The Okanagan Basin Water Board and the Canadian Water Resources Association, BC Branch, are excited to host Environmental Flow Needs – Science, Policy & Practice on October 17-18, 2018 in Kelowna, B.C. This conference will bring together representatives from national and international organizations engaged in water management or research, including fisheries and water managers, First Nations, regulators, policy-makers, academia, and NGOs.
We invite you to share innovative approaches to establish and protect Environmental Flow Needs (EFNs) by presenting your poster at the EFN2018 Conference.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Methodologies for determining EFN values
- EFN science and applications
- EFN and fisheries
- Ecosystems services and EFNs
- EFN policies – opportunities and barriers
- Collaborative approaches to EFN management
- Drought response plans
We have prizes for best student posters!
POSTER GUIDELINES:
All posters should include background or problem summary, discussion of approaches / methods used, and results and conclusions. Poster content should be informative and inclusive of an interdisciplinary group and broader audience. Suggested poster size: 36 inches (91 cm) x 48 inches (120 cm).
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
The deadline for submission of poster abstracts is June 29th, 2018. We will notify authors of accepted poster abstracts by July 13, 2018.
For more information, please contact Nargiz Rahimova at nargiz.rahimova@obwb.ca
For more on the conference, please visit www.EFN2018.ca.