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SPECIAL EMAP INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is
pleased to announce its upcoming "First North American Workshop
on Monitoring for Ecological Assessment of Terrestrial and
Aquatic Ecosystems". The Workshop will be held 18-22 September
1995 near Mexico City. It is being sponsored by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, the agricultural and environmental Secretariats of
Mexico, and Environment Canada.
OBJECTIVES
The general objective of the Workshop is to exchange information
on ecological monitoring approaches and technologies that are
useful and cost-effective for assessing ecosystem condition and
health. In addition, the Workshop will stimulate cooperation and
collaboration among scientists of the North American Free Trade
Agreement countries through future information exchange,
networking, reciprocal training, and development of cooperative
projects on monitoring for ecological assessment of forests,
rangelands, agroecosystems, estuaries and coastal waters,
wetlands, and surface waters.
Specific Workshop objectives include:
1. Presentation and discussion of scientifically defensible
ways to monitor and assess the status of, and changes and
trends in, ecosystem condition, with a focus on the
following issues: survey design, indicator evaluation, data
interpretation strategies, and information management and
quality assurance;
2. Discussion of policy-level issues associated with ecological
monitoring and assessment, including: historical and
current mandates for ecological monitoring, regulatory
activities, international and domestic partnerships, and
priority research needs; and
3. Development of mechanisms to further scientific cooperation
and information transfer in the field of monitoring for
ecological assessment in North America.
FOR A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT CONTACT:
Mr. Michael J. Munster
EMAP-Agricultural Lands
1509 Varsity Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
INTERNET: mike_munster@ncsu.edu