Sessions and topics
1 Social and economic aspects
- Wetland ecosystem services
- Human impacts on wetlands
- Management and planning
- Turquoise infrastructure in urban society
- Indigenous communities and wetlands
- Rights of wetlands
- Military activity and wetlands
Conveners
Gillian T. Davies (lead convener), Tufts University, MA, USA
Monica Palta, Pace University, NY, USA
Shona Myers, Environment Court of New Zealand, Auckland
Matthew Simpson, Society of Wetland Scientists Europe, UK
Aveliina Helm, University of Tartu, Estonia
2 Biogeochemistry
- Material and energy flows
- Greenhouse gases and other gaseous fluxes
- Heavy metals
- Emerging contaminants
- Biogeochemistry modelling
Conveners
Klaus-Holger Knorr (lead convener), University of Münster, Germany
Mohit Masta, University of Tartu, Estonia
Claire Treat, Aarhus University, Denmark
3 Hydrology
- Monitoring & modelling
- Wetlands and climate
- Extreme events
Conveners
Julien Tournebize (lead convener), INRAE, Antony, France
Björn Kløve, University of Oulu, Finland
Ain Kull, University of Tartu, Estonia
4 Wetlands ecology and biodiversity
- Biodiversity and wetlands
- Environmental microbiology of wetlands
- Conservation biology of wetlands
Conveners
Mikk Espenberg (lead convener), University of Tartu, Estonia
Tuula Larmola, LUKE, Finland
Tiina Nõges, Estonian University of Life Sciences
Maarja Öpik, University of Tartu, Estonia
5 Tropical wetlands
- Swamp forests
- Floodplains
- Coastal wetlands
- Restoration
Conveners
Jaan Pärn (lead convener), University of Tartu, Estonia
Angela Gallego-Sala, University of Exeter, UK
Lulie Melling, Sarawak Tropical Peat Institute, Malaysia
6 Use of wetland ecosystems
- Agricultural ecosystems on wetland soils
- Wetland forest ecosystems and functioning
- Coastal wetlands
- Constructed wetlands for water treatment
Conveners
Margit Kõiv-Vainik (lead convener), Tartu University, Estonia
Marinus Otte, North Dakota State University, USA
7 Wetland restoration
- Restoration pathways
- Technology of restoration
- Projects and case studies on restoration
Conveners
R. Eugene Turner (lead convener), Louisiana State University, USA
Gerald Jurasinski, University of Greifswald, Germany
Ming Jiang, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Marko Kohv, University of Tartu, Estonia
8 Wetlands monitoring
- Remote sensing in wetlands
- Extent, state and change of wetlands
- State-of-the-art tools for wetlands assessment
Conveners
Tauri Tampuu (lead convener), KappaZeta, Estonia
Jaan Praks, Aalto University, Finland
Evelyn Uuemaa, University of Tartu, Estonia
9 Peatlands
- Boreal peatlands
- Tropical peatlands
- Peat and paleorecords
Conveners
Kaido Soosaar (lead convener), University of Tartu, Estonia
Annalea Lohila, University of Helsinki, Finland
Matthew Saunders, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
