EPCN Workshops
Every two years, an international workshop is organised. The objectives of these workshops are:
- to present new knowledge on pond ecology, management and conservation (oral or poster communications)
- to favour the contact between people and to create new links
- to start collaborative projects
- to encourage contacts between managers and scientists
- to bring together a large part of the participants of the EPCN
(plenary discussions / EPCN general assembly)
The first workshop (2004) was coorganised by the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (EIL), University of Geneva (LEBA), University of Toulouse III, Ponds Conservation Trust. Further Info
During the second workshop (coorganised by the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, University of Toulouse III, Pond Conservation, Pôle-Relais Mares et Mouillères, University of Leuven), in February 2006 in Toulouse, the network finalised the document "Developing the Pond Manifesto" (download here), a document presenting the background and the motivations for the EPCN activities.
The third workshop (2008) was organized in Valencia under the auspices of EPCN by the Generalitat Valenciana (Conselleria de Medi Ambient) as an action included in the European Union Life-Nature project on “Restoration of priority habitats for amphibians”. It called for contributions on Pond conservation: from science to practice, with the aim of bringing together researchers, managers and practitioners to exchange information, concerns and views on common topics under different perspectives to strengthen knowledge on pond ecosystems. Further Info
The fourth workshop (2010) has taken place in Berlin (Ecker), Germany. The Conference took place from 1 to 4 June under the motto “Eyes of the landscape – value ponds in the 21st century” considering the challenges of “Countdown 2010 – year of biodiversity”. The event was organised under the auspices of EPCN by the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany, with the support of German partners (German Limnological Society, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin, University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg and BUND “Friends of the earth”). Further Info