Day 1

Inserción institucional del monitoreo participativo del agua y la biodiversidad acuática en CONAGUA para mejorar la gestión del agua y los ecosistemas acuáticos en México

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Author(s): Melanie Kolb Email (s): melanesien@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Institute of Geography, UNAM Country: Mexico Abstract La crisis del agua demanda una mejora en la gestión del agua, en la cual la participación ciudadana es un componente clave para fortalecer la gobernanza, ya que el monitoreo comunitario es una herramienta que permite vincular actores, datos y contextos. … Read more

Lago de Amatitlán, Guatemala Experiencias de gestión y lecciones aprendidas

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Author(s): Sharon Van Tuylen Email (s): svantuylen@yahoo.com Institution or organization of origin: AGUALIMNO Country: Guatemala Abstract El Lago de Amatitlán es el cuarto lago más grande de Guatemala. Se sitúa en la vertiente del Pacífico a 25 km al suroeste de Ciudad Guatemala, por lo que se considera el principal reservorio de agua cercano a la ciudad capital. Su … Read more

Delineation of water level regime for major vegetation types in a large tropical floodplain of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

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Author(s): Sophanna Ly Email (s): lsophanna@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: Tokyo Institute of Technology Country: Japan Abstract In the floodplain, water level regime affects vegetation (i.e., the distribution and structure). However, there is still a lack of understanding of the relation between the dynamic water level fluctuations and the vegetation. Therefore, we scrutinized the relation between the water … Read more

Talayuelas lagoon. An example of hidden Groundwater-Surface water interaction

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Author(s): Juan Grima Olmedo Email (s): j.grima@igme.es Institution or organization of origin: IGME-CSIC Country: Spain Abstract Talayuelas Lagoon is a Protected Natural Area of 29.66 hectares located within a Site of Community Interest (SCI) in the province of Cuenca (Spain). It is a Micro-Reserve since 2003, in order to protect species and their habitats, within the framework of strategies … Read more

Qualifiers applicable to qualitative water and sediment monitoring

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Author(s): Ana Paula Montenegro Generino Email (s): ana.generino@ana.gov.br Institution or organization of origin: National Water and Sanitation Agency – ANA Country: Brazil Abstract To monitor the recovery of the Doce river basin after the collapse of the tailings dam from Fundão mining, located in Mariana, Minas Gerais/Brazil, the Program for Quali-Quantitative Monitoring of Water and Sediments of the Doce … Read more

Ecosystem services trade-offs in complex lake ecosystems of the tropics: impacts of tilapia cage culture in Lake Maninjau, Indonesia

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Author(s): Ivana Yuniarti Email (s): s1779544@ed.ac.uk Institution or organization of origin: The University of Edinburgh Country: United Kingdom Abstract: Information on ecosystem services (ES) trade-offs is crucial in building knowledge-based decision making in the management of lakes. This research aims to provide such information by applying modelling tools to evaluate the trade-off between tilapia cage culture farm in Lake … Read more

Diversity and molecular phylogeny of freshwater sponges from thane region of northern Maharashtra, India.

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Author(s): Dilip Keshav Kakvipure Email (s): drshindepramod@gmail.com Institution or organization of origin: B.N.N. College Country: India Abstract: The Western Ghats, which is one among the 25 global hotspots of biodiversity, extends for over a length of 16,00 kms. Lying parallel to the Indian coast. The distribution and taxonomy of fresh water sponges (Porifera) in the Western Ghats Region of … Read more

Validators applicable to qualitative water and sediment monitoring

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Author(s): Ana Paula Montenegro Generino Email (s): ana.generino@ana.gov.br Institution or organization of origin: National Water and Sanitation Agency – ANA Country: Brazil Abstract: To monitor the recovery of the Doce river basin after the collapse of the tailings dam from Fundão mining, located in Mariana, Minas Gerais/Brazil, the Program for Quali-Quantitative Monitoring of Water and Sediments of the Doce … Read more

Spanish Technical Presentations

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Investigadores, funcionarios de gobierno, representantes de ONGs y asociaciones civiles, docentes, presentarán los resultados de sus actividades en sesiones temáticas específicas, de 20 min cada una, incluyendo preguntas y respuestas. Moderador: Gilberto Carreño, Universidad de Guanajuato Investigadores, funcionarios de gobierno, representantes de ONGs y asociaciones civiles, docentes, presentarán los resultados de sus actividades en sesiones … Read more

Use of the Integrated Lake Basin Platform (ILBM) in the Americas: development, current status and perspectives

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An overview of the application of the ILBM platform in the American Continent, analyzing the lake cases and countries where it has been used, the effects it has had on policies, grass root processes, research promotion and governance structures. In the final part, a series of comments will ponder the applicability and potential usefulness of … Read more