 |
Location: Home>News>Upcoming Events |
| SCOPE-Zhongyu Environmental Forum (2011) --Environmental Science and Sustainable Development |
|
|
Nov.27-30, 2011 Yixing, Jiangsu, China Background In 2010, SCOPE and Zhongyu Environmental Technology Corporation jointly established the SCOPE-Zhongyu Environmental Awards (Life Achievement Awards on Environmental Sciences, and Young Scientist Awards on Environmental Issues). The SCOPE‐Zhongyu Environmental Awards is a 10‐year programme that recognizes and encourages outstanding scientists who contribute to the improvement of the world environment through promotion of environmental sciences and technological advances. It aims to sustain and guide the development of environmental science and technology, and to foster cooperation in environmental protection and management strategies. The awards have been granted on a biennial/annual basis, and the first ceremony was held in shanghai, 2010. In 2011, the two parties will organize and convene the SCOPE-Zhongyu Environmental Forum on a yearly basis. For four decades, the UNESCO programme “Man and the Biosphere” (MAB) is exploring ways of sustainably using the environment. The MAB programme encompasses a global network of representative model regions for sustainable development. MAB demonstrates strategies and concrete solutions for the sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services. It is time to discuss the achievements and the potential of biosphere reserves on the 40 years anniversary of MAB now, with a view to agreeing on further courses of action. SCOPE and Elsevier partner to publish Environmental Development, to be launched in 2012. Prof. Theo Beckers is nominated as editor-in-chief, Prof. Yonglong Lu and Prof. John P. Giesy are the associate editors, and 40 internationally known scientists serve on the editorial board. Environmental Development, the new journal, is a forum for transnational communication, discussion and global action that publishes peer-reviewed articles to stimulate the exchange and linking of traditional scientific knowledge on the environment with the experiential knowledge and know-how among decision makers and other stakeholders. It is designed to provide a pro-active, authoritative source of information for researchers, postgraduate students, policymakers, and managers, to bridge the gap between fundamental research and application in management and policy practices, and to reduce the delay between research and publication. It seeks to draw together natural sciences and social and behavioral sciences, to strengthen the collaboration between the developed and developing world, and to link environmental research to the broader issues of economic and social-cultural developments. It is urgent to convene all the partners to identify the frontiers of environmental sciences, to review the progress, and to discuss on the future action. Objectives To promote the development of environmental sciences, technology, policy and management, specifically to engage with young scientists; To provide a platform for information exchange between the scientific community and decision makers; To identify emerging issues in the frontiers of environmental sciences; To demonstrate strategies and concrete solutions for the sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Major themes Environmental Impacts of Biosphere Reserves Ecosystem management and ecological security Frontiers of Environmental Sciences Sustainable development Draft agenda
Venue Garden Plaza Yixing. Jiangsu. China Website: http://scope-zhongyu2011.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1 Conference language English Publications 1. All abstracts will be included in the Abstract Collection. 2. Selected high quality papers will be published in international peer reviewed journals. Abstract One page of paper size A4, no more than 500 words, English, Times New Roman, Font 10, single space, left edge 3cm, right, upper & bottom 2.5cm, MS-Word software, Title (in Font 15) with names, titles, institutes and e-mail address. Abstracts should be submitted on the website no later than 15th October 2011. Deadlines Oct. 15, 2011 Deadline for feedback and abstract Oct. 31, 2011 Deadline for hotel reservation Nov. 27, 2011 Registration Post tour Yixing city tours (one day), visit to the Sea of Bamboos and Yixing Porcelain Museum. Author Workshop hosted by Elsevier Workshop organized by publisher Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Elsevier, aims to educate young, ambitious authors about the standards for academic publishing and to enhance their chances of getting published in high quality peer reviewed journals. It will take about two hours, including an introduction by the publisher, the actual workshop by (an) Editor(s) and a Q&A session. Supporters Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Sponsors Ecological Society of China Special Committee on Ecology and Environment of Chinese Society for Sustainable Development Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Organizers Chinese Committee for SCOPE Zhongyu Environmental Technology Corporation Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Academic Committee
Chair
Organizing Committee
Secretary General
Secretariat Ms. Jingjing Yuan, Ms. Lin Wang, Ms. Qiushuang Li SCOPE CHINA Office Zhongyu Environmental Technology Corporation, Yixing, Jiangsu, China Address: 18 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, China Tel: 86-10-62917903 Fax: 86-10-62918177 E-mail: scope_zhongyu@163.com
|