BACKGROUND
AND PURPOSE
The International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM) has been held biennially since 2007 by the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), and ICWFM-2025 is the tenth event. Water management in general, and flood management in particular, is an interdisciplinary field that requires integrated knowledge from diverse fields such as hydrology, hydraulics, morphology, atmospheric science, climate, environmental pollution, ecosystem, agriculture, disaster, vulnerability, risk, gender, livelihood, and poverty. As physical and socioeconomic risks continue to change and environmental degradation becomes increasingly apparent because of climate change and anthropogenic interventions, integrated approaches to analyzing these processes and their interactions are increasingly gaining traction in order to develop and implement comprehensive and sustainable strategies to mitigate and adapt to the impacts.
This conference aims to serve as a common platform for delving into the aforementioned issues through a holistic lens. The central theme of ICWFM-2025 is set as “Water and Ecosystem Conservation for Climate Resilience”. As echoed in international efforts, such as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, conserving and restoring water and ecosystems, as a holistic approach, have crucial roles in combating climate change, reversing environmental degradation, enhancing biodiversity, and fostering resilience. Afforestation and reforestation (including mangroves), restoring wetlands and river-floodplain connectivity, and sustainable agricultural practices provide multiple ecosystem services and synergistic benefits, including carbon sequestration, rejuvenation of fisheries and other ecosystems, buffering flood and storm surge impacts, and reducing saline intrusion and coastal erosion. Besides, there are many other ecological, cultural and socio-economic benefits that contribute to enhanced livelihood and human wellbeing, such as the provision of food, energy and clean water, support to livelihoods and biodiversity, and sites of spiritual and cultural importance. It is now high time we took a closer look at how we can integrate conservation and restoration of water and ecosystems into appropriate management measures and thus enhance climate resilience.
Extended abstracts within 2 pages (Maximum 800 words excluding references) on the conference topics are invited from interested authors. The extended abstract template can be found in the downloads tab. An individual can be the lead author of a maximum of two papers. A maximum of two papers can be submitted from an author portal. Pre-conference proceedings will be published based on the accepted abstracts of the registered authors. Selected papers from the conference will be published as book chapters by Springer Nature.
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| Category | Fees |
|---|---|
| Authors & Participants (NON SAARC countries) view list | 400$ |
| Authors & Participants (NON SAARC countries-Students) view list | 200$ |
| Authors & Participants (SAARC countries) view list | 200$ |
| Local Authors & Participants | 3500BDT |
| Local Authors & Participants (Students) | 1500BDT |
| *Bangladeshi citizens having full-time affiliations (as students/employees) abroad will not qualify as local participants. | |
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