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

The 29th Task Force Meeting of the UNECE ICP Vegetation

from Monday, 29 February 2016 (10:00) to Friday, 4 March 2016 (19:30)

Monday, 29 February 2016

10:00

10:00 - 15:00

15:00

15:00 - 19:00

19:00

19:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, 1 March 2016

07:30

07:30 - 08:15
08:10 Chair: Marina Frontasyeva
Chair: Marina Frontasyeva
08:10 - 09:45
Contributions

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

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

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

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

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.
09:50 Coffee/tea and poster viewing (with authors at poster)
Coffee/tea and poster viewing (with authors at poster)
09:50 - 10:50
10:50 Chair: Harry Harmens
Chair: Harry Harmens
10:50 - 12:00
Contributions

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

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

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

11:40 Robert Šajn et al. – Applicability of artificial neural networks for predicting concentrations of chemical elements in various environments.
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Moss survey in the EECCA region. Chair: Eiliv Steinnes
Moss survey in the EECCA region. Chair: Eiliv Steinnes
13:00 - 14:30
Contributions

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.

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

14:20 General discussion.
Ozone effects on crops. Chair: Gina Mills
Ozone effects on crops. Chair: Gina Mills
13:00 - 14:30
Contributions

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 Coffee/tea
Coffee/tea
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 Improvements and making more use of the data. Chair: Aleksander Alekseev
Improvements and making more use of the data. Chair: Aleksander Alekseev
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

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

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.

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

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

15:20 Discussing
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
08:00 Mosses as biomonitors of radionuclides. Chair: Trajce Stafilov
Mosses as biomonitors of radionuclides. Chair: Trajce Stafilov
08:00 - 09:30
Contributions

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

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

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

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

09:20 General discussion.
Concentrations and effects. Chair: Klaudia Borowiak
Concentrations and effects. Chair: Klaudia Borowiak
08:00 - 09:30
Contributions

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

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 Coffee/tea and poster viewing
Coffee/tea and poster viewing
09:30 - 10:00
10:00 Future activities and opportunities. Chair: Marina Frontasyeva
Future activities and opportunities. Chair: Marina Frontasyeva
10:00 - 11:30
Contributions

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

10:20 Discussion on progress 2015/16 moss survey and future activities.
Global outreach activities - (2) Effects on carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Chair: Kent Burkey
Global outreach activities - (2) Effects on carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Chair: Kent Burkey
10:00 - 11:30
Contributions

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

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 Lunch
Lunch
11:30 - 13:00
13:00 Moss survey in South-Eastern Europe. Chair: Sébastien Leblond
Moss survey in South-Eastern Europe. Chair: Sébastien Leblond
13:00 - 14:30
Contributions

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

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

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.

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

14:20 Discussion.
Ozone: mapping of ozone risks. Chair: Gina Mills
Ozone: mapping of ozone risks. Chair: Gina Mills
13:00 - 14:30
Contributions

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 Coffee/tea and poster viewing
Coffee/tea and poster viewing
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 Outreach. Chair: Mitja Skudnik
Outreach. Chair: Mitja Skudnik
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

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

15:20 Discussion on further outreach opportunities.
Critical levels methodology. Chair: Ignacio González Fernández
Critical levels methodology. Chair: Ignacio González Fernández
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

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

18:00 - 20:30
Thursday, 3 March 2016

08:00 Chair: Harry Harmens
Chair: Harry Harmens
08:00 - 09:30

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

10:30

10:30 - 10:31

11:00 Lunch
Lunch
11:00 - 12:00

12:00

12:00 - 17:00
Friday, 4 March 2016

06:30

06:30 - 19:00

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