Dear colleagues, 

we will host the "International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment 
- Using an Open Community Approach" from
September 8 to September 21, 2014

at University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Germany
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. 

Objectives: An increasing number of chemical substances are being released into our environment. Particularly affected are developing countries with high contamination but often inadequate control mechanisms and insufficient resources for risk assessment. Spatial analysis offers more and more applications and potential within ecological risk assessment. The growing Open Community Approach makes this technology available for everybody. Experts of various disciplines from national and international institutions will combine basic concepts of ecotoxicology with methods of geographic information system analysis using R and GRASS GIS. This will be illustrated with practical examples, both in the field and at the computer.

The 'International Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment - Using an Open Community Approach' gives an overview on ecotoxicological risk assessment with a focus on the use of freely available methods and resources of remote sensing and spatial analysis using GIS. The course will to provide young scientists with inexpensive tools and programs that are applicable both in developing and developed countries.

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

Best regards, 
Rebecca Bundschuh and Jun.-Prof. Ralf Schäfer
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