Presentations

Successfully qualified participants are asked to prepare 10 minutes long presentation (preferably in MS PowerPoint), that will be presented in two sessions at the beginning of the course. Each session will consist of 10 presentations and time for the discussion. The aim of these sessions is to get to know each other, exchange (wetlands) experiences and express participants' expectations to the course in order to improve the communication and understanding among people of the course. Therefore, presentations should be related to participant's own field of work or study and its relation to wetlands issues, if applicable. The programme of the presentation sessions will be made after the completion of the qualification procedure.

Day Two - Tuesday 21.06

Red session - 16:30 - 17:20

1. Jo Gilbert - Water management on RSPB reserves

2. Fotis Sgouridis - Wetland functioning and integrated wetland management

3. Susanne Schweigert - From the Spreewald Wetland into the Elbe Catchment: Adaptation of
WBalMo Spreewald for Integration of Wetlands in WBalMo Elbe

4. Agnese Mincane - Mire use in Latvia: legislation and praxis

5. Mara Pakalne - Raised bog conservation and management within LIFE project in Latvia

Green session - 17:30 - 18:20

1. Claudia van Holsteijn - Surrounded by Water

2. Rosalind King - Phytoremediation of contaminated sediments

3. Rita Wania - Modelling hydrology and vegetation of northern peatlands using a dynamic global vegetation model

4. Aigars Indriksons - Hydrological characterisation of Cena Mire in Latvia

5. Rafael Sanchez-Navarro - Hydrology and ecosystem of Lower Ebro Basin

Day Three - Wednesday 22.06

Yellow session - 16:30 - 17:20

1. Wietsche Roets - South Africa's National River Health Programme: Implementation in the Unique River Systems of the Cape Floral Kingdom in the Western Cape Province of S.A

2. Narayan Raghvendra Desai - Ganga Lahari

3. Nadia Bergamino - The role of wetlands on the water quality of Lake Victoria, East Africa.

4. Michael Heinl - Fire Regime and Vegetation Response in the Okavango Delta wetland, Botswana

5. Roeland Berendsen - Changes in vegetation patterns in the Biebrza valley(?)

6. Monika Tarkowska-Kukuryk - Polish experiences in wetland restoration and increasing biodiveristy in the West Polesie Biosphere Reserve over 1992-2002.

Blue session - 17:30 - 18:20

1. Andy Gill - Estimating habitat requirements of designated species based on hydrological requirements

2. Joachim Busch - Cyperaceae and wetland hydroregime

3. Nina Krzic - The intermittent lake Cerknica: the response of plants on water level fluctuation

4. Marco Ugolini - Ecological restoration of Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertner forest community
in Northern Italy

5. Ildiko Varga/Anita Kiss - Hydrozoological (microcrustacea, macroinvertebrata) studies
in Ferto-Hanság Area, (Hungary)