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Comparing Great Lakes of the world (GLOW III):
February 18 - 20, 2002 Arusha International Conference Centre CONTENTS Sponsors Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Mangement Society / AEHMS Steering Committee Co-Chairs: M. van der Knaap (Uganda) Scientific Committee: P.O.J. Bwathondi (Tanzania) MJ. Ntiba (Uganda) Publication Committee M. Munawar, Chief editor, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Burlington,
Canada Technical Committee K. Bonnell H. Hamdani N. Munawar Manuscripts originating from the poster and oral presentations will be considered for publication in the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society (AEHMS) journal and/or as a book depending on the nature and type of manuscripts. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. Please note that due to the large number of papers expected, the editorial board has decided to limit the size of manuscripts. The following guidelines are provided: Keynote: 10 - 15 printed pages Response questionnaire must be completed and handed over to the editor before end of the conference. Manuscripts should be submitted by the deadline of March 31, 2002 to Dr. Munawar, Chief Editor. The editor is available during the conference for consultations.
On behalf of the Steering and Scientific Committees we welcome you to an exciting experience in Arusha, Tanzania. Almost five years ago a working group called "Great Lakes of the World" was established by Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society (AEHMS) to promote better communications, exchange of ideas and technology between Great Lakes scientists. The GLOW working group was also charged with a mandate to organize and facilitate integrated and in-depth publications on the Great Lakes of the world. This is the third in a series of symposia organized by the AEHMS following those held in Zimbabwe (GLOW I) and Ireland (GLOW II). The previous GLOW meetings were highly successful and productive attended by active researchers. The success of previous GLOW meetings is apparent from the resulting publications. For example GLOW I generated a special issue of Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management (Munawar, 2000) as well as a peer reviewed book (Munawar and Hecky, 2001) published under the Ecovision World Monograph Series. A special issue of our journal is now in press which originated from GLOW II. The GLOW III being held in Arusha is justifiably and naturally overwhelmed by the research, issues and problems of the African Great Lakes particularly Lake Victoria. In fact GLOW III is a timely and useful gathering since several projects are in the final stages of completion providing new insights. This hopefully will generate highly needed world attention for the problems and sound management of African Great Lakes through various presentations and expected publications from this gathering of expertise. A large number of presentations (76) are included in the attached program including African, North American, Asian and other lakes of Africa. The program presents an interesting integration of relevant topics and also appear to succeed in providing a state-of-the lake picture for some of the lakes. The Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society (AEHMS), Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project (LVFRP) and other co-sponsors extend a warm welcome to all of you in the beautiful surroundings of Arusha, Tanzania. We wish you a challenging, enjoyable and productive meeting. Munawar, M. (Ed.), 2000. Large lakes of the world: Comparative ecology. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 3(1), 179pp Munawar, M., Hecky, R.E. (Eds.), 2001 The Great Lakes of the world (GLOW): Food-web, health & Integrity. Ecovision World Monograph Series, Backhuys Publishers, The Netherlands, 465 pp. Martin van der Knaap, Co-Chair M. Munawar, Co-Chair |