The International Sediment Initiative is expected to add a new dimension to ongoing efforts aiming at sustainable sediment management, in the context of sustainable water resources development at global scale. Hence, its mission directly relates to the commitments of the international community expressed in major documents such as the Millennium Development Goals, the Rio Declaration of Sustainable Development, the World Water Assessment Programme, World Water Development Reports, etc. By its activity, the International Sediment Initiative aims to uphold the importance of sustainable sediment management within the context of the two United Nations decades which have set-up in 2005: the 'Water for Life Decade' and the 'Decade for Education for Sustainable Development'. With direct access to stakeholders represented in the IHP National Committees and the Intergovernmental Council, ISI should be viewed as a vehicle to advance sediment management at the global scale.

The Second International Conference on Estuaries & Coasts was successfully held in Guangzhou, China on November 28-30, 2006
The Second International Conference on Estuaries & Coasts (ICEC-2006) was successfully held in Guangzhou, China on November 28-30, 2006. The ICEC-2006 was organized by the International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES) and Pearl River Water Resources Commission under the Ministry of Water Resources of China, sponsored by the Pearl River Hydraulic Research Institute and the Research Center on Pearl River Estuary & Coast of the Ministry of Water Resources of China...