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Institute
of Soil Biology
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Sokolovská
uhelná
Summer
course at the University of Ceske Budejovice
19 – 24 September 2004
After
the very succesful PhD course on the restoration of wet grasland held at the
University of Bremen in 2003 we decided to organize a similar course on heavily spoilt mining areas. This course is
primarily intended for PhD students who work in the field of restoration ecology
of mining areas, but is also open for people who work on the restoration of
other ecosystems. The program includes:
-
lectures of specialists during the morning to provide theoretical background;
-
practical work during the afternoon to train restoration-related research skills;
- short
presentations of research projects by the participants.
The
practical work will consist of, for example, using multivariate techniques,
analysing maps and estimating restoration prospects, role plays to experience
conflicts over restoration targets. Apart from that, much time is reserved for
presenting and discussing the projects of the participants. Finally, restored
sites and sites with ongoing restoration will be visited.
Venue
The course will be held in the town of Sokolov, in the western part of the Czech Republic, ca. 150 km west from the capital Prague (see maps of the country on http://mapy.atlas.cz. The town is located just in the centre of one of two coal mining districts in the country.
Lecture
rooms and computer facilities will be located at the Hotel
Parkhotel Sokolov in the Sokolov.
Organizers: Karel Prach, Jan Frouz (Ceske
Budejovice, CZ), Rudy van Diggelen (Groningen. NL)
Language:
English
No.
of participants:
20 – 25
Finances: Students have to pay their own travel and lodging costs (overnight stay: ca. 20-25 €/night, costs for meals are ca.10 €/day) and a part of the organizational costs (150 €/person). The organizers carry the costs for lecture, rooms and working facilities.
Payments: Please, pay the fee in the ammount of 150 € by a bank transfer. The payment should be done prior July 22th. The other expenses will be payed on the spot.Hotel room, is booked automaticaly for all regustred participants.
Account specification:
Bank name and address: Česká Národní Banka, Lanova 1, 371 35, České Budějovice
(IBAN)
CZ14 0710 0000 0000 0753 0231
BIC
(SWIFT) CNBACZPP
Account number 7530231
The
preliminary program:
Sun
Sept. 19th: arrival during the afternoon and evening, unofficial evening
session in the hotel restaurant
Mon
Sept. 20th:
8.30 – 12.30
·
General introduction to restoration ecology
·
EU Policy and regulations and its consequences
for restoration ecology
·
Introduction to the brown coal area and problems
with its reclamation
14.00-18.00 Excursion to the spoil heaps from
mining
Tue
Sept. 21st:
8.30-12.30 Excursion to a mine
14.00-18.00 Multivariate techniques in
restoration ecology and practice with CANOCO, individual activities
Wen
Sept. 22nd:
8.30-12.30
·
Soil formation in post mining sites its
consequence for biota and role of biota in soil formation
·
Invertebrates and their role in ecosystem
restoration and indication of restoration success.
·
Spontaneous vegetation succession in coal mining
districts and its use in restoration
·
Vertebrates as indicators in ecosystem
restoration
14.00-18.00
Field work, data collection
Thu
Sept. 23rd:
8.00-12.30
·
Consequences for nature conservation and
restoration in practice
·
Spatial modelling (GIS, etc.) of natural
processes
·
Propagule dispersal
14.00-18.30
Contributions of participants, discussion
20.00 Farewell party
Fry
Sept. 24th:
Excursion to a neighbour coal mining district in the Most region, comparisons with the previous one, landscape consequences; arrival to Prague about 17.00
Interested
PhD students are asked to send their application (preferably by e-mail) to:
Karel Prach
Department
of Botany
University
of South Bohemia
Na
Zlate stoce 1
370
05 Ceske Budejovice
Czech
Republic
E-mail:
prach@bf.jcu.cz
Website: http://botanika.bf.jcu.cz/english/index.html
Do not hesitate
to contact either Karel Prach (prach@bf.jcu.cz)
or Jan Frouz (
frouz@upb.cas.cz) in the case of any inquiry.
