[R-sig-Geo] International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment - Using an Open Community Approach

[Ralf Schäfer]

Dear colleagues, 

we will host the "International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment - Using an Open Community Approach" from
September 7 to September 20, 2015

at University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Germany
http://www.summeracademy-landau.de <http://www.summeracademy-landau.de/>

Given that the Summer academy will use free open source software tools such as R and GRASS GIS, it may be of interest for somebody from this list.

The Summer Academy is funded by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) with financial support by the Federal Foreign Office and offers free participation for participants from developing countries.

Objectives: Developing countries are particularly affected with high contamination, but often have inadequate control mechanisms and insufficient resources for risk assessment. Spatial analysis offers more and more applications and potential within ecological risk assessment. Our ‘International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment’ gives an overview of ecotoxicological risk assessment with a focus on the use of freely available methods and resources for remote sensing and spatial analysis using GIS.  The course provides young scientists with inexpensive tools that are oriented for use in both developing and developed countries.
Topics: 
- Problem formulation
- Hazard assessment of chemical stressors
- Characterization of effects on One Health
- Pesticide pollution and vulnerability concepts
- Earth-to-space-based observing systems for environmental risk assessment and disaster management
- Use of Open Source spatial analysis tool
- Open community approach in One Health risk mapping
- Creation of global pesticide application maps
- Risk assessment and data availability in developing countries

Further details and registration are available on our website: 
http://www.summeracademy-landau.de <http://www.summeracademy-landau.de/>

Best regards, 
Rebecca Bundschuh and Jun.-Prof. Ralf Schäfer
For the organizing committee



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