BES 2008 Annual Symposium
Ecology of Industrial Pollution:
Remediation, Restoration and Preservation
Austin Court, Birmingham, UK
7-8 April 2008
The deadline for bookings has now passed,
but day registration is availabe at the meeting.
The deadline for the submission of posters has now passed
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Industrial processes have been shaping the landscape for many thousands of years and have had far reaching consequences for the ecology of all environmental media. Recent developments in legislation have put ecology at the centre of environmental protection (e.g. The European Union Water Framework Directive) however, this has raised several important questions: How do we monitor and assess ecological status of environments? What constitutes ‘good ecological status’? Does industrial pollution always result in lower biodiversity? How can we use ecology in remediation technologies?
The School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences is joining with the British Ecological Society to stage a two-day conference that will address these questions. We will bring together researchers, environmental agencies, advisers, policy developers and consultants in order to provide a forum for developing an integrated approach to management of industrially polluted areas.
The symposium will be held at Austin Court, 80 Cambridge Street, Birmingham, N1 2NP. For travel details and more information about this venue, please use this link.
To view the Joining Instructions, please click here. If you have booked and not received a confirmation letter or a set of these instructions, please contact Hannah Doyle as soon as possible.
Sessions will include monitoring and assessment, ecological impacts, restoration of ecology, ecology and remediation, biodiversity and legal issues.
Speakers and their papers include:
Professor Alan Baker, University of Melbourne, Australia
Metallophytes: a unique biological resource for ecological restoration and mine site remediation
Professor Lorraine Maltby, University of Sheffield, UK
Sustaining industrial activity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities
Professor Mike Sadowsky, University of Minnesota, US
Diversity and Evolution of micro-organisms and pathways for degradation of contaminants
Dr Alistair Boxall, University of York, UK
Ecological risk of new and emerging pollutants
Dr Alistair Grant, University of East Anglia, UK
Detecting the impacts of pollution in aquatic environments
Dr Peter Gell, University of Adelaide, Australis
Diatoms and reference conditions
Iwan Jones, CEH, UK
Ecological monitoring and assessment
Dr William Purvis, Natural History Museum, UK
Lichens and industrial pollution
Professor Ken Killham, University of Aberdeen, UK
The microbial ecology of industrially contaminated land: sorting out the bugs in the system
Professor Steven Ormerod, University of Cardiff, UK
Ecological responses following river restoration
Dr Adrian Williams, APEM Ltd, Manchester, UK
The Manchester Ship Canal and Salford Quays: The Industrial Legacy and Ecological Restoration
Professor Terry Langford, University of Southampton, UK
The ecological recovery of the River Tame over 50 years:
the significance of law, technology, economic evolution and biological processes.
David Knight, Natural England
Brownfield Biodiversity: the value of open habitat mosaics on previously developed land
Professor Bob Harris , University of Sheffield
The Water Framework Directives and others
Professor Jon Lloyd, University of Manchester, UK
Biogeochemistry of radionuclides in the environment
Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham, UK
Ecological aspects of risk based contaminated land management - assessment and remediation
Stephen Roast and Tim Gannicliffe, Environment Agency, UK
An ecological risk assessment framework for assessing risks to wildlife on contaminated land
Hugh Potter, Environment Agency, UK
Future priorities and directions discussion session.
Oral presentations will be by invitation only, but we will be seeking poster presentations. The deadline for submission of poster abstracts is 28 February 2008. There will be a dedicated poster session on each day and authors will be expected to be in attendance for their session.
If you need to discuss a specific issue please email Dr. Lesley Batty , University of Birmingham.
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