Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on Tropical River Basins: Tropical Rivers 2012; Iquitos, Peru, 8–12 August 2012. (15th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abad, Jorge D.; Montoro, Hugo; Latrubesse, Edgardo
• Is Part Of: Eos. Volume 94:Number 3(2013)
• Page Start: 32
• Page End: 32
• Publication Date: 2013-01-15
• Subjects: Amazon -- ecosystems -- rainforest -- geomorphology; Geophysics -- Periodicals; 551
• DOI: 10.1002/2013EO030007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0096-3941

Abstract

Abstract : The Tropical Rivers 2012 international conference (http://www.crearamazonia.org/tropicalrivers2012/) was part of the International Geoscience Programme 582 project of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's International Union for Geological Sciences (UNESCO‐IUGS). The aim of the IGCP 582 is to provide an integrated assessment of long‐term direct effects of climate variability and human‐induced change and management of tropical river basins. This assessment is to be achieved by identification, quantification, and modeling of key hydro‐geomorphologic indicators during the past and present times, and assessment of the potential influences of global change on fluvial systems and the socio‐economic implications of these changes.