, Paris • Mr Giuseppe Arduino - IHP VIII, Theme 5 & related focal areas structure, Nairobi
Matrix • Interventions from the participants
Discussion
15:00 – 16:00 XII. Role of SAC Members
Moderator: Mr Giuseppe Arduino UNESCO IHP • LAC Region • African Region • Arab States Region • ASCAP Region • Europe and North America Region
Discussion
16.00 – 16.20 Coffee Break
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16.20– 18.00 XIII. Review of Ecohydrology Principles and video recording for the Ecohydrology
Training Kit – Defining Ecohydrology
• What is ecohydrology? • What are the current and potential applications of
ecohydrology in various life-zones? • Link between hydrologists and Eco-hydrologists.
In order to reach much broader audience, short video-clips of interviews to the extended scientific advisory committee members will be produced and used as a powerful communication tool.
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FRIDAY 2 MARCH – SAC Meeting
9.30 – 10.50 XIV. Addressing Water Security through International Collaboration Networks, Projects and Funding opportunities
Moderator: Mr Michael McClain IHE Delft, The Netherlands, and Mr Maciej Zalewski, ERCE, Poland. • Ms Valerie Ouellet – UNESCO Chair in Water Science, University of Birmingham,
UK - Proposal of a UNITWIN Network in Ecohydrology • Mr Luis Chicharo – “European Studies in Ecohydrology for water engineering and
management” – EStEEM Project • Mr Pascal Breil – Funding opportunities for ecohydrology • Mr Giuseppe Arduino & Gaona Currea – Funding opportunities for ecohydrology
Discussion
10.50– 11.10 Coffee Break
11.10 – 13.00 XV. Closing Ceremony Master of Ceremony: Mr Giuseppe Arduino, UNESCO-IHP
Ms Elisabeth Silva, – Portuguese Commission for UNESCO- Mr Luis Chicharo. The International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology (ICCE, Portugal)
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Background
In the face of increasing climate instability, demographic growth and human migrations, and the emergence of new geopolitical centres, which will affect the global economy (including food prices growth and intensified environmental impact), there is an urgent need to reverse degradation of water resources and stop further decline in biodiversity. Appreciation and optimization of ecosystem services for society along with enhancement of resilience of river basins to climatic and anthropogenic stress may greatly contribute to reach this goal. Most of the global landscape, except deserts, high mountains and the boreal zone, has been converted into agricultural land with spots of highly modified urban areas. This overengineering of urban and agricultural landscapes results in a reduction of biomass and organic matter, leading to a modification of the water cycle from the model situation where biological component stabilizes the heat budget and water dynamics at the intermediate disturbance level, to a model where the water cycle accelerates and becomes more stochastic and unfavorable for biota and humanity (droughts and catastrophic floods). Additionally, these processes reduce carbon storage and nutrients transfer from mineral to organic forms, impacting the material cycle. To reverse those negative processes, a two-steps strategy has to be elaborated and implemented. The first proposed step should be based on von Weizsäcker’s reduction of energy and matter use per GDP. The second proposed step is based on Ecohydrology theory to regulate hydrological and nutrients’ cycles in “novel ecosystems” (agricultural and urban) towards the enhancement of carrying capacity of the global ecosystem. Carrying capacity enhancement is understood as the enhancement related to water resources, biodiversity, ecosystem services for societies and the resilience to increasing various forms of impact. Category two EH centres in Poland, Portugal and Indonesia, the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) as well as the IHE-Delft Chair in Ecohydrology can undertake studies to pursue systems solutions for the integration of ecohydrological technologies at different scales as well as integrate and further develop linkages with universities, in different countries, interested in developing degree programs in ecohydrology. The wider UNESCO family (UNESCO Centres, Chairs and IHP National Committees) can help build legal and policy analysis to implement biotechnologies and systemic solutions through the establishment of related ecohydrology demonstration projects in fresh water and estuarine systems. Partnership with Ramsar Wetlands and Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems (IPBES) can be important vehicles for the effective delivery of this theme as well as other international partners to assess relations between the role of ecohydrology with groundwater dependent ecosystems, flood resilience, water quality improvement for increased crop production and urban environment.
IHP’S WORK ON ECOHYRDOLOGY UNDER THEME 5 COVERS FIVE DIFFERENT FOCAL AREAS:
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The Ecohydrology approach will be implemented:
• In water catchments, particularly in demonstration sites, with the use of different ecohydrological biotechnologies in agricultural, coastal, estuarine and urban sites; comparative studies of artificial and natural wetlands as well as legal and policy analyses will also be undertaken
• Providing a scientific networking platform involving all demonstration sites and establish the information exchange network
• Support Member States in including the ecohydrological best practices in natural resources master plans as an important component of the integrated water resource management approach, including developing low cost advanced solutions for water quality and quantity for sustainable ecosystem management. Training courses to Member States on ecohydrology principles and practises will be organised.
Objectives
• To highlight the importance and benefit of international cooperation for water security, in order to strengthen scientific exchange and south-south cooperation
• To demonstrate the importance of engaging directly with local stakeholders and the experiences of citizen- science collaborative networks
THEME 5: Ecohydrology, Engineering Harmony for a Sustainable World
Focal Area 5.1 - Hydrological dimension of a catchment – identification of potential threats and opportunities for a sustainable development
Overall Objectives The quantification and integration of hydrological and biological processes at the basin scale is based on the assumption that abiotic factors are of primary importance when become stable and predictable, then biotic interactions start to manifest themselves. The quantification covers the key elements of hydrological cycle (precipitation, evapotranspiration), patterns of hydrological pulses along the river continuum and monitoring of point and nonpoint source pollution, erosion, habitat degradation. The integration of information about hydrological cycle inputs and economical distribution provide a template to regulate processes toward sustainable water and ecosystem resources use. IHP will support research and capacity building initiatives aimed to improve the understanding of the inter-linkages of ecohydrological processes at the catchment scale with special emphasis on implementation at UNESCO EH demonstration sites. Specific Objectives • Increase knowledge base and further develop approaches to reduce threats, such
as floods and droughts, by asserting the stochastic character of hydrological processes in catchments through harmonization of hydrotechnical infrastructure with the distribution and management of water retaining ecosystems.
• Support research and develop guidelines for the incorporation of an understanding of the past in River Basin Management Plans (e.g. paleohydrology, ecological succession patterns, spatial-temporal dynamics of human settlement).
• Promote model development to reduce hydro-peaking by integrate specific environmental science knowledge (e.g. hydrogeology, soil, groundwater, plant cover) and the floodplain characteristics.
• Develop catchment scale ecohydrological early warning system (by integrating molecular biomonitoring, hydrochemistry, geomorphology, land cover and use in the GIS framework).
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Focal Area 5.2 - Shaping of the catchment ecological structure for ecosystem potential enhancement ─ biological productivity and biodiversity.
Overall Objectives The concept emerges as an ecohydrological response based on the assumption that under intensive global changes it is not enough to protect ecosystems against increasing human population, energy and material consumption and increasing climate instability. It is necessary to regulate the ‘novel (human modified) ecosystem’ structure and processes (life support systems) aimed at increasing the “carrying capacity” (water quality, restoration of biodiversity, ecosystem services for society, resilience of river ecosystem). Specific Objectives • Improve the understanding on the role of different types of terrestrial and wetland
ecosystems distributed in catchment on the water cycling processes. • Support studies on the role of hydrodynamics and biological structure of the river
basin in reduction of various types of pollution in demonstration sites. • Develop methods to mitigate the impact of the catchment demographic and
socioeconomic structure effect on water balance nutrients and pollutants in river fluxes.
• Potentiate and share knowledge on the integration of ecohydrological technologies with good agriculture/environmental practices for reduction of diffuse pollution from the landscape.
Focal Area 5.3 - Ecohydrology system solution and ecological engineering for the enhancement of water and ecosystem resilience and ecosystem services.
Overall Objectives The use of ecosystem properties as a management tool is based on the first and the second principles of EH and related to ecological engineering. The implementation of social learning and communication methodology serves the harmonization of society’s priorities with expert knowledge and recent achievements of science, and jointly contributes to sustainable development based on enhanced ecosystem carrying capacity and ecosystem services. Progressing global changes and increasing demand for more sustainable and efficient management focused on changing social needs and context, identification and evaluation, as well as functional incorporation of ecosystem services as integral element of water management and economics, sustainable water supply and demand models is a necessity. There is a need to change a perception of ecological systems in economic models from “compulsory costs” to “potential benefits”. In both agricultural landscape and urban space, ecohydrological biotechnologies (based on “dual regulation”) have to be developed in order to increase water availability, food /bioenergy productivity, reduce diffuse pollutant emission, enhance biodiversity and serve human health and quality of life by development system approach toward regulation the complexity of interactions between the water cycle, ecosystems and societies. Specific Objectives • Identify good practices for implementing “dual regulation” for reduction of exceed
nutrients and pollutants by the regulation of biota- hydrology interplay. • Develop guidelines for the integration of various types of biological and hydrological
regulations at the basin scale toward achieving synergy to improve water quality, biodiversity and freshwater resources, and optimize ecosystem services.
• Develop case studies relative to the harmonization of ecohydrological measures with existing or planned hydrotechnical solutions (dams, irrigation systems, sewage treatment plants, etc.) for a reduction of toxic algae blooms and adaptation to climate instability.
• Promote Ecohydrology low cost high-tech for IWRM and evaluation of ecosystem services in a catchment scale and development of tools for their efficient incorporation into Basin Management Plans.
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Conceptual model of synergy between ecohydrological biotechnologies and EH systemic solutions for building up river basin sustainability (from Zalewski 2011).
Focal Area 5.4 - Urban Ecohydrology – storm water purification and retention in the city landscape, potential for improvement of health and quality of life.
Overall Objectives Urban populations cause large demands on life-support resources and services, including water, which is one of the major causes of the world’s water crisis. The dynamic spatial expansion of cities is characterized by highly diverse patches of urban development and “novel ecosystems” impacts sustainability of cities. Therefore, the quality of life and human health are top priorities for the sustainable city development, thus the need for a new paradigm of holistic city management. In terms of the water cycle, one of the major impacts is the runoff management. But in urban areas, a change in the perception of storm water management can be accomplished through the application BMPs and more recently, ecohydrological biotechnologies for water purification and retention. Consideration for the enhancement of purified storm water retention in “green areas” in the city spatial planning results as a friendly “blue-green city landscape” with reduced energy consumption, pollutants transfer and accumulation as well as improved human health, aesthetic and cultural values.
Specific Objectives • Identify and promote good practices for the reduction of urban storm water hydro-
peaking by development of systems for infiltration, purification and retention of storm water.
• Develop guidelines for sustainable urban planning, based on combination of water sensitive urban design and ecohydrological biotechnologies for improving the quality of life and economics of urban systems and adaptation for global climate variations;
• Develop and strengthen frameworks and improve methodologies for cooperation in multistakeholder platforms and public participation for demand driven research and efficient application of the recent achievement of ecohydrology for IUWM.
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Focal Area 5.5 - Ecohydrological regulation for sustaining and restoring continental to coastal connectivity and ecosystem functioning
Overall Objectives Human pressure on coastal areas is undeniably extremely high. Eighty per cent of marine pollution comes from land-based sources and, in the developing world, more than 90% of sewage and 70% of industrial wastes are dumped untreated into surface waters where they pollute water supplies and coastal waters with harmful consequences to biodiversity, human health and coastal ecosystem services. By 2025 it is estimated that 75% of the world's population, or 6.3 billion people, will live in the coastal zone, naturally, this will increase the pressure on water resources and reduce their sustainability. In addition, global change is affecting coastal ecosystems both from land (e.g. changes in hydrologic cycles and precipitation patterns), and from the ocean (e.g. changes in sea level). Thus the urgent need to address these impacts and the interest in applying ecohydrological approaches to contribute to sustainable solutions.
Specific Objectives • Share and improve regional ecohydrological solutions to the impact of global
changes on hydrologic cycles and coastal ecosystems to address the increasing vulnerability of aquatic resources.
• Develop approaches and methods for dual management regulation - hydrology and biota –in river basin to improve water quality and biodiversity in coastal ecosystems.
• Improve the understanding of coastal ecosystems, as recipients of wastewater released from upstream sources, and develop case studies of how ecohydrology solutions may contribute to reduce the risk of several diseases occurring in estuarine zones.
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List of Participants
Participant Institution (Country) Email 1
Mr Maciej Zalewski European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, (Poland) [email protected]
2 Ms Edyta Kiedrzynska
European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, (Poland)
3 Mr Luis Chícharo International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology, and
University of Algarve, Portugal (Portugal) [email protected]
4 Mr Michael McClain IHE-Delft (Netherlands) [email protected]
5 Ms Lauren Zielinski Independent Consultant (USA) [email protected]
6 Mr Stefano Fazi
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque - Water Research Institute (IRSA) (Italy)
7 Mr Pascal Breil
National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, France (IRSTEA) (France)
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Ms Anastasia Mirli
MSc Agro-Chemistry and Organic Cultivation, Delta Nestos, Lakes Vistonida - Ismarida Management Body, Delta Nestos Information Center, Kavala, Greece
9 Mr Jayakumar RAMASAMY
Programme Specialist & Chief - Natural Sciences UNESCO Nairobi Office. (Kenya).
10 Mr Yohannes Z. Negussie Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy (Ethiopia) [email protected]
11 Mr Makarius Lalika Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Morogoro, Morogoro (Tanzania).
[email protected] [email protected]
12 Mr Hans Dencker Thulstrup
Senior Program Specialist UNESCO Jakarta Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific [email protected]
13 Mr Jun XIA Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering, WUHEE (China)
14 Mr Debao Tan Director, Department of Spatial Information Technology Application, Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute, MWR, China Ch ji Ri S i ifi R h I i MWR
15 Mr Li Zhe Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
[email protected] [email protected]
16 Mr Ignasius Sutapa Executive Secretary, APCE (Indonesia) [email protected]
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Ms Rahmah Elfithri Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
18 Mr Bisher IMAM Senior Programme Specialist and Regional Hydrologist for the Arab States. UNESCO Cairo Office (Cairo).
19 Ms Olfa BEN University of Bizerte (Tunisia). [email protected]
20 Mr. Hazem Yousef Ali Al Hreisha
Manager, Al Azraq Wetland Reserve Al-Azraq Al-Shamali, Jordan
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21 Mr Miguel Doria Regional Hydrologist for LAC Region UNESCO-IHP [email protected]
22 Mr Marcelo Gaviño Novillo
Departamento de Hidráulica - Universidad Nacional de La Plata and Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
23 Mr Marco Albarracin Gerente Tecnico, Ingeraleza, Quito, Ecuador [email protected]
24 Mr Jose Alberto Gaona Independent consultant (Colombia) [email protected]
25 Mr Giuseppe Arduino UNESCO-IHP [email protected]
26 Ms Valerie Ouellet UNESCO Chair in Water Science, University of
Birmingham, UK [email protected]
27 Ms Elisabeth Silva Portuguese Commission for UNESCO [email protected]
28 Ms Joana Lessa UNESCO Chair in Ecohydrology at the University of Algarve, Portugal
29 Ms Joana Freitas UNESCO chair in “O Património Cultural dos Oceanos”, Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal
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Ecohydrology Programme INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PROGRAMME (IHP)
UNESCO, DIVISION OF WATER SCIENCES (SC/HYD) 7, PLACE DE FONTENOY
75352 PARIS 07 SP – FRANCE [email protected]
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