The Permanent Forum of Binational Waters invites you to submit an abstract to participate in the 2024 Annual Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH).
The Permanent Forum of Binational Waters invites you to submit an abstract to participate in the 2024 Annual Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) in Davos, Switzerland in the thematic session: “On effective transboundary groundwater areas for shared aquifer management”.
The call issued by the IAH Transboundary Aquifers Commission explains that when dealing with a shared aquifer where groundwater crosses from one jurisdiction to another, we are often faced with difficult decisions about how to proceed with the scale of the transboundary aquifer assessment.
We must decide whether the assessments should be based on the full extent of the aquifer or on a specific zone, critical points, transboundary corridors, groundwater flow systems, among other factors.
However, to do this correctly, the groundwater dynamics within the aquifer must be well understood near the jurisdictional boundary.
Here, it may be useful to focus on a more detailed assessment at smaller scales to alleviate data scarcity, funding and technical capacity issues.
Call for abstracts: Abstracts for oral and poster presentations can be submitted through the online submission platform: https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?sub=1381
It is important to explain that everything must be submitted in English.
The session will discuss existing challenges, approaches and best practices in prioritizing assessment areas to support sustainable management and governance of transboundary aquifers, and will contribute to guiding policy and decision-making.
A user account must be created, which can then be used to register for the congress and modify an abstract. The abstract can be entered in the online form with a maximum length of 2000 characters (including spaces). The language of the abstract and presentation must be in English.
Special characters, images or graphics cannot be included. Abstract submitters must indicate whether they prefer an oral or poster presentation and select the session topic, in this case the session: “On effective transboundary groundwater areas for shared aquifer management”.
The deadline for this call is February 29, 2024.
Contacts for additional information:
- Alfonso Rivera, [email protected]
- Kevin Pietersen, [email protected]
- Rosario Sanchez, [email protected]
- Alice Aureli, [email protected]
Learn more about the event here.
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