INVESTIGADORES
MARTINETTO Paulina Maria Del Rosario
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
A view from the South: Conclusions on the CERF Inaugural Conference of the Americas.
Autor/es:
PAULINA MARTINETTO; OSCAR IRIBARNE
Lugar:
San Diego
Reunión:
Conferencia; CERF 2013: Toward Resilient Coasts & Estuaries, Science for Sustainable Solutions; 2013
Institución organizadora:
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Resumen:
Last November 2012 CERF
celebrated its first conference outside the US in Mar del Plata, Argentina
under the title ?The Changing Coastal and Estuarine Environment: A
Comparative Approach.? The conference provided a unique formal opportunity
for true interaction among scientists from the southern and northern
hemispheres to synthesize understanding within this context. The conference was
geographically broad including scientists from 16 countries. Among the
attendants, 57% were from South America, 37% from North America, and 6% from
other continents (Europe, Asia, Australia). The participation of students was
high reaching a total of 44% among the attendants. Fifty percent of the
presentations from North America were within the ?Land-sea coupling in rapidly
changing environment? session while those from South America were more numerous
in the ?Fishery Exploitation? session and as posters in the ?Biological
interactions? session. We will discuss potential causes (e.g. differential
importance of sea level rise, UV effects, anthropogenic nutrient input) of the
difference in the themes being addressed from scientist working in the south with
those from the north. As post-conference results we highlight: 1) a special
issue in Estuaries and Coasts including reviews and articles by authors from
North and South America, 2) a session in the San Diego conference dedicated to
South and Central American estuaries and coasts, and 3) the formation of a
social media group to promote connections among students from the Americas that
is currently in use and very helpful to promote CERF?s news. These results
highlight the importance of developing international meetings to fortalice
links among scientists. Both keynote speakers in the Mar del Plata conference
highlighted the importance to work interdisciplinary and within a global change
context, for this reason we celebrate CERF initiative and we encourage CERF to
keep doing this kind of international conference in the future.