Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Russian Academy of Sciences branch of Biological Sciences
RAS Karelian Research Center Institute of Biology
RAS Institute of Forest
Science
Russian Botanical Society
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Finnish-Russian Working Group on Nature Conservation
International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG)
International symposium
MIRES OF NORTHERN EURASIA: BIOSPHERIC FUNCTION, DIVERSITY, MANAGEMENT
(Russia,
Petrozavodsk, September
14-18, 2020)
Dear
colleagues!
We are happy to invite you to MIRES OF NORTHERN EURASIA:
BIOSPHERIC FUNCTION, DIVERSITY, MANAGEMENT international symposium which will
be held in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia
on September 14-18 2020.
Mire ecosystems are an essential part of forest and tundra zone
landscapes where they can occupy the expansive area. The mires of the North
have unique biospheric functions and great economical importance. North Eurasia countries have their traditions in the
field of mire research and land management. Intensive economic involvement in
Northern mires in the second half of the 1900th required the development of
strategies for the rational use and conservation of mire diversity. Extensive
work has been carried out in many countries and regions to restore disturbed
mires and create artificial mires during recent decades. The scientific
cooperation of the Nordic countries has been successfully developing on these
problems for several decades; new research methods are being developed and
implemented, actively developing in connection with the advent of new technical
capabilities. The results of such work are regularly discussed at many
scientific events. The symposium organized will allow participants to share
their new results, to discuss new research methods, and to outline future tasks
and prospects for cooperation.
The key topics planned to discuss on the symposium are:
1. Biological diversity and structure of mire biota: mire plant and
animal communities and populations;
2. Modern techniques of mire research;
3. Dynamics, functions, other ecological tasks of intact and transformed
mire ecosystems;
4. Mires and climate: the past
and the present;
5. Scientific basis for mire
restoration;
6. Management and ecosystem
services of mires under contemporary conditions.
Working languages: Russian and English. Synchronic translation for
English-speakers is expected.
The symposium is going to maintain plenary talks, works in topic oral
sections, poster session, and excursions to mire sites near Petrozavodsk.
If you are interested in participating in the symposium please fill the
form attached and send it to the organizing committee before 16.02.2020 via
e-mail (mire2020@krc.karelia.ru).
The Second Circular containing information on the venue, transportation,
accommodation, organizational fees and instructions on abstracts submissions, is
expected in March 2020.
Important
dates:
Registration Form submission deadline: 18.02.2020.
Second Circular: March 2020.
Abstracts submission deadline: 01.06.2020
г.
Third Circular: May 2020.
Organizing Committee Chairman
Dr.Biol. Oleg Kuznetsov
|
Organizing Committee Secretaries
Cand.Biol. Sergey Znamenskiy
Cand.Biol. Lyuba
Kantserova
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185910, Petrozavodsk, ul.
Pushkinskaya 11
RAS
Karelian Research Center Institute of Biology
Phone:
+7(8142) 561679
Fax:
+7(8142)769810
The preferable way of contact to Organizing Committee is e-mail.
We would be
greatly appreciated for the distribution of information on the symposium among
your colleagues related to mires and mire studies.
The
preliminary organization fee is estimated as a rouble equivalent of 50 Euro (30
Euro for students). Accommodation is suggested in the hotels in the city
center. The price of accommodation is to be varying from 10 Euro per day
(dormitory bed) up to 100-120 Euro.
