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4-9 December, 2004. Workshop on Climate Variability and Human Activities
in Relation to Northeast Asian Land-ocean Interactions and Their
Implications for Coastal Zone Management (APN 2004-18-NMY). Nanjing,
China
This Project meeting received funding from APN and was kindly supported by the
Geography Department of Nanjing University. Over 30 participants from Russia,
People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong, China attended this workshop. Also
present was the APN Liaison Officer for East Asia Region, as the representative of
APN.
Prof. Shu Gao, the Director of the Geography Department of Nanjing University,
opened the workshop, followed by the APN Liaison Officer for East Asia Region, who
then provided an update of APN activities. Dr. Konstantin A. Lutaenko, summarised
the research that had been done so far and the remaining tasks that needed to be
completed during this fiscal year. The participants then agreed on the main
discussion points of 6th December.
On 5th December, the scientific presentations of the workshop were held in the
lecture room of the Science and Technology Building of Nanjing University. Scientists
of this APN project reported their research findings and some Chinese scientists
introduced their related work on the Pearl River in China. Over 30 students, from the
Geography Department of Nanjing University, were involved in this one-day
scientific presentation.
On 6 December, participants discussed the outline of the monograph submitted to
APN in 2006 and the final activity report for APN this year. After this workshop,
participants of the project were asked to write a 3-page summary of their work, for
the final activity report. At least one poster, such as the research about the
Heilongjiang (Amur) River, will be provided to APN. Russian Scientists will try to
include some results of this project to the Russian IGBP Annual Report. A number of
research papers will be published in Russian.
7-8 December, participants participated in field observations of the Changjiang
(Yangtze) River Delta, in Nanjing City and Zhenjiang City.
Proceedings of the workshop consisted of 30 scientific presentations which had been
published before the meeting. This workshop also provided a good opportunity for
the students of the Geography Department of Nanjing University to learn about
current research results of the coastal zone areas and practice their English.
Communications have been established between Chinese and Russian Scientists, as
a result of the APN Project.
10-17 January, 2005. The 2nd-Year Workshop of an APN Project the Mega-
Deltas of Asia: Conceptual Model and its Application to Future Delta
Vulnerability (APN 2004-06-CMY)
Following the 1st year workshop, this workshop was jointly held with IGCP-475 and
CCOP project (also headed by APN co-leaders, Dr. Y. Saito, and Dr. S. Goodbred). In
total, more than 100 participants attended, of which more than 70 were from 22
countries and 30 from the host country, Viet Nam. As planned, the workshop
focused on critiques of delta conceptual models, in light of the model establishment,
in the past year. Modelling and management, both on natural and human
dimensions, were key elements of the workshop. Individual Asia mega-delta models
were addressed by local specialists in a series of keynote and oral presentations.
During the workshop, a special session of delta-coast vulnerability, linked to the
recent tsunami disaster, was organised. Invitations were given to those countries
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