MMM3 : Meeting
on Mangrove ecology, functioning and
Management
Galle, Sri Lanka, 2-6 July 2012
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MMM is an
international conference on mangrove ecosystems that is held every 6
years. Although dealing with a variety
of ecological themes, incl. flora, fauna, biogeochemical cycles and human
impacts, this
conference originally stood for the ‘International Meeting on Mangrove
Macrobenthos’ and was organised by the Università degli Studi di Firenze
(Italy) as MMM in Mombasa (Kenya), 7-11 September 2000. Six years later a consortium including
Griffith University and University of
Queensland organised ‘MMM2 :
Mangrove Macrobenthos
Meeting’ in Coolangatta (Australia), 25-30 June 2006, where it
was decided that the meaning of the MMM could be opened up in order to
continue this conference as the first global recurrent conference on mangrove
ecosystems. Hence, the name for MMM3:
Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management.
MMM is to be organised by
mangrove scientists world-wide, every 6 years, i.e. at an interval that allows scientific innovation. It is not aiming at massive attendance but
at single sessions covering various topics, with plenty of time for discussion
in each of them.
As a matter of fact, macrobenthos will still form a solid theme together
with vegetation, trophic relationships, restoration and management issues, just like MMM1
and MMM2.
The conference is usually accompanied by a
mid-conference excursion and followed by a mid-week workshop in a mangrove site aiming at
identifying research gaps through joint-fieldwork, analyses and
brainstorming.
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The
conference MMM3 : International Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management is jointly organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(VUB), the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the University of Ruhuna (UoR)
and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), and will be held
in Koggala Beach Hotel near the historic city of Galle, Sri Lanka, from 2 till 6 July 2012. It will be followed by a mid-week workshop
(9-13 July 2012) in the Pambala-Chilaw Lagoon complex (Sri Lanka) at the
premises of the Small Fishers Federation of Lanka in Pambala-Kakkapalliya.
Organising Committee
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Prof.
Dr. Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, Conference chair
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Université
Libre de Bruxelles – ULB & Vrije Universiteit Brussel – VUB,
Brussels, Belgium
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Prof.
Dr. Loku Pulukkuttige JAYATISSA
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University
of Ruhuna – UoR, Matara, Sri Lanka
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Dr.
Jared O. BOSIRE
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Kenya
Marine and Fisheries Research Institute – KMFRI,
Mombasa, Kenya
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Prof.
Dr. Sanath HETTIARACHCHI
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University
of Ruhuna – UoR, Matara, Sri Lanka
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Dr.
James G. KAIRO
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Kenya
Marine and Fisheries Research Institute – KMFRI,
Mombasa, Kenya
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Prof.
Dr. Nico KOEDAM
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Vrije
Universiteit Brussel – VUB, Brussels,
Belgium
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Scientific Committee
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Prof.
Dr. Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS, Conference chair
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Université
Libre de Bruxelles & Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Brussels, Belgium
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Prof.
Dr. Uta BERGER
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Technische
Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Dr.
Marília CUNHA-LIGNON
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National Institute for Space Research,
São
Jose dos Campos, Brazil
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Prof.
Dr. Ndongo DIN
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University
of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
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Prof.
Dr. Norman C. DUKE
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University
of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Dr.
Ilka C. FELLER
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Smithsonian
Institution, Edgewater, United States of
America
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Dr.
François FROMARD
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Université
Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Prof.
Dr. Mark HUXHAM
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Napier
University, Edinburgh, United
Kingdom
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Prof.
Dr.
Kandasamy KATHIRESAN |
Annamalai University, Parangipettai, India |
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Prof.
Dr. Joe S.Y. LEE
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Griffith
University, Gold Coast Southport,
Australia
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Prof.
Dr. Victor RIVERA-MONROY
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Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, United States of
America
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Prof. Dr. Patrik RÖNNBÄCK |
Gotland University, Visby, Sweden |
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Prof.
Dr. Martin SKOV
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Bangor
University, Menai Bridge - Anglesey,
United Kingdom
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Prof.
Dr. Nora Fung-Yee TAM
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City
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
China
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Prof.
Dr. Brad B. WALTERS
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Mount
Allison University, Sackville,
Canada
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Timeline and Deadlines
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30 June 2006 |
Announcement of MMM3 2012 at MMM2 |
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1 January 2009 |
Start of practical MMM3 organisation |
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2 July 2010 |
Official launching of the MMM3 website |
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1 January 2011 |
Opening of registration and payment |
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31
August 2011
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Deadline
for early bird registration (reduced fees)
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31
August 2011
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First deadline
for application for financial support and related
abstract submission
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31
October 2011
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First
notification
about financial support (submitted
in August 2011) and related
abstract acceptance
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31
October 2011
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Second deadline
for application for financial support and related
abstract submission
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31
December 2011
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Deadline
for receipt of abstracts
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15
January 2012
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Second
notification
about financial support
(submitted in October 2011) and related
abstract acceptance
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25
January 2012
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Final
notifications
about abstract acceptance for other participants
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31
January 2012
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Deadline
for normal registration (normal fees)
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31
January 2012
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Extended deadline
for receipt of
poster abstracts
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31
March 2012 |
Notification of final list of participants to the MMM3
workshop |
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30
April 2012
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Deadline
for refund requests
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30
April 2012 |
Final
deadline for online registration and payments by bank transfer
or credit card for international participants |
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2-6 July 2012 |
MMM3 Conference |
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9-13 July 2012 |
MMM3 Workshop |
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31
August - 30 September 2012
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Processing of refunds
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20
September 2012 - 31 January 2013
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Period
for
official submission of manuscripts for publication in the MMM3 Conference Proceedings
(see details and deadlines in communication by e-mail). For each
manuscript the peer-review process, the submissions of revised versions and
the editorial decisions will be dealt with independently from other
manuscripts and without delay. Accepted papers will immediately
receive a DOI.
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First half of 2013
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Finalisation of peer-review process
of all papers.
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Second half of 2013
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Final
publication phase for the MMM3 Conference Proceedings
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Second half of 2013
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Completion of photographic material and
audio-video downloads
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MMM3 sponsorship
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MMM3 : Meeting on Mangrove
ecology, functioning and Management
is grateful to the following institutions providing financial or material support (in
alphabetic order) :
MMM3
acknowledgements
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MMM3 : Meeting on Mangrove
ecology, functioning and Management
is grateful to the above sponsors as well as to the following institutions and people for providing logistic support (in
alphabetic order) :
K.M.A. Nilusha
P. AMARAPALA (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Mala AMARASINGHE (Best Student Presentation Jury Member)
K.G.D.C.K. ARIYADASA
(Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Marc BALISTER (management
of treasury and credit card payments, Financial Administration, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel - VUB)
Saman CHANDANA
(Local Organizing Committee, University of Ruhuna)
P.L.I.G.M.
COORAY (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
W.L.D.P.A. DE ALWIS (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Kumudu DE SILVA
(Local Organizing Committee, University of Ruhuna)
W.G.D. DHARMARATNE (Dean, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ruhuna)
N.P.
DISSANAYAKE (Local Organizing Committee, University of Ruhuna)
Ingrid DOBBELAERE (Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee - VLIZ)
K.L.G. Nadeera
ERANTHI (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Buddhika A. GINIGALGODAGE (MMM3 Conference Driver)
R.W. Sachini
GUNASEKARA (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
B. Amali
HANDUNPATHIRANA (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
M.M.M.U. HEMAPALA (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Jagathi HEMMALI
(Local Organizing Committee, University of Ruhuna)
U.I. JAYASINGHE (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Sunanda
KODIKARA (Local Organizing Committee, University of Ruhuna)
M.D. KOKILA (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
S. KULARATHNE (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
K. Sanduni
MADARASINGHE (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
I. Madhu
MADAWAN ARACHCHI (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Susirith MENDIS (Vice-Chancellor, University of Ruhuna)
Todd E. MINCHINTON
(Best Student Presentation Jury Member)
Nilanthi
(Local Organizing Committee, University of Ruhuna)
Ulrich SAINT-PAUL (Best Student Presentation Jury
Chairman)
U.N.G. SANJEEWANI (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Gamini SENANAYAKE (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Ruhuna)
P. Isurika
SENARATNA (Student helper, University of Ruhuna)
Tim SIERENS (Non-academic Staff Member, VUB)
Vincent SPIESSENS (VAT and
fiscality, Financial Administration, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB)
Alain VANDER ELST (Invoicing,
Financial Administration, Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB)
W.P.C. Gayani WEERASINGHE (Student helper,
University of Ruhuna)
U. Shashini WELMILLAGE (Student helper,
University of Ruhuna)
A.A. WIJEWEERA (Student
helper, University of Ruhuna)
K.A.S. Kanthi YAPA (Local organizing
committee, University of Ruhuna)
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