Japan-Russia Scientific Forum
Online Workshop “Japan-Russia Collaboration for Ecosystem Monitoring”
Date and time:time)

15 September 2021 (Wed), 19:00-20:30 (Japan time) / 13:00-14:30 (Moscow

Organizers:

Hokkaido University, Moscow State University, Association of Institutions ofHigher Education of Russian Federation and Japan

Co-organizers:

Hokkaido University Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Moscow State
University Faculty of Geography, Human Resource Development Platform forJapan-Russia Economic Cooperation and Personnel Exchange (HaRP, Hokkaido
University)

Target audience:

Scholars and students from Russia, Japan and other countries

Format:Online (via Zoom)

Languages:

English (with simultaneous interpretation into Japanese and Russian)

Outline:This workshop is one of the 4 sessions of the Japan-Russia Scientific Forum heldwith the aim of promoting Japan-Russia academic collaboration for the achievement of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). It draws on the results of the following conferences which wereco-organized by the Japanese participants of the specialized section “SDGs: Environment, Resource
Development and Multicultural Education” and their Russian counterparts:
1. “Cold Lands Seminar. Arctic and Asia. Session 3 ‘Environmental Monitoring’” held on 26
September 2019 in conjunction with the Cold Land Seminar/Northern Sustainable Development
Forum, 2019, Yakutsk.
https://russia-platform.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/en/report/3573
2. Japan-India-Russia Symposium on Geospatial data for Environmental Monitoring (JIRSGEM)2019 held on 16-18 October 2019, Sapporo.
https://russia-platform.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/en/report/2993
3. Panel discussion “North for work and life. Session 4. ‘Long-term monitoring of theenvironment state in the Norilsk industrial region and adjacent territories. Efficient nature1management, ecology’” held on 16 November 2019 as part of the WWCAM -2019 (WorldWinter Cities Association for Mayors) Working Meeting at Norilsk.
https://russia-platform.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/en/report/3424
4. “Cold Lands Seminar. Arctic and Asia. Session 1 ‘The Northern environment’” held online on
30 September 2020 in conjunction with the Cold Land Seminar/Northern Sustainable
Development Forum, 2020.
https://russia-platform.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/en/report/4027
5. Knowledge Sharing Symposium on Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Geoinformatics
held online on 30 November - 3 December 2020
https://russia-platform.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/en/report/4469
These conferences and the current workshop share the common purpose to strengthen cooperation
between Japanese and Russian universities to achieve the SDGs and contribute to ecosystemmonitoring.
The main aim of this seminar is to develop algorithms to process multi-sensor remote sensing satellite
data (PALSAR, Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Landsat) to monitor the boreal ecosystem, as the boreal
ecosystem is one of the largest terrestrial biomes and plays a major role in the global carbon cycle.
Recently, forest fires, decay of the damaged forest and deforestation activities in the boreal ecosystems
cause increased CO2 emissions. The use of multi-sensor remote sensing data can provide precise
information about changes in the ecosystem, which can help us to manage the forest sustainably. Thissession will be devoted to the discussion of how multi-sensor remote sensing data can be used to findevidence-based solutions for sustainable forest management and implementation of SDGs#13 (Climateaction) & 15 (Life on earth).
How to register: Please register by sending an email to the organizer at: ram@ees.hokudai.ac.jp
Contacts: For inquiries, please contact Ram Avtar (Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, HokkaidoUniversity)
ram@ees.hokudai.ac.jp
or Olga Tutubalina (Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University)
olgatut@mail.ru

Draft program (as of 8 September 2021)

Time (Japan)

ProgramModerator: Dr. Olga Tutubalina (Moscow State University)

19:00-19:15

Invited Lecture: Prof. Gareth Rees (Cambridge University) “Estimation of boreal
forest Growing Stock Volume in Russia from satellite imagery and derived products"2

19:15-19:30

Presentation 1: Prof. Trofim Maximov (The Yakut Scientific Centre of the Siberian
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) “Study of Permafrost-DominatedEcosystems of North-Eastern Eurasia Under the Conditions of Global Warming andIncreasing Anthropogenic Pressure in the Late XX - Early XXI Centuries”

19:30-19:35

Q&A (5 min.)19:35-19:50

Presentation 2: Dr. Ayumi Kotani (Nagoya University) “Russian-Japanesecollaborative study of ecosystem monitoring in eastern Siberia”

19:50-19:55

Q&A (5 min.)

19:55-20:10

Presentation 3: Dr. Olga Tutubalina (Moscow State University), “Remote sensingfor monitoring forests in northern Russia, results and current challenges”

20:10-20:15

Q&A (5 min.)20:15-20:25

Presentation 4: Dr. Ram Avtar (Hokkaido University), “Modelling Arctic Coastal
Plain Lake Depths Using Machine Learning and Google Earth Engine”

20:25-20:28

Q&A (3 min.)

20:28-20:30

Closing remarks (2 min.)3