The Second IASTED Africa
Conference
on
Water Resource Management
~AfricaWRM 2008~
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
September 8 – 10, 2008
Gaborone, Botswana
SPECIAL SESSION
Integration of Aspects of Water Resource Management in the Okavango Delta and Okavango River Basin
Abstract
The Okavango Delta, a large pristine wetland located in semi-arid Botswana, is the terminal part of the transboundary Okavango River basin. The Delta and the basin have in the last several years been a focus of broad research and management initiatives driven by the question of hydrological/ecological/socio-economic consequences of upstream and local water resources development and management.
The purpose of the proposed session is to present papers that deal with the application and integration of hard and soft technology for sustainable and wise use of water resources, in the context of the Okavango Delta.
We seek cross-disciplinary papers, synthetic in nature, which explore integration and linkages among various aspects of water resource management process taking place in the Okavango Delta and the basin. Of particular interest are relationships among technology, status of knowledge about the elements of the hydrological system, societal and political priorities, and status of the regulatory system. We expect that this session will provide a broad overview of situation and degree of implementation of the concept of integrated water resources management in the Okavango Delta. We believe that such a session is of interest not only to water management researchers and practitioners working in that particular system but also elsewhere.
Biography of the Presenter
Dr. Piotr Wolski is a hydrologist with 15 years work experience ranging from groundwater pollution studies in highly urbanized areas to hydrological modelling of a large, pristine wetland. His primary interests are in hydrological modelling, hydrological applications of remote sensing and field hydrology. He holds PhD in Earth Sciences from Free University of Amsterdam. Since 2000 he works as a senior research fellow at the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre, Maun, Botswana. He has published over 35 papers in scientific journals and presented over 30 papers at international conferences.
Please email all submisssions to africaWRM2008@orc.ub.bw by April 30, 2008.
Important Deadlines
| Submissions due | April 30, 2008 |
| Notification of acceptance | May 21, 2008 |
| Final manuscripts due | June 20, 2008 |
| Registration deadline | July 1, 2008 |
