Ecological Society for Eastern Africa Third Conference
Ecological Society for Eastern Africa - ESEA will be holding its annual scientific conference, with the the theme Climate Change and Natural Resource Use in Eastern Africa: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation, to be held in Nairobi Kenya on 19th -20th May 2010.
The Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA) will host its 3rd Regional Scientific Conference from the 19th -21st May, 2010 at Kenyatta University, Nairobi , Kenya. The theme for the Conference is: “Climate Change and Natural Resource use in Eastern Africa: Impacts, adaptations and mitigation.”
The Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA) is not-for-profit, networking organization, bringing together individuals and institutions participating in ecological research and applications to development in Eastern Africa. Member countries are: Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania with the secretariat based in Nairobi, Kenya.
ESEA seeks to promote sustainable development through wise use of the natural resources for prosperity and future of the people of Eastern Africa. This is to be achieved through high quality research, education, technological innovations, information and resource sharing. ESEA also coordinates the collation and dissemination of information relating to ecology, natural resource management and biodiversity conservation in eastern Africa.
The sub-themes include:
a) Impacts
Impacts of climate change on natural ecosystems
Impacts of climate change on human health and environmental systems
b) Adaptation - Climate change adaptation programs: best practices in Eastern Africa c) Mitigation - Climate change mitigation policies and practices d) Communication - Effective communication of climate change information to the public. e) Student competition will have a broad theme selected from any of the above.
Contacts
For registration or more information, please
contact;
The Project
Officer,
Ecological Society for Eastern
Africa
c/o National Museums of Kenya –P .O. Box 40658 - 00100 -GPO
Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 - 20 – 250 4665
