Background
GLOW I was held in Zimbabwe during
1996. This modest but rewarding beginning resulted in a special issue of the
society’s journal, Aquatic Ecosystem
Health and Management (Munawar, 2000) and a peer-reviewed book (Munawar and
Hecky, 2001). Subsequently GLOW II convened in Sligo, Ireland, and played a
significant role in bringing researchers of Great Llakes together. For the first time,
significant numbers of Great Lakes scientists from Africa, Europe and North
America were brought together. AEHEM
published another special issue devoted to GLOW II (Munawar, 2002).
The third GLOW International
Conference, Comparing Great Lakes of the
World- Climate, Food-webs, Biodiversity and Integrated Management: GLOW III,
was held in Arusha, Tanzania in 2002. The participants discussed the need for
management of the world’s Great Lakes, particularly
those in Africa. It was unanimously recognised that the primary goal in
developing countries and especially in Africa was primarily to sustain fish
yield in order to guarantee food security and poverty alleviation. Management
is also needed to prevent or resolve conflicts over fishing grounds, methods
and the fish trade (Munawar, 2003).
Since the Symposium
on Resource Use and Conservation of the African Great Lakes, which was held
in Bujumbura, Burundi, in 1989, new information about the state of Lake Tanganyika
has been scarce. The fourth GLOW symposium offers a unique opportunity to
review and evaluate progress made on Lake Tanganyika as a case study and other
Great Lakes in general. Lake Tanganyika
constitutes an important source of income, employment, drinking water and food
for a multitude of people living on or near the lake. Despite increased human
pressure on these resources, sustainable development needs to be ensured and
brought about by effective environmental and fisheries management, on the basis
of adequate legislation and policy making. Our challenge is to convince the relevant authorities that the health of Lake
Tanganyika’s ecosystem is the key element in the sustainability of the resource
use and a prerequisite for both human health and development.
This is an
opportune time to meet in Africa since various national and international
projects on the African Great Lakes are starting up or ending (FAO, ADB, EU, IUCN, GEF, FINNIDA,
etc.) and therefore new, interesting results and emerging management issues may
be presented.
The Symposium plans to focus on a variety of
timely topics and themes relevant to Great Lakes of the Wworld, large lakes in general and Lake
Tanganyika in particular. We invite active and interested participants to
attend GLOW IV to present papers or posters on various aspects of Great
Lakes/Large Lakes research as highlighted below:
Suggested
themes and topics:
Munawar, M. (Ed.), 2000. Large Lakes of the
World: Comparative ecology. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Mangmt. 3(1), 1-189.
Munawar, M. (Ed.), 2002. Great lakes of the
World: Food Web, Fisheries, and Management. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Mangmt.
5(3), 243-393.
Munawar, M., R. Hecky (Eds.), 2001. The Great Lakes of the World; Food Web,
Health and Integrity. Ecovision World Monograph Series. Backhuys
Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Van der Knaap,
M., Munawar, M., 2003. GLOW III symposium, Arusha, Tanzania: Climate,
food-webs, biodiversity and integrated management. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health
Mangmt. 6(3), 355-356.
The
conference will be held
at a luxury hotel in
Bagamoyo, north of Dar es
Salaam, an ideal venue on the tropical coast of the Indian Ocean, where one can enjoy
the oceanic breeze under the famous African palm trees.
KLM-Air
France operates daily flights from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam International
Airport. Also Swiss and
British Airways connect
Europe with the capital city of Tanzania. How to reach Nanjing, name of
international airport, major airlines serving Nanjing, transportation options
(from airport to hotel etc.), prices, etc. The GLOW Organizing Committee will arrange for transportation from the airport to the hotel.
Pre and Post Conference Tours:
Some suggestions (with costs) which will be paid by
the participant if they want to go. For example, one day field trip to see
ecological and conservation areas. Dar es Salaam is a good starting point for excursions to the Selous Game Reserve, the spice island Zanzibar, and of course the many
other National Parks in Tanzania. The Local Arrangements Committee will be
organizing one or more tours closer to the Conference date.
English is the official conference language.
All presentations, posters, and abstracts will be in English. Abstracts must be
submitted by email by 3015 November 2005DATE
to: lorimerj@dfo-mpo.gc.ca,
as a Word file. WordPerfect or text files are also accepted. A message stating
oral or poster presentation preference is to be enclosed with the abstract.
Abstracts may also be submitted on disk to AEHMS, Fisheries and Oceans Canada,
867 Lakeshore Road, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6.
Abstracts have a 300 word limit. Underline the presenting author and include
affiliation, address and telephone/fax/email of the presenting author only.
Abstracts should include objectives, methods, results, and conclusions. Authors
will be notified of acceptance on
or before 3120 December 2005DATE.
Slide (35mm) and computer (PowerPoint) projection will be available, as will
overhead projection. Authors using PowerPoint presentations should submit their
presentations prior to the meeting to ensure compatibility.
DEADLINES
For Response
Questionnaire: June 30th, 2005DATE
For Abstracts: November 3015, 2005
Manuscript
submission: February 2822, 2006
Selected manuscripts originating from the
conference will be considered for publication subject to peer review in the
journal: Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management and/or Ecovision World
Monograph Series. Instructions to authors on the preparation of manuscripts can be
found on the AEHMS website: www.aehms.org. Due to the large number of
manuscripts expected the AEHMS has set page limit guidelines as follows:
Keynote: 10-15; Oral: 8-10; Poster: 5 printed pages including tables and
figures (Text: Times New Roman 11 pt, Margins: 2.7 cm (1”), Paper: letter size
21.6x28 cm (8.5x11”)). For more information please contact Dr. M. Munawar,
Chief Editor (munawarm@dfo-mpo.gc.ca).
Please complete the enclosed Questionnaire and
return by June 30th, 2005DATE to Jennifer Lorimer (lorimerj@dfo-mpo.gc.ca).
Conference/registration information will be sent to only those who complete and
return the response questionnaire.
Steering Committee:
Prof P.O.J. Bwathondi (Tanzania),
M. Munawar (Canada), F. Roest, M. van
der Knaap (The Netherlands), B. Bihamiriza
(Burundi ), K. West (Kenya ),
C. Krueger (U.S.A.), H. Mölsä (Finland), E. Reynolds (Italy)
Scientific
Committee: V. T. Langenberg (The Netherlands), O. Mkumbo (Uganda), E. O. Odada (Kenya), M.G. Ntakimazi (Burundi ), C. Kapasa (Zambia), S. Mapila, A. Chande (TanzaniaAFIRI), J. Sarvala (Finland), T. Ribbink (Malawi), G. Coulter (New Zealand),
B. Hecky (Canada), M. Gaden, R. Heath
(U.S.A.)
Secretariat: Jennifer Lorimer (AEHMS, Canada)
E-mail: lorimerj@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Fax: +1 (905) 634-3516 or (905) 336-6437
State
of Lake Tanganyika, a Case Study
Please complete the following and return as soon as
possible,
but at the latest by June 30th, 2005:
by e-mail to J. Lorimer: lorimerj@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
or fax to M. Munawar: +1 (905) 634-3516
Name:
Address:
Email:
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