Cel This research consists of a workshop with the theme: Baikal region as a source of information on global change. The purpose of the workshop is to evaluate the possibilities of co-operative, multidisciplinary research on the Baikal region in the field of global change, and to plan and organize research programmes in different disciplines. The meeting will be attended by invited scientists from European countries and from the NIS comprising: representative scientists from western Europe and the NIS already participating in research programmes within the framework of the Baikal International Centre for Ecological Research (BICER); eminent scientists from Europe and the NIS in different scientific fields related to global change in the Baikal region. Science policy administrators from Western Europe countries will also be invited to attend. The first part of the meeting will consist of presentations of the results of co-operative research obtained within the BICER programmes by scientists from western Europe and the NIS. The laboratories and logistic facilities of BICER will be visited. In the second part, scientists from the NIS will give an overview of the available knowledge in different fields on the Baikal region. The fields to be considered are : Lake Baikal, its sediments and geological environment as indicators of past global change for east Asia; Lake Baikal and its ecosystem as a natural laboratory for studies of biological speciation; Lake Baikal and its environment as a natural laboratory for studies of global transfer of pollutants, of their accumulation and transformation along aquatic food webs; giant industrial sources of air pollution in east Siberia as objects of fundamental research of aerial transfer of pollutants, of their transformation in the atmosphere, and their effect upon terrestrial ecosystems and human populations; educational, technological and legal methods of implementation of ecological knowledge for the protection of Lake Baikal as a world heritage site, and as a strategic reserve of drinking water; implementation of the conception of sustainable development in the Baikal region; and the Lake Baikal and its environment as a natural laboratory for studies of the evolution of humans, and of migration of ancient human populations over Eurasia and America. The third part of the meeting will discuss and define future research programmes, prioritizing multidisciplinary research in a co-operative way between laboratories from the NIS and western Europe. The scientific results of the meeting will be published in a volume which will present the state-of-the-art knowledge of Lake Baikal from the broad point of view of global change. Program(-y) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Temat(-y) 58 - Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania Data not available Koordynator Royal Museum of Central Africa Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Leuvensesteenweg, 13 3080 Tervuren Belgia Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (1) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko Baikal International Center for Ecological Research Rosja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 664033 Irkutsk Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych
