ILTER 3rd OSM 2024

International Long Term Ecological Research Network

3rd Open Science Meeting

Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

14-19 October 2024

Hosted by

Chinese Ecosystem Research Network

Website:  https://www.ilter2024.org/ 

Themes of OSM 2024

The ILTER panel has provided 5 general themes of the OSM 2024

A. Sensitivity, mechanisms and adaptation of biodiversity and ecosystem functions to global change.

B. Environmental pollution, ecosystem restoration and management

C. Ecological and social ecological resilience against shocks from pandemics to climate change.

D. New technologies and infrastructures for ecosystem research and biodiversity.

E. Application of ILTER sciences to environmental issues in society.

Special Sessions

Unlocking the Potential of Nature-based Solutions: A Global Compendium of Participatory Monitoring Methods.

Tropical and Subtropical Forests Responses to Climate Change.

Technological Innovations and Advancements for Effective Ecosystem Monitoring.

Sustainable management for carbon sink enhancement of forest ecosystems under the background of carbon neutrality.

Site-dependent sensitivity of tree-growth physiological processes to climate changes.

Remote sensing of ecosystem structure and processes.

Peatlands: Ecosystem services, biotic interactions and paleoenvironments.

New technologies and infrastructures for assessing carbon and water fluxes from individual tree to ecosystem level.

Long-term dynamics of ecosystem structure and function in lakes.

Forest litterfall–developing an open global database to address ecological questions.

Ecosystem restoration and carbon neutrality.

Drought effects on carbon and water relationships of trees.

Covid-19 as a major global disruption to examine socio-ecological resilience theory.

OSM Program Committee

Chair:

Bojie Fu, Professor and Academician, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS(CAS), Vice Chair of CERN Scientific Committee

Tiffany Troxler, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environment &Director of Science, Sea Level Solutions Center,Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Chair of ILTER

Members: (in alphabetical order by surname)

Tommy Bornman, South African Environmental Observation Network

Nancy Grimm, Professor, Arizona State University, USA

Herbert Haubold, Environment Agency Austria

Ohseok Kwon, Professor, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea, Chair of the East Asia and Pacific Regional Network of ILTER

Michael Mirtl, Environment Agency Austria

Hiroyuki Muraoka, Professor, Gifu University, Japan

Shuli Niu, Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

Guru Siddeswara, University of Queensland, Australia

Yanfan Wang, Executive Vice President and Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yangjian Zhang, Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

Local Organizing Committee

Chair:

Guirui Yu, Academician and professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS; Vice Chair of CERN Scientific Committee

Yongping Yang, Director General and Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

Vice Chair:

Yaowu Xing, Deputy Director General and Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

Members: (in alphabetical order by surname)

Hui Chen, Director of Science and Technology and Foreign Affairs Office, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

Yajun Chen, Professor，Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS

Honglin He, Professor of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

Luxiang Lin, Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS,

Haijiang Liu, Professor, China National Environmental Monitoring Center

Xiaohuang Liu, Professor, China Natural Resources Survey Command Center

Hongguo Yang, Professor, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Yuan Zhao, Director, Monitoring Center of Soil and Water Conservation, Ministry of Water Resources

Ming Zhang, Deputy Director of Cooperation Department, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

OSM Secretariat

Secretary-General：

Xiubo Yu, Professor of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Secretary General of the CERN Scientific Committee

Deputy Secretary-General：

Zexin Fan,   Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS 

Weiqi Zhou, Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS

Leiming Zhang, Associate Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS

Zhi Chen, Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS