2009-12-09 News

New LOICZ Regional Node in South Asia opened

The opening ceremony took place parallel with an International Workshop on Deltas: “Coastal Vulnerability and Management”, organised by the Institute for Ocean Management.
The purpose of the workshop was to understand the current environmental status of Asian deltas from various viewpoints, e.g., changes in runoff, nutrient and sediment loads, coastal ecosystem health, and human activities, and to synthesize these data for future assessments and management. Biogeochemical assessment of turbid water systems was a second focus.

The aim of LOICZ Regional Nodes in general is to coordinate and promote global change research at the regional and local level as well as to facilitate links and exchanges between international, national and local science and policy.

LOICZ is currently supported by three Regional Nodes: East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. A fourth Regional Node will open in 2010 in Portugal: LOICZ Regional Node Europe-MENA (Middle East and North Africa) and PALOP (Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa) countries.
Following a typical Tamil Nadu tradition to give a warm welcome and to express each other’s honour the Vice Chancellor of Anna University, Prof. P. Mannar Jawahar and LOICZ CEO Dr. Hartwig H. Kremer exchanged colourful silk scarves and handed over flowers to each other.
LOICZ is now also a part of Anna University, Chennai.

The International Project Office of LOICZ is based at the Institute for Coastal Research at GKSS in Geesthacht, Germany.


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