*International Symposium on "Advances in Coastal Research with special
<br>reference to Indo-Pacific (AdCoRe IP-2019)"*
<br>17-19 December 2019 | Chennai, India
<br>Organized by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) and Research and
<br>Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
<br>
<br>*Background*
<br>United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) commits countries
<br>to unite over what is a truly global responsibility – the protection of our
<br>oceans and the lives below the sea. By 2020, countries commit for achieving
<br>the sustainable management of marine ecosystems and significantly reduce
<br>marine pollution of all kinds. This will require an international
<br>scientific partnership, regulation for fish harvesting, fishing, and
<br>enhance our research knowledge on critical issues concerned to the survival
<br>of life below water. The Ministry of Earth Sciences is the focal point in
<br>the country to provide input on regional and global science based issues
<br>for policy making.
<br>Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), in
<br>collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and NITI Aayog,
<br>Government of India, and with support from the UN in India, is spearheading
<br>a programme of national consultations among lawmakers, policymakers,
<br>academia, private sector and the civil society on the Sustainable
<br>Development Goals (SDGs).
<br>The National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Chennai is an attached
<br>office of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. NCCR aims to
<br>apply scientific tools and techniques in addressing problems like erosion,
<br>ecosystem changes and seawater quality monitoring to monitor the levels of
<br>marine pollutants in the seas around India. The NCCR implemented programmes
<br>on integrated coastal and marine area management (ICMAM) plan, GIS-based
<br>information for critical habitats, determination of waste assimilation
<br>capacity, development of EIA guidelines, determination of ‘no impact
<br>zone’,
<br>determination of best use classification for coastal waters, shoreline
<br>management plans, ecosystem modelling for coastal habitats, marine
<br>ecotoxicology and storm surge inundation modelling. NCCR attracts more
<br>interaction by research communities at the national and international level
<br>with its competence and capabilities developed for the last three decades
<br>and enhance the countries capabilities in addressing the challenging
<br>problems prevailing in the coastal zone.
<br>India’s focus on oceans and marine resources management has been forward
<br>looking. With close to 129 institutions in the country working on marine
<br>and ocean related issues, largely supported by four ministries of
<br>Government of India. NCCR has a mandate to address the coastal issues and
<br>challenges across the coastal states of India. Countries across the
<br>Indo-Pacific region are having common coastal problems and issues to be
<br>addressed. Hence, to share the scientific knowledge on advances in coastal
<br>research an International Symposium on Advances in Coastal Research with
<br>special reference to Indo Pacific- 2019 (AdCoRe IP 2019) is being organized
<br>by the NCCR, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India in
<br>collaboration with RIS. The symposium is expected to attract the global
<br>scientific experts, academician, researchers and policy makers onto the
<br>common platform of collaborating in the area of global challenges facing
<br>coastal regions worldwide. Outcome of the symposium will be useful to
<br>better understand the common coastal issues of concern, enhance regional
<br>cooperation, devise unique strategies and fine tune national policies
<br>across the Indo Pacific region.
<br>
<br>*Themes of the Symposium*
<br>Keeping the focus on “Coastal Research Advances”, we invite papers on
<br>topics of interest to Ocean Scientists / Academicians /Engineers and
<br>Technologists in the following areas:
<br>
<br> - Coastal Erosion and Sediment Transport
<br> - Marine Pollution and Marine Litter
<br> - Forecasting Coastal Hazards and Sea Level Change
<br> - Coastal Vulnerability, Floods and Modeling
<br> - Coastal Ecosystems and Modeling – SDG 14
<br> - Climate Change and its Impacts on the Coasts
<br> - Blue Economy (Resources, Energy) and Coastal Governance
<br> - Ocean Technologies and Small Island Developing States
<br>
<br>*Call for Extended Abstracts*
<br>One page extended abstract of research papers giving details on objective,
<br>methodology, salient results and conclusions may please be submitted
<br>through conference portal online https://www.niot.res.in/Adcore19/themes.php
<br>on or before 31st August 2019. Times New Roman Font of 10pt size with
<br>single space may be followed for preparation of abstract. The title of
<br>paper, authors’ names and their affiliations and the E-mail Id for
<br>correspondence may be given along with the abstract.
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