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Events
The science and practice of flood disaster management in urbanizing Monsoon Asia The Mekong Programme on Water Environment and Resilience is organizing a workshop that will discuss current understanding of changes to flood regimes in urbanizing regions, their consequences for vulnerability of different social groups and what actions should be taken now to reduce risks of flood disasters in Monsoon Asia. It will bring together a group of around 30 flood managers and researchers within the region to define a prioritized agenda for how science and practice could most fruitfully interact in the next five years to reduce vulnerabilities to floods in urbanizing regions of Monsoon Asia. Read more at
The Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA) is held every two years under the auspices of the Malaysian Antarctica Research Programme which started in 1999. MISA 1 and MISA 2 were held in Kuala Lumpur and Penang in 2002 and 2004, respectively. In conjunction with the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008, MISA 3 will be held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah , Malaysia from 20-23 March 2007. More details click below:-
The Malaysian Society for Microbiology will be organizing its Annual Symposium at The Renaissance Hotel, Melaka, from 24-27th November 2006. This annual meeting has become a platform for microbiologists in various fields to come together and share their knowledge and research. For more click below
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) based in Laxenburg (Austria) would like to draw your attention to its annual 3 month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) which offers research opportunities to talented young researchers whose interests correspond with IIASA's ongoing research on issues of global environmental, economic and social change, including climate change. Click link below for details The Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) announces its International
Forum on Water and Food, to be held in Vientiane, Lao PDR from Additional information on these aspects of the program can be obtained from the CPWF’s website at www.waterandfood.org Charles University in Prague, (19-20/10/2006)
Although we can’t actually stop hurricanes, tsunamis or other extremes of nature, we should be able to use science to prevent these events from becoming economic and human catastrophes. This was the theme of ICSU’s first conference on environmental hazards and disasters, which was held on the 19 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “It’s time to change the mindset that natural disasters are inevitable,” says Gordon McBean, Chair of the ICSU Scoping Group on Environmental Hazards and Disasters. UNESCO, through its Regional office for Science in Jakarta and the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia co-sponsored the conference. Conference Presentations
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