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Problems in the realisation of forested water retention areas:
natural and social scientific studies in the Rhine catchment

Call for papers

       
Subject to change!
08:30 Registration of participants ("Kleines Foyer")
17th Nov 2005 - Welcome
Location "Großer Saal"
09:30 Dr. Günther Petry,
Mayor of City of Kehl [D]
Greetings
  Prof. Dr. Karl-Reinhard Volz,
Prorector of University Freiburg [D]
Welcome and Opening of congress
  Prof. Dr. Ernst Hildebrand
Dean of Faculty for Forestry and Environmental Studies, University Freiburg [D]
Greetings from the faculty for forestry and environmetal studies
Rivers detour:
Management of forested water retention areas from an international viewpoint

Chair: Prof. Dr. Karl-Reinhard Volz, University Freiburg [D]
09:40 Minister Peter Hauk,
Ministry for Food and Agriculture, Baden-Württemberg [D]
Flood protection - Nature conservation - Forestry, Conflict field or Integration?
10:20 Dr. Gerd Dieterle
The World Bank [USA]
Forests - Rivers - Floods: Experiences from World Bank projects
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Dr. Guy Oberlin
Conseil Scientifique Comité de Bassin Rhône-Méditerranée, Lyon [F]
Increasing the social acceptablility of flood-mitigation functions in forested areas - methodological contribution
11:50 Dr. Jan Streefkerk,
State Forestry Service [NL]
Experiences of The Netherlands
12:10 Dr. Harald Kunstmann,
Institute for Meteorology and Climate, Garmisch-Partenkirchen [D]
Regional Climate Simulations and Impact Analysis of Climate Change on Hydrology
12:40 Press Conference ("Konferenzraum") / Lunch break
Chair: Prof. Dr. Michèle Tremolières, University Strasbourg [F]
14:00 Jürgen Schaffrath,
Landesumweltamt Brandenburg [D]
Effects of the extreme Summer flood of 1997 on trees/shrubs in the Oder floodplain
14:20 Mdme. Daniele Meyer,
Mayor of Rhinau [F]
Flood protection from a communal viewpoint
14:40 Gerhard Borchert,
Mayor of Neuried [D]
Living in a retention area: 20 years of experience
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Prof. Dr. Emil Dister
University Karlsruhe [D]
Floodplain forest of european rivers: Dynamics and Future
16:00 Prof. Dr. Heinz Rennenberg,
University Freiburg [D]
Forested water retention areas. The EU project FOWARA
16:30 Panel discussion
Lead by Senior Legal Secretary Hans-Jörg Strähle, Ministry of Environment [D]
19:00 Evening program
         Dr. Günther Petry,
Mayor of City of Kehl [D]
Welcome party by city of Kehl


Project coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Heinz Rennenberg
Institute for Tree Physiology
Georges-Köhler-Allee Geb 053/054
79110 Freiburg
Tel. 0049-761 203 8300
Fax 0049-761 203 8302
Email: congress@fowara.org