Continued rapid industrialization and exponential increase in the world¡¯s population are the major reasons for the deterioration of the global environment. Forest ecosystems that are seriously affected by degradation in many regions in the world, take a prominent place in the debate on global ecosystem conservation and sustainable natural resources management. Especially, Northeast Asia can be regarded as one cultural area, in which any particular circumstance of one country has a significant effect on its adjacent countries. Mismanagement of forest resources possessing the feature of common property could have damaging effects on other ones¡¯ sustainable development as well as environmental quality.

 

Deforestation in Northeast Asia has become more urgent issue. For instance, most of countries in Northeast Asian region every year experience many events of yellow dust/ sand storms due to deforestation and desertification.

 

To tackle this increasing problem on desertification and degradation of forest ecosystem, international cooperation would be very important to help in the stability and improvement of the ecosystem in the Northeast Asia.

 

 

This Symposium will provide a platform for sharing of information and exchange of experiences as well as expertise among Northeast Asian countries.

The symposium will cover the following specific topics;

A. Combat desertification and rehabilitation on degraded areas

B. Conservation mechanism of forest biodiversity

C. Development and effective utilization of non-timber forest products

D. Restoration of degraded forest ecosystem

E. Forest health (current situation and future cooperation)

 

Don Koo Lee, Professor of Seoul National University, President of IUFRO

Wenhua Li,   Professor of the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Academician

Xingyuan He      Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), CAS

 

Vice Chairs:

Lanzhu Ji         Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS

Shirong Liu   Chinese Academy of Forestry

 

Zhanqing Hao     Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS

 

Yonghuan JinInstitute of Applied Ecology, CAS

Ho Sang Kang     Global Forest Information Service, IUFRO

 

Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

International Union of Forest Research Organizations

 

 

 

Korea Science and Engineering Foundation

 

 

Northeast Asian Forest Forum

 

 

 

 

International Union of Forest Research Organizations

 

 

 

Korea Forest Research Institute

 

Participants intending to contribute paper should submit a one-page abstract in English to the Conference Secretariat via e-mail before 1 October 2007. The abstract should contain: abstract title, authors¡¯ names, affiliation and e-mail address.

 

 

English

 

 

The symposium will be held in Shenyang City, P. R. China.

 

 

 

Symposium registration fees:

- Participants from outside China (including non-Chinese residing in China): USD300,

- Participants from IUFRO and APAFRI member institutions: USD250

- Students: USD150

- Local Chinese participants - RMB500

The conference fee covers a welcome dinner, all refreshments and lunches, conference materials and field trip.

 

 

 

Important Dates

Submission of reply form: 1 October 2007

Submission of abstract: 1 October 2007

 

 

Contact person: Zhao Manru

Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Shenyang 110016, China

Tel: 0086-24-83970316

Fax: 0086-24-83970300

E-mail: zhaomanru@iae.ac.cn, lover0455@hotmail.com