SCIENCE BRINGS NATIONS TOGETHER The 29th Task Force Meeting of the UNECE ICP Vegetation

29 Feb 2016, 10:00 → 4 Mar 2016, 19:30 Europe/Moscow

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Slides Book_of_Abstracts-TFM-2016.pdf

Monday, 29 February

10:00 → 15:00 JINR will provide transport per bus between Sheremetievo or Domodedovo international airports and the hotel (travel time: ca. 2 and 4 hrs respectively). The departure time of the bus will depend on flight arrival times.

15:00 → 19:00 Registration

19:00 → 21:00 Welcome reception in the restaurant of hotel Dubna.

Tuesday, 1 March

07:30 → 08:15 Late registration and putting up posters

08:10 → 09:45 Plenary session: Chair: Marina Frontasyeva

08:10 Welcome address – JINR Director. Academician Victor A. Matveev.

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08:25 Krzysztof Olendrzynski – Update from the Secretariat of the Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention.

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08:40 Harry Harmens et al. – Overview of the achievements of the ICP Vegetation in 2015 and future workplan (2016-2018).

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09:05 Walter Seidling – ICP Forests - platform for monitoring and research.

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09:25 Ilia Ilyin – Analysis of long-term trends of atmospheric heavy metal pollution in the EMEP countries based on moss survey data and modelling results.

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09:50 → 10:50 Coffee/tea and poster viewing (with authors at poster)

10:50 → 12:00 Plenary session: Chair: Harry Harmens

10:50 Marina Frontasyeva et al. – Information on the moss survey in 2015: some preliminary results.

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11:10 Gina Mills et al. – Preparations for ozone critical level workshop, autumn 2016, Spain and report from the epidemiology workshop.

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11:25 Ignacio González Fernández – Establishing critical levels for effects of ozone on biodiversity.

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11:40 Robert Šajn et al. – Applicability of artificial neural networks for predicting concentrations of chemical elements in various environments.

Slides ANN_Dubna.pdf

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Moss survey: Moss survey in the EECCA region. Chair: Eiliv Steinnes

13:00 Aleksander Alekseev – Spatial analysis of the area damaged by heavy metals released from smelter industrial plants: case study for Kola Peninsula, Murmansk region, Russia.

13:20 Inga Zinicovscaia et al. – Multi-element atmospheric deposition study in the Republic of Moldova.

13:40 Yulia Koroleva et al. – Trace elements accumulation by mosses, lichens and mushrooms in South-Eastern Baltic.

Slides КоролеваTRACE_ELEMENTS_ACCUMULATION_BY_MOSSES,_LICHENS_AND.pdf

14:00 Pavel Nekhoroshkov et al. – Atmospheric deposition of major and trace elements in the mountain Crimea studied by the moss biomonitoring technique.

Slides Nekhoroshkov_Trace_elements_in_the_Crimean_mosses.pdf

14:20 General discussion.

13:00 → 14:30 Ozone: Ozone effects on crops. Chair: Gina Mills

13:00 Introduction to ozone sessions (Gina Mills) and introductions by participants.

13:20 Kent Burkey et al. – Updates on studies on ozone-temperature interactions in the field.

13:40 Vicky Bermejo et al. – O3-sensitivity of the Mediterranean Spanish bread wheat: from the old cultivars to the current market-dominant. Preliminary results.

14:00 Ignacio González Fernández – Ozone effects on the marketable biomass of leafy crops under Mediterranean conditions.

14:20 General discussion.

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee/tea

15:00 → 16:30 Moss survey: Improvements and making more use of the data. Chair: Aleksander Alekseev

15:00 Lotti Thöni – Reduction of the number of sampling sites in Switzerland for the survey 2015.

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15:20 Emeline Lequy et al. – Assessment of the uncertainty associated with heavy metal concentrations in mosses measured in France (1996 to 2011).

15:40 Mitja Skudnik et al. – Spatial interpolation of N concentrations and δ15N values in mosses collected within or outside the area of the canopy drip line.

Slides Skudnik_TFM-2016_pp_final.pptx

16:00 General discussion

Slides Harmens_discussions_mosses.pptx

15:00 → 16:30 Ozone: Global outreach activities - (1) Effects on food security. Chair: Vicky Bermejo

15:00 Gina Mills et al. – Modelling the global impacts of ozone on wheat.

15:20 Discussing

Wednesday, 2 March

08:00 → 09:30 Moss survey: Mosses as biomonitors of radionuclides. Chair: Trajce Stafilov

08:00 Eiliv Steinnes et al. – Use of mosses for monitoring atmospheric deposition of radionuclides – possibilities and limitations.

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08:20 Miodrag Krmar et al. – Spatial distribution of some radionuclides measured in mosses collected over large area.

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08:40 Zbigniew Ziembik et al. – Application of gamma spectrometry and compositional data analysis in estimation of atmospheric deposition.

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09:00 Grzegorz Kosior et al. – Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt. as a bioindicator of heavy metal pollution and radionuclides in selected Polish National Parks.

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09:20 General discussion.

08:00 → 09:30 Ozone: Concentrations and effects. Chair: Klaudia Borowiak

08:00 Pierre Sicard et al. – An epidemiological assessment of stomatal ozone flux-based critical levels for visible ozone injury in Southern European forests.

Slides SicardPresentation_ICP_Vegetation_Dubna_2016.pdf

08:20 Evgenios Agathokleous et al. – Growth, physiology and productivity of willow (Salix sachalinensis L.), an energy crop, exposed to ethylene di-urea under O3-enriched free air.

09:00 Samia Madkour – Different bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes exhibit different modes of tolerance against ozone injury.

09:20 Discussion

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee/tea and poster viewing

10:00 → 11:30 Moss survey: Future activities and opportunities. Chair: Marina Frontasyeva

10:00 Luca Paoli et al. - Do lichen bioaccumulation data tell the truth?

Slides 005_29_ICP_Paoli_et_al_lichens.pdf

10:20 Discussion on progress 2015/16 moss survey and future activities.

10:00 → 11:30 Ozone: Global outreach activities - (2) Effects on carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Chair: Kent Burkey

10:00 Mary Ramos – Ozone pollution in Central America.

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10:20 Sheikh Saeed Ahmad – Spatio-temporal analysis of atmospheric ozone based on GIS modelling in Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan.

10:40 Gina Mills et al. – Impact of ozone on carbon sequestration and biodiversity, field-based evidence of ozone impacts.

11:30 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:30 Moss survey: Moss survey in South-Eastern Europe. Chair: Sébastien Leblond

13:00 Trajce Stafilov et al. – Heavy metals air pollution study in mines environments. Case study Bregalnica river basin, Republic of Macedonia.

Slides 006_Stafilov-presentation-Dubna.ppt

13:20 Pranvera Lazo et al. – First Albanian moss biomonitoring survey and some future considerations.

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13:40 Agnes Balint et al. – Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in „Óbuda” and „Margaret” Islands (Budapest, Hungary) tested by different mosses and ICP-OES.

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14:00 Claudia Stihi et al. – Moss survey 2010 in Romania. Results and perspectives.

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14:20 Discussion.

13:00 → 14:30 Ozone: Ozone: mapping of ozone risks. Chair: Gina Mills

13:00 Harry Harmens – Mapping procedure within the Convention.

13:20 Gina Mills – Mapping ecosystems at risk from ozone in the UK.

13:40 Ignacio González Fernández – Mapping ecosystems at risk from ozone in Spain.

14:00 Discussion

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee/tea and poster viewing

15:00 → 16:30 Moss survey: Outreach. Chair: Mitja Skudnik

15:00 Dinesh Saxena – Assessing airborne pollution by mosses as biomonitors - Long-term integrated monitoring of atmospheric metals (2000-2010).

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15:20 Discussion on further outreach opportunities.

15:00 → 16:30 Ozone: Critical levels methodology. Chair: Ignacio González Fernández

15:00 Current developments in methodology (Led by Gina Mills).

15:30 Focus on (semi-)natural vegetation (Led by Ignacio González Fernández).

16:00 Discussion on field-based evidence of ozone effects: - What do we know? What do we need to know? Future activities.

18:00 → 20:30 Conference dinner in the restaurant of Hotel Dubna

Thursday, 3 March

08:00 → 09:30 Plenary session: Chair: Harry Harmens

 Reporting back from ozone and moss sessions;
 Medium-term work plan ICP Vegetation 2016 – 2018;
 Decisions and recommendations of the 29th Task Force Meeting;
 30th ICP Vegetation Task Force Meeting;
 Other business.

09:30 → 10:00 Coffee/tea, taking down posters

10:30 → 10:31 Departure bus to airports for those leaving on Thursday

Lunch will be provided for the journey on request.

11:00 → 12:00 Lunch

12:00 → 17:00 Workshop on moss survey for EECCA countries (in Russian) and option for others to visit JINR.

Friday, 4 March

06:30 → 19:00 Excursion to Moscow by bus.

Participants may either return to Dubna or stay in a hotel in Moscow or take a late flight on Friday.