Second circular
1st International Conference
Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia: Social Adaptation to the Changes of the TerrestrialEcosystem, with an Emphasis on Water Environments
Kyoto, Japan, 7-10 March, 2012

To be held and co-organized with the
6th Annual International Workshop
C/H2O/Energy balance and climate over boreal and arctic regions with special emphasis on eastern Eurasia
PurposeGlobal warming will likely transform Siberian environments. Our long-term joint studies from 1992 indicate thatcarbon and hydrologic cycles are undergoing rapid change, with potentially grave impacts on Siberian flora and fauna.
Human populations, which have adapted to great changes in social structure and environment in the past, will be forced
to adapt again, but in this case to an unprecedented sequence of cascading environmental changes. The RIHN research
project “Global Warming and the Human-Nature Dimension in Siberia” uses multiple satellite and surface monitoring
systems to track changes in carbon and hydrologic cycles in the terrestrial ecosystems, in order to improve social
adaptability to ecological change in Siberia.
This conference will examine three aspects of climate-related environmental change observed in the project
research: 1) current and likely future variation in water and carbon cycles; 2) ongoing field observation of the effects ofcarbon and hydrologic variability in Eastern Siberian landscapes, and key exchanges or driving forces associated withthese effects; and 3) the distinct social economies of multi-ethnic Siberian societies, and their potential capabilities foradaptations to predicted changes in climate and terrestrial ecosystems.
Contributions on these three aspects, or on the following key themes, are welcomed.

Key themesa) Physical and plant physiological processes of C/H 2O/Energy cycles in Siberian ecosystemsb) Forest and tundra ecosystem structure related to C/H2O/Energy cyclesc) Permafrost / cold climate processes and their impacts on C/H2O/Energy cyclesd) Usage of satellite remote sensing techniques and the development of C/H2O/Energy cycle modelse) Interaction between wild/domesticated animals and terrestrial vegetationf) Vulnerabilities of landscapes, human subsistence systems, and infrastructures in permafrost areasg) Ethnographic accounts of human-nature relations in conjunction with climate changeh) Local knowledge of, adaptations to, and policies for responding to the changing climatei) Research status, cooperative arrangements, and plans for the future

Schedule
Conference:

7-9 March 2012

(Lecture Hall, RIHN, Kyoto)

Reception:

7 March 2012

(Dining Hall, RIHN, Kyoto)

Excursion:

10 March around Kyoto cityProceedings
Proceedings of the conference will be published. For the proceedings, you are requested to prepare an extended
abstract (max. 4 pages) which should be submitted by e-mail to <Siberia2012@chikyu.ac.jp>, no later than March 1,2012.
Presentation Instructions
Oral presentations:
All oral presentations should be given in English.
All oral presentations should be less than 20 minutes in length.
A laptop computer will be provided for oral presentation. Supported presentation file formats include: MSPowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat PDF. If you want to use your own computer, please check the compatibility with theprovided projector before the session begins.
Poster presentations:
All poster presentations should be given in English.
Poster size is 90 cm (Width) x 120 cm (Height).
Core time of poster presentation is 30 minutes from the end of lunch time.

FeeConference:¥ 10,000 Japanese Yen (including coffee, tea, 3 lunches and a reception)

Excursion:¥ 5,000 Japanese Yen (including transportation fee and simple lunch (Japanese Bento))

Travel and accommodation
RIHN can be reached from Kansai International Airport or Osaka International Airport.
From Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Kyoto station, it takes approximately 75 minutes by the JR Airport
Express Haruka (http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/access/index.html).
From Osaka (Itami) International Airport (ITM) to Kyoto station, it is easily accessible by the Osaka Airport
Limousine (http://www.okkbus.co.jp/en/timetable/itm/t_kyt.html).
From Kyoto station, take the Karasuma line to Kokusaikaikan Station (Kyoto International Conference Hall), andtransfer to Kyoto Bus. From Kokusaikaikan Station, take bus No. 40 or 50 to Chikyuken-mae.
For detailed, please access the following website; http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn_e/access/index.html
Accommodations will be arranged except for Japanese participants.

Organizing committee
HIYAMA Tetsuya

RIHN

FEDOROV Alexander

MPI

FUJIWARA Junko

RIHN

MAXIMOV Trofim

IBPC

OHTA Takeshi

GSBS, Nagoya University

IGNATIEVA Vanda

IHIPN

YAMAGUCHI Yasushi

GSES, Nagoya University

DOLMAN Han

VU University Amsterdam (VUA)

TAKAKURA Hiroki

CNEAS, Tohoku University

MOORS Eddy

Wageningen University (WU)

Preliminary Program of 1st International Conference on Global Warming and the Human-Nature
Dimension in Siberia: Social Adaptation to the Changes of the Terrestrial Ecosystem, with anEmphasis on Water Environments
Wednesday 7 March
Location: Lecture Hall, RIHN, Kyoto
09:00

Registration

09:30

Opening ceremony

09:50[Session 1] Water and carbon balance at the plot scale

12:35

Lunch and Poster presentations

14:05[Session 2] Water and carbon cycles at continental scales

16:05

Discussion, closure at 16:30

18:30

Reception

Thursday 8 March
Location: Lecture Hall, RIHN, Kyoto
09:00[Session 3] Permafrost degradation and CH4 emission

11:45

Lunch and Poster presentations

13:15[Session 4] Permafrost landscape and groundwater regime

15:10[Session 5] Flood-induced hazards and benefits

16:50

Discussion, closure at 17:15

Friday 9 March
Location: Lecture Hall, RIHN, Kyoto
09:00[Session 6] Wild-and domestic animals in Arctic region

10:55[Session 7] Adaptation to climate change

12:10

Discussion

12:35

Lunch and Poster presentations

14;05

General discussion

15:15

Closing ceremony, closure at 15:30