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

Europe/Moscow
Minutes
Slides
    • 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.
    • 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. 15m
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      • 08:25
        Krzysztof Olendrzynski – Update from the Secretariat of the Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention. 15m
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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). 25m
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      • 09:05
        Walter Seidling – ICP Forests - platform for monitoring and research. 20m
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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. 20m
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    • 09:50 10:50
      Coffee/tea and poster viewing (with authors at poster) 1h
    • 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. 20m
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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. 15m
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      • 11:25
        Ignacio González Fernández – Establishing critical levels for effects of ozone on biodiversity. 15m
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      • 11:40
        Robert Šajn et al. – Applicability of artificial neural networks for predicting concentrations of chemical elements in various environments. 20m
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    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 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. 20m
      • 13:20
        Inga Zinicovscaia et al. – Multi-element atmospheric deposition study in the Republic of Moldova. 20m
      • 13:40
        Yulia Koroleva et al. – Trace elements accumulation by mosses, lichens and mushrooms in South-Eastern Baltic. 20m
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      • 14:00
        Pavel Nekhoroshkov et al. – Atmospheric deposition of major and trace elements in the mountain Crimea studied by the moss biomonitoring technique. 20m
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      • 14:20
        General discussion. 10m
    • 13:00 14:30
      Ozone: Ozone effects on crops. Chair: Gina Mills
      • 13:00
        Introduction to ozone sessions (Gina Mills) and introductions by participants. 20m
      • 13:20
        Kent Burkey et al. – Updates on studies on ozone-temperature interactions in the field. 20m
      • 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. 20m
      • 14:00
        Ignacio González Fernández – Ozone effects on the marketable biomass of leafy crops under Mediterranean conditions. 20m
      • 14:20
        General discussion. 10m
    • 14:30 15:00
      Coffee/tea 30m
    • 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. 20m
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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). 20m
      • 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. 20m
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      • 16:00
        General discussion 30m
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    • 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. 20m
      • 15:20
        Discussing 1h 10m
    • 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. 20m
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      • 08:20
        Miodrag Krmar et al. – Spatial distribution of some radionuclides measured in mosses collected over large area. 20m
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      • 08:40
        Zbigniew Ziembik et al. – Application of gamma spectrometry and compositional data analysis in estimation of atmospheric deposition. 20m
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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. 20m
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      • 09:20
        General discussion. 10m
    • 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. 20m
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      • 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. 40m
      • 09:00
        Samia Madkour – Different bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes exhibit different modes of tolerance against ozone injury. 20m
      • 09:20
        Discussion 10m
    • 09:30 10:00
      Coffee/tea and poster viewing 30m
    • 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? 20m
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      • 10:20
        Discussion on progress 2015/16 moss survey and future activities. 1h 10m
    • 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. 20m
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      • 10:20
        Sheikh Saeed Ahmad – Spatio-temporal analysis of atmospheric ozone based on GIS modelling in Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan. 20m
      • 10:40
        Gina Mills et al. – Impact of ozone on carbon sequestration and biodiversity, field-based evidence of ozone impacts. 50m
    • 11:30 13:00
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 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. 20m
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      • 13:20
        Pranvera Lazo et al. – First Albanian moss biomonitoring survey and some future considerations. 20m
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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. 20m
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      • 14:00
        Claudia Stihi et al. – Moss survey 2010 in Romania. Results and perspectives. 20m
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      • 14:20
        Discussion. 10m
    • 13:00 14:30
      Ozone: Ozone: mapping of ozone risks. Chair: Gina Mills
      • 13:00
        Harry Harmens – Mapping procedure within the Convention. 20m
      • 13:20
        Gina Mills – Mapping ecosystems at risk from ozone in the UK. 20m
      • 13:40
        Ignacio González Fernández – Mapping ecosystems at risk from ozone in Spain. 20m
      • 14:00
        Discussion 30m
    • 14:30 15:00
      Coffee/tea and poster viewing 30m
    • 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). 20m
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      • 15:20
        Discussion on further outreach opportunities. 1h 10m
    • 15:00 16:30
      Ozone: Critical levels methodology. Chair: Ignacio González Fernández
      • 15:00
        Current developments in methodology (Led by Gina Mills). 30m
      • 15:30
        Focus on (semi-)natural vegetation (Led by Ignacio González Fernández). 30m
      • 16:00
        Discussion on field-based evidence of ozone effects: - What do we know? What do we need to know? Future activities. 30m
    • 18:00 20:30
      Conference dinner in the restaurant of Hotel Dubna
    • 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 30m
    • 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 1h
    • 12:00 17:00
      Workshop on moss survey for EECCA countries (in Russian) and option for others to visit JINR.
    • 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.