Ecological Society for Eastern Africa
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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACT
STUDENT PRESENTATION COMPETITIONS

Theme: Climate Change and Natural Resource use in Eastern Africa:
Impacts, adaptations and mitigation
Date: 19th – 21st May, 2010
Venue: Kenyatta University
Kenyatta University Conference Center – (KUCC) - Nairobi, Kenya
INTRODUCTION:
The Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA) will host its 3rd Regional Scientific Conference from the 19th -21st May, 2010 at Kenyatta University, Nairobi , Kenya. The theme for the Conference is:    “Climate Change and Natural Resource use in Eastern Africa: Impacts, adaptations and mitigation.”

The Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA) is not-for-profit, networking organization, bringing together individuals and institutions participating in ecological research and applications to development in Eastern Africa. Member countries are: Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania with the secretariat based in Nairobi, Kenya.

ESEA seeks to promote sustainable development through wise use of the natural resources for prosperity and future of the people of Eastern Africa. This is to be achieved through high quality research, education, technological innovations, information and resource sharing. ESEA also coordinates the collation and dissemination of information relating to ecology, natural resource management and biodiversity conservation in eastern Africa.
On behalf of the Ecological Society for Eastern Africa, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) invites you to the 3rd Scientific Conference and looks forward to welcoming you as a participant. The conference is open to all professionals who are involved with science and practice of ecology within the eastern African region.  Students are particularly encouraged to use this forum to share their work with other scientists in the region.

ESEA 2010 CONFERENCE CONCEPT
The eastern African region has diverse landscapes and ecosystems as well as a high diversity of flora and fauna.  The region, also known as the cradle of mankind, has been shaped by natural evolutionary processes and long history of human influence.  Biodiversity here is an asset of regional and global significance. However, trends in global climate change and pressure from rapidly growing human population and the associated socio-economic development activities are posing serious threats to landscapes and biodiversity therein.  Thus, sustaining a reasonably high growth rate to match the human population growth rate coupled with ensuring environmental and natural resources integrity is a key challenge to the region.

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