Meetings

The aim is to highlight the seminars by presenting the main lines of these seminars in the form of a short summary illustrated with examples and testimonials. They help to disseminate information on the major issues of tomorrow, on the preservation and restoration of biodiversity, and in particular for achieving the goal of achieving good water status imposed by European and national policies.

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A national specimen bank for continental aquatic environments? - n°29 |

Several of the leading international experts on environmental specimen banks (ESB) met for 2 days of discussions that highlighted the value of these tools in meeting the challenges raised by pollution management and biodiversity conservation. The idea of creating an ESB for continental aquatic environments in France was floated.

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Overseas territories, the WFD and bioassessment - n°28 |

Over the past 5 years, the development of bioassessment tools suited to the overseas territories has made rapid progress. This symposium was an occasion to report on the progress achieved and to assess the work that must still be undertaken for the upcoming management cycles of the Water framework directive (WFD). A review.

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Monitoring programmes: WFD requirements, their implementation and use of the results - n°27 |

The purpose of the workshop was to facilitate discussions between European river basins on monitoring of water and aquatic environments, with the European commission and the European environment agency on hand, and to enhance the common implementation strategy for the WFD. It was an occasion to discuss monitoring results and the impact of monitoring on implementation of management plans and programmes of measures in 3 main fields, namely the purposes of the monitoring programmes, stakeholder organisation and roles, and monitoring strategies.

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Methods and tools to control agricultural nonpoint-source pollution for managers of water resources - n°26 |

Local governments are frequently confronted with the problem of managing agricultural nonpoint-source pollution. This type of pollution is one of the main causes of the degradation of water bodies in France and Europe. How can its management be improved and its impacts reduced? What are the tools and methods now available to water managers to effectively counter the pollution?

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Bringing wetland research in line with operational needs - n°25 |

The objective of the meeting, based on an analysis of wetland research over the past 10 years, was to set guidelines for scientific policy on wetlands better suited to the needs expressed in the field. This document reports on that meeting.

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