Sessions and topics
| 1 | Social and economic aspects | |
| Wetland ecosystem services Human impacts on wetlands Management and planning Turquoise infrastructure in urban society Indigenous communities and wetlands Rights of wetlands Military activity and wetlands Conveners: Gillian T. Davies (lead convener), Tufts University, MA, USA Monica Palta, Pace University, NY, USA Shona Myers, Environment Court of New Zealand, Auckland Matthew Simpson, Society of Wetland Scientists Europe, UK Aveliina Helm, University of Tartu, Estonia | ||
| 2 | Biogeochemistry | |
| Material and energy flows Greenhouse gases and other gaseous fluxes Heavy metals Emerging contaminants Biogeochemistry modelling Conveners: Klaus-Holger Knorr (lead convener), University of Münster, Germany Mohit Masta, University of Tartu, Estonia Claire Treat, Aarhus University, Denmark | ||
| 3 | Hydrology | |
| Monitoring & modelling Wetlands and climate Extreme events Conveners: Julien Tournebize (lead convener), INRAE, Antony, France Björn Kløve, University of Oulu, Finland Ain Kull, University of Tartu, Estonia | ||
| 4 | Wetlands ecology and biodiversity | |
| Biodiversity and wetlands Environmental microbiology of wetlands Conservation biology of wetlands Conveners: Mikk Espenberg (lead convener), University of Tartu, Estonia Tuula Larmola, LUKE, Finland Tiina Nõges, Estonian University of Life Sciences Maarja Öpik, University of Tartu, Estonia | ||
| 5 | Tropical wetlands | |
| Swamp forests Floodplains Coastal wetlands Restoration Conveners: Jaan Pärn (lead convener), University of Tartu, Estonia Angela Gallego-Sala, University of Exeter, UK Lulie Melling, Sarawak Tropical Peat Institute, Malaysia | ||
| 6 | Use of wetland ecosystems | |
| Agricultural ecosystems on wetland soils Wetland forest ecosystems and functioning Coastal wetlands Constructed wetlands for water treatment Conveners: Margit Kõiv-Vainik (lead convener), Tartu University, Estonia Marinus Otte, North Dakota State University, USA | ||
| 7 | Wetland restoration | |
| Restoration pathways Technology of restoration Projects and case studies on restoration Conveners: R. Eugene Turner (lead convener), Louisiana State University, USA Gerald Jurasinski, University of Greifswald, Germany Ming Jiang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Marko Kohv, University of Tartu, Estonia | ||
| 8 | Wetlands monitoring | |
| Remote sensing in wetlands Extent, state and change of wetlands State-of-the-art tools for wetlands assessment Conveners: Tauri Tampuu (lead convener), KappaZeta, Estonia Jaan Praks, Aalto University, Finland Evelyn Uuemaa, University of Tartu, Estonia | ||
| 9 | Peatlands | |
| Boreal peatlands Tropical peatlands Peat and paleorecords Conveners: Kaido Soosaar (lead convener), University of Tartu, Estonia Annalea Lohila, University of Helsinki, Finland Matthew Saunders, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
