Title:

Sustainable Environment and Ecology:
Supporting a Sustainable Environment for Birds

Date:

April 3rd, 2026 (UTC+1)

Organizer:

Birmingham City University

Symposium Chair:

Dr. Chinny Nzekwe-Excel

Associate Professor in Birmingham City University

Personal Bio:

Dr. Chinny Nzekwe-Excel is an Associate Professor at Birmingham City University. She is the Academic Lead for Enterprise, Engagement, and STEAM. With expertise in Corporate Partnerships and Capacity-Building Initiatives, Chinny contributes to several academic networks, strategic developments & internationalisation initiatives. Dr.Chinny has strategic involvements with wider & global higher education platforms. Dr.Chinny is a member of Professional bodies in the fields of Educational Policy Studies, Applied Economics; Business Analysis; Built Environment, Project & Asset Management; Innovations in Education and Teaching Engineering, Design and Technology. She serves as a Co-editor and Reviewer for several peer-reviewed academic journals and educational networks. Furthermore, Chinny has written over 60 peer-reviewed individual and collaborative publications disseminated in leading academic journal articles and conference papers/ scholarly networks, and books/book chapters, which have continued to gain wide attentions, international recognitions/ awards including the Highly Commended Emeralds Literati Networks award; research grants/project bids-involvements; keynote/ guest speaker & conference co-chair engagements; and lead guest editor for journal’s special issue.

Call for Papers

Background:

With constant threats on the environment, it is no wonder that conserving the environment & natural resources as much as possible continues to be an urgent topic area with a zeal to improve the sustainability of environment for organisms and people. Therefore, through this study, we explore the suitability of a selection of 4 urban greenspaces in Sheffield, UK, their characteristics, and their trees with focus on their support for the iconic bird species, Turdus Philomelos (common name is song thrush), which will inevitably improve the habitat/ environmental sustainability for humans.

Goal/Rationale:

The goal of the study is to measure the suitability of the greenspaces under study, their characteristics and their trees with focus on their support for a specific iconic bird species, Turdus Philomelos The study focuses on and surveys the tree stock of 4 urban greenspaces in Sheffield, UK: the Ponderosa, Weston Park, Crookes Valley Park and Harcourt Road. The study provides details on the ways that Sheffield City Council can be proactive in enhancing the streetscape ecology, in terms of how the current tree stock of the greenspaces can be enhanced for biodiversity and therefore improve the environment for birds, other organisms and people.

Scope and Information for Participants:

The quantitative methodological approach was assumed for the study as this enabled computation of mean values for each tree species.

Objective of data collection:

To determine the richness and abundance of the tree stock present in 4 green spaces (the Ponderosa, Weston Park, Crookes Valley Park and Harcourt Road), in terms of the dominant tree species, richness, evenness and density across the 4 greenspaces

Selection criteria for trees considered for data collection:

Features of tree: only trees with trunks of 10cm or thicker in diameter and trees taller than 1.4metres (i.e. approximately shoulder height) were considered
Distance of tree: only trees within 1 metre of either side of a set transect line were considered

Process of data collection:

The data collection process comprised 4 groups with each group tasked to place 4 transect lines in random spots in the 4 greenspaces resulting in 16 transects within each greenspace and a total of 64 transects.

Topics:

The main topics of this symposium are listed below.

Environmental Science

Atmospheric Environment
Environmental Analysis and Methods
Environmental Biology
Environmental Catalysis
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Climatology
Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Pollution
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Governance and Management
Maritime Environment
Nano Materials and Nanotechnology
Water Environment

Meanwhile, submissions aligned with the overall conference theme are also welcome.

Ecology

Atmospheric Science
Biome
Climate Change
Ecosystem
Geography
Geologic Record
Geology
Glaciology

Hydrology
Marine Pollution and Large Scale Solutions
Meteorology
Oceanography
Physical Geography
Plate Tectonics
Volcanology

Geoscience

Engineering Geology
Geochemistry
Geographic Information System
Geographical Environment
Geo-microbiology

Geophysics
Natural Disasters and Engineering
Natural Resource Management
Repair Science
Soil Science

Bioscience and Bioengineering

Agriculture, Aquaculture, Animal Husbandry, and Forestry
Bio-Resources Utilisation
Biodiversity
Bioenergy and Biofuels
Biomedicine, Biosystem, and Biochemistry
Bioprospecting and Industrial Biology
Conservation Biology
Dynamic Stabilisation Law
Electrical/Bio-Synthetics

Food Biotechnology
Food Nutrition and Health
Food Process Design and Engineering
Food Safety and Quality Control
Land-Use Pattern
Mechanical/Biosensor
Omics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology
Sustainable Development
Techno-Biology and Bioengineering

Submission:

Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full papers that include title, abstract, introduction, tables, figures, conclusion and references. It is unnecessary to submit an abstract in advance. Please submit your papers in English.

Each paper should be no less than 4 pages. One regular registration can cover a paper of 6 pages, and additional pages will be charged. Please format your paper well according to the conference template before submission. Paper Template Download

Please prepare your paper in both .doc/.docx and .pdf format and submit your full paper by email with both formats attached directly to [email protected]

Important Dates:

Process	Date & Time
Submission Deadline	March 30, 2026
Symposium Date	April 3, 2026
Notification of Acceptance	7-20 workdays

Fees (VAT Included)	Amount
Registration and Publishing Fee (6 pages included)	$450
Additional Page (per extra page)	$40

Publication:

Accepted papers of the symposium will be published in Theoretical and Natural Science (TNS) (Print ISSN 2753-8818), and will be submitted to Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Crossref, CNKI, Portico, Engineering Village (Inspec), Google Scholar and other databases for indexing. The situation may be affected by factors among databases like processing time, workflow, policy, etc.

Publication info

Title: Theoretical and Natural Science (TNS)
Press: EWA Publishing, United Kingdom
ISSN: 2753-8818, 2753-8826 (electronic)

This symposium is organized by ICEGEE 2026 and it will independently proceed the submission and publication process.

* The papers will be exported to production and publication on a regular basis. Early-registered papers are expected to be published online earlier.

Ways to Participate

Venue:

Birmingham City University, 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham B4 7BD, UK

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If you want to attend the symposium on-site, please email [email protected]. The symposium seats are limited. Both contributors and non-contributors who wish to participate in the symposium in person need to apply to the symposium organizers.

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