INTECOL VI set for August 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INTECOL VI
Global Wetlands at the Millennium
The Sixth Wetlands Symposium of the International
Association of Ecology, INTECOL VI, on the theme of Global Wetlands at the Millennium will
be held at Québec City, Canada, August 6-12, 2000. The organizing Committee comprised of
representatives of Canadian universities, governments and industry invite your
participation, expressions of interest in organizing special workshops or symposia, and
presentation of papers or posters.
Numerous topics such as global water conservation, sustainable development issues, fisheries in wetlands, microbiological research, botanical studies, waterfowl habitat, conservation policy and legislation, wetland restoration technology, wetlands as carbon sinks, the role of wetlands in climate change, tropical peatlands, estuarine ecology, forestry in wetlands, and many other topics are welcome for the program under development.
INTECOL VI will be a component of a Millennium Wetland Event with its meeting held in conjunction with the 2lst Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists, the11th World Congress of the International Peat Society and the l2th Symposium of the International Mire Conservation Group as well as specialized meetings of Wetlands International and numerous other groups. The Convention on Wetlands and the IUCN Ecosystem Management Commission have offered to assist in implementation of the program.
Full details on the scope of these meetings, field trips, registration, hotels and additional information can be viewed at the Web site http://www.cqvb.qc.ca/wetland2000/ or by contact with:
Wetland Millennium Event Secretariat
Attention Ms. Elizabeth MacKay
CQVB, Bureau 620, 2875, boulevard Laurier
Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada GlV 2M2
Phone: (418) 657-3853/Fax: (418) 657-7934
E-mail: cqvb@cqvb.qc.ca
or
Clayton Rubec
Chair, Organizing Committee INTECOL VI
Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Ottawa, Ontano, Canada KlA 0H3
Phone: (819) 953-0485/Fax: (819) 994-4445
e-mail: clay.rubec@ec.gc.ca
For information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, contact the Ramsar
Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
(tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ramsar@hq.iucn.org). Posted
18 March 1998, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
