Dear Colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming 13th Eurasian Dry
Grassland Conference (EDGC). I believe that this conference is also
interesting to many Ecologgers.
Kind regards,
Péter Török
Contact officer
EDGG Executive Committee
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*SECOND CALL*
*13th EURASIAN DRY GRASSLAND CONFERENCE (EDGC)*
Management and conservation of semi-natural grasslands: from theory to
practice
Place: *Sighisoara, Romania*
Time: *20-24 Sep 2016*
The local organising committee is pleased to announce that the 2016
Eurasian Grassland Conference will take place from the 20th to the 24th
September 2016 in the historic town of Sighişoara in central Romania. This
is the 13th annual meeting of the EDGG (formerly known as European Dry
Grassland Meetings, EDGM), which aims to promote exchange and collaboration
between those interested in all aspects of grassland research and
conservation across Eurasia. The conference is intended to bring together
latest research, and to link this to practical management and policy
contributing to the sustainability of semi-natural grasslands. For the
first time, two optional pre-conference workshops will be offered; one on
scientific writing and another on science/policy interfaces concerning
semi-natural grasslands.
The conference will include the following sessions:
Semi-natural grasslands and environmental policy and socio-economy
Landscape scale processes and historical evolution of semi-natural
grasslands
Ecology and biodiversity of semi-natural grasslands
Management, conservation and restoration of semi-natural grasslands
as well as two field trips in local biodiversity hotspots. All other topics
related to semi-natural grasslands are also welcome. A special issue of an
ISI listed journal related to the conference is planned, to which all
contributors to the conference will be invited to submit papers.
The Eurasian Dry Grassland Conferences are organised annually by the
European Dry Grassland Group (EDGG, *http://www.edgg.org
<http://www.edgg.org>*), a network of dry grassland/steppe researchers and
conservationists from all disciplines. EDGG is affiliated with the IAVS
(International Association for Vegetation Science) as a Working Group as
well as with the EFNCP (European Federation for Nature Conservation and
Pastoralism), and membership is free of charge.
*The conference webpage is open at: https://egc2016.namupro.de/
<https://egc2016.namupro.de/>*
*Registration and deadlines*: *Deadline for registration is at 31th May
2016*.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Sighisoara, Romania!
Local Organizing Committee and EDGG Executive Committee
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Péter TÖRÖK, habil. Ph.D.
Research fellow / Associate Professor
MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Department of Ecology
University of Debrecen
http://ecology.science.unideb.hu/Tpeter/index.html
Blog (in Hungarian): http://grassland-restoration.blogspot.hu/
