SCIENCE BRINGS NATIONS TOGETHER

The 29th Task Force Meeting of the UNECE ICP Vegetation

Name: The 29th Task Force Meeting of the UNECE ICP Vegetation
Start: 2016-02-29T10:00:00+03:00
End: 2016-03-04T19:30:00+03:00
Location: No location set

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

Monday 29 February
- 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.
- Registration
- Welcome reception in the restaurant of hotel Dubna.
Tuesday 1 March
- Late registration and putting up posters
- Plenary session: Chair: Marina Frontasyeva
  - 1
    
    Welcome address – JINR Director. Academician Victor A. Matveev.
    
    Slides
  - 2
    
    Krzysztof Olendrzynski – Update from the Secretariat of the Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention.
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    Harry Harmens et al. – Overview of the achievements of the ICP Vegetation in 2015 and future workplan (2016-2018).
    
    Slides
  - 4
    
    Walter Seidling – ICP Forests - platform for monitoring and research.
    
    Slides
  - 5
    
    Ilia Ilyin – Analysis of long-term trends of atmospheric heavy metal pollution in the EMEP countries based on moss survey data and modelling results.
    
    Slides
- 09:50
  
  Coffee/tea and poster viewing (with authors at poster)
- Plenary session: Chair: Harry Harmens
  - 6
    
    Marina Frontasyeva et al. – Information on the moss survey in 2015: some preliminary results.
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    Gina Mills et al. – Preparations for ozone critical level workshop, autumn 2016, Spain and report from the epidemiology workshop.
    
    Slides
  - 8
    
    Ignacio González Fernández – Establishing critical levels for effects of ozone on biodiversity.
    
    Slides
  - 9
    
    Robert Šajn et al. – Applicability of artificial neural networks for predicting concentrations of chemical elements in various environments.
    
    Slides
- 12:00
  
  Lunch
- Moss survey: Moss survey in the EECCA region. Chair: Eiliv Steinnes
  - 10
    
    Aleksander Alekseev – Spatial analysis of the area damaged by heavy metals released from smelter industrial plants: case study for Kola Peninsula, Murmansk region, Russia.
  - 11
    
    Inga Zinicovscaia et al. – Multi-element atmospheric deposition study in the Republic of Moldova.
  - 12
    
    Yulia Koroleva et al. – Trace elements accumulation by mosses, lichens and mushrooms in South-Eastern Baltic.
    
    Slides
  - 13
    
    Pavel Nekhoroshkov et al. – Atmospheric deposition of major and trace elements in the mountain Crimea studied by the moss biomonitoring technique.
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    General discussion.
- Ozone: Ozone effects on crops. Chair: Gina Mills
  - 15
    
    Introduction to ozone sessions (Gina Mills) and introductions by participants.
  - 16
    
    Kent Burkey et al. – Updates on studies on ozone-temperature interactions in the field.
  - 17
    
    Vicky Bermejo et al. – O3-sensitivity of the Mediterranean Spanish bread wheat: from the old cultivars to the current market-dominant. Preliminary results.
  - 18
    
    Ignacio González Fernández – Ozone effects on the marketable biomass of leafy crops under Mediterranean conditions.
  - 19
    
    General discussion.
- 14:30
  
  Coffee/tea
- Moss survey: Improvements and making more use of the data. Chair: Aleksander Alekseev
  - 20
    
    Lotti Thöni – Reduction of the number of sampling sites in Switzerland for the survey 2015.
    
    Slides
  - 21
    
    Emeline Lequy et al. – Assessment of the uncertainty associated with heavy metal concentrations in mosses measured in France (1996 to 2011).
  - 22
    
    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
  - 23
    
    General discussion
    
    Slides
- Ozone: Global outreach activities - (1) Effects on food security. Chair: Vicky Bermejo
  - 24
    
    Gina Mills et al. – Modelling the global impacts of ozone on wheat.
  - 25
    
    Discussing
Wednesday 2 March
- Moss survey: Mosses as biomonitors of radionuclides. Chair: Trajce Stafilov
  - 26
    
    Eiliv Steinnes et al. – Use of mosses for monitoring atmospheric deposition of radionuclides – possibilities and limitations.
    
    Slides
  - 27
    
    Miodrag Krmar et al. – Spatial distribution of some radionuclides measured in mosses collected over large area.
    
    Slides
  - 28
    
    Zbigniew Ziembik et al. – Application of gamma spectrometry and compositional data analysis in estimation of atmospheric deposition.
    
    Slides
  - 29
    
    Grzegorz Kosior et al. – Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt. as a bioindicator of heavy metal pollution and radionuclides in selected Polish National Parks.
    
    Slides
  - 30
    
    General discussion.
- Ozone: Concentrations and effects. Chair: Klaudia Borowiak
  - 31
    
    Pierre Sicard et al. – An epidemiological assessment of stomatal ozone flux-based critical levels for visible ozone injury in Southern European forests.
    
    Slides
  - 32
    
    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.
  - 33
    
    Samia Madkour – Different bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes exhibit different modes of tolerance against ozone injury.
  - 34
    
    Discussion
- 09:30
  
  Coffee/tea and poster viewing
- Moss survey: Future activities and opportunities. Chair: Marina Frontasyeva
  - 35
    
    Luca Paoli et al. - Do lichen bioaccumulation data tell the truth?
    
    Slides
  - 36
    
    Discussion on progress 2015/16 moss survey and future activities.
- Ozone: Global outreach activities - (2) Effects on carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Chair: Kent Burkey
  - 37
    
    Mary Ramos – Ozone pollution in Central America.
    
    Slides
  - 38
    
    Sheikh Saeed Ahmad – Spatio-temporal analysis of atmospheric ozone based on GIS modelling in Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan.
  - 39
    
    Gina Mills et al. – Impact of ozone on carbon sequestration and biodiversity, field-based evidence of ozone impacts.
- 11:30
  
  Lunch
- Moss survey: Moss survey in South-Eastern Europe. Chair: Sébastien Leblond
  - 40
    
    Trajce Stafilov et al. – Heavy metals air pollution study in mines environments. Case study Bregalnica river basin, Republic of Macedonia.
    
    Slides
  - 41
    
    Pranvera Lazo et al. – First Albanian moss biomonitoring survey and some future considerations.
    
    Slides
  - 42
    
    Agnes Balint et al. – Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in „Óbuda” and „Margaret” Islands (Budapest, Hungary) tested by different mosses and ICP-OES.
    
    Slides
  - 43
    
    Claudia Stihi et al. – Moss survey 2010 in Romania. Results and perspectives.
    
    Slides
  - 44
    
    Discussion.
- Ozone: Ozone: mapping of ozone risks. Chair: Gina Mills
  - 45
    
    Harry Harmens – Mapping procedure within the Convention.
  - 46
    
    Gina Mills – Mapping ecosystems at risk from ozone in the UK.
  - 47
    
    Ignacio González Fernández – Mapping ecosystems at risk from ozone in Spain.
  - 48
    
    Discussion
- 14:30
  
  Coffee/tea and poster viewing
- Moss survey: Outreach. Chair: Mitja Skudnik
  - 49
    
    Dinesh Saxena – Assessing airborne pollution by mosses as biomonitors - Long-term integrated monitoring of atmospheric metals (2000-2010).
    
    Slides
  - 50
    
    Discussion on further outreach opportunities.
- Ozone: Critical levels methodology. Chair: Ignacio González Fernández
  - 51
    
    Current developments in methodology (Led by Gina Mills).
  - 52
    
    Focus on (semi-)natural vegetation (Led by Ignacio González Fernández).
  - 53
    
    Discussion on field-based evidence of ozone effects: - What do we know? What do we need to know? Future activities.
- Conference dinner in the restaurant of Hotel Dubna
Thursday 3 March
- 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
  
  Coffee/tea, taking down posters
- Departure bus to airports for those leaving on Thursday
  
  Lunch will be provided for the journey on request.
- 11:00
  
  Lunch
- Workshop on moss survey for EECCA countries (in Russian) and option for others to visit JINR.
Friday 4 March
- 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.

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

SCIENCE BRINGS NATIONS TOGETHER

The 29th Task Force Meeting of the UNECE ICP Vegetation