An international workshop on the response of forest ecosystems to climate change will be held between 12^th – 15^th October 2017 in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. The aims of this workshop are bringing together the world leaders in ecological science to (1) exchange the most recent cutting-edge studies and foster ideas on the functions and responses of forest ecosystems to climate change; (2) establish a new international collaboration network for elucidating the adaption and feedback mechanisms of forest ecosystems to regional and global climate change.

As the host, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will warmly welcome you to attend the workshop and share your experiences with leading Chinese as well as international ecological scientists.

Topics

Theme 1: The functions and key processes of carbon, nitrogen and water cycles in forest ecosystems

Theme 2: New techniques and methodologies.

Theme 3: The responses, adaptions and feedback of carbon, nitrogen and water cycle of forest ecosystems to climate changes.

Theme 4: Modelling and future prediction.

Date

Registration: 12^th Oct 2017

Workshop: 13^rd to14^th Oct 2017

Field trip: 15^th Oct 2017 (Ecological Research Stations in Xishuangbanna) 

Venue

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Xishuangbanna, China.

Organization

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Host

The Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Committee Chair

John Grace, Professor University of Edinburgh

CHEN Jin, Director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Director of Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, CAS

Organising Committee

John Grace, Professor University of Edinburgh

CHEN Jin, Director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Director of Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, CAS

Naisheng Liang, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan

Yiping Zhang, Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

Secretory Office

Dr. Wenjun Zhou (zhouwj@xtbg.ac.cn)

Please send your details in prescribed registration form below to the workshop secretory office (zhouwj@xtbg.ac.cn) before 31^th Aug. 2017.

Registration Fee:

1000 RMB for the domestic participants

$150 for the international participants   

Registration fee will cover: workshop proceedings; local transportation (Menglun); garden admission fees and shuttle transfers within the garden. All the other transportation, food and accommodation fee will be paid by the participants themselves.

Accommodation

We highly recommend that hotel accommodation shall be booked early at your convenience, well before September. We will happy to help you in all matters concerning hotel reservations for the Workshop.

(1)    Royal Water Lily Hotel (Located within the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, about 1km to the conference venue. Price: 380 - 600 RMB Tel: 86-0691-8717066)

(2)    Jin Jiang Yuan Hotel (Located in the Menglun Town, about 500m to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, about 2.0 km to the conference venue, Price:100 - 120 RMB,Tel: 86-0691-8717555)

(3)    Chunlin hotel (Near the entrance gate of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, about 1.5 km to the conference venue, Price: 80RMB, Tel: 86-0691-8715681, 86-013759252885)

Field trip

The observe station of C, N and water Cycle sites in tropical rainforest and rubber plantations, and the simulated climate change field experiment sites.

For more information regarding the workshop, please contact:

Yiping Zhang (张一平) (yipingzh@xtbg.ac.cn) or

Wenjun Zhou (周文君) (Zhouwj@xtbg.ac.cn).