Ilheus 2013 Minutes

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Ilheus 2013 Minutes
Minutes of meeting from the biennial conference of RG 7.01.00 “Impacts of
Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems“
Ilhéus, Brazil, September 1-6, 2013
Vegetation Response to Climate Change and Air Pollution - Unifying Research and Evidence
from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Scope
During the recent decades, the so‐called emerging countries, mostly of Latin America, Africa
and Asia, have faced the challenge of combining an unprecedented economic growth with
environmental legislation of increasing stringency. Besides the socio‐environmental problems
related to the rapidly growing urban and industrial centres, such as the decline of air quality,
countries become concerned also about air pollution and climate change effects on natural and
managed forest ecosystems. Harboring ample biological diversity, countries like Brazil bear
high responsibility also for significantly contributing to agricultural productivity worldwide.
In parallel, substantial advances have become evident in research related to forest and
agricultural ecosystem response in the tropics and sub‐tropics to climate change, in particular,
as mediated through alterations in precipitation and temperature regimes. Increasing long‐
term scopes of studies conducted in rainforests and savannas of several South American
countries begin to yield scientifically solid databases towards mechanistic understanding of
vegetation response. In this context, studies that focus on the effects of land‐use change and
deforestation on the local and regional climate have gained particular attention. Less
representative, although not less important in tropical countries, is long‐term research on the
responses of plants and ecosystems to air pollution. What is actually known about the effects
of exposure to elevated CO2 and O3 regimes, as well as enhanced N and heavy metal
deposition on native and cultivated ecosystems? Is vegetation response under tropical
conditions similar to that found in other parts of the world? To which extent are risk
modelling and atmospheric pollution thresholds established in northern‐hemispheric countries
transferable to the specific edaphic and climatic scenarios of the highly diverse biomes in the
southern hemisphere? Evidently, a huge demand exists for exchange of expertise between
researchers from Brazil, Latin America as a whole, Africa, Asia and colleagues from the
northern hemisphere. Initiated during the preceding conference in Kaunas/Lithuania, a theme
which requires continued discussion in our meeting in Rio de Janeiro are the interacting
effects of atmospheric pollutants and climate change on plant and ecosystem performance.
Changes in temperature and rainfall regimes will undoubtedly affect the regional distribution
and functioning of forest ecosystems. Conversely, climate change will influence the emission
rates, spreading and deposition of the gaseous agents. As a result, modified plant and
ecosystem sensitivity seems to bear the risk of unforeseen changes in species distribution,
community structure and associated carbon and water fluxes.
Goals
The international bi-annual conference of the IUFRO Research Group 7.01 “Impacts of Air
Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems” scheduled for 2013 in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, has been entitled “Vegetation Response to Climate Change and Air Pollution:
Unifying research and evidence across northern and southern hemispheres". The conference
aims to provide an attractive stage for fruitful scientific discussion and assessment of the
current state of knowledge.
The conference focused on identifying research needs, emphasizing the Southern hemisphere
and stimulating the trans-hemispheric collaboration. Being held for the first time in South
America, the conference initiated scientific interaction between researchers from across the
continent, in particular from Brazil, and researchers from the Northern hemisphere. Exchange
of expertise and methodological innovations was facilitated for initiating global scientific
networking within joint research projects across tropical and temperate zonobiomes. Another
outcome from the conference is intended to ascertain scenarios about the effects of climate
change and air pollution on health, biodiversity and sustainability of natural and cultivated
forests in South America, and across the globe, as well as to foster concepts for mitigation of
stress impact. The mission of the conference and its outcome are envisioned to be
communicated through mass media to the broad public, including decision makers, and to the
scientific community via peer reviewed publications in special issues of international
scientific journals.
The main sessions were focused on:
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Monitoring of environmental pollutants in general, including soil, water and
atmosphere,
Assessing pollutant effects on native and cultivated vegetation,
Multiple‐scale studies related to air pollution and climate change effects on forest
ecosystems,
Recent accomplishments in plant genetics, ecophysiology, biotic interactions (e.g.
competition, mutualism and parasitism), forest growth and productivity, ecosystem
performance and modelling related to the conference theme.
List of participants:
Name
Email
Agnieszka
Wujeska
Alessandra De
Marco
Alessandra R.
Kozovits
Algirdas
Augustaitis
Alice Nunes
[email protected] Josef Urban
[email protected]
[email protected]
Karl-Heinz Häberle
[email protected]
[email protected]
Koike Takayoshi
[email protected]
[email protected]
M. Alba Fransi
[email protected]
[email protected]
Makoto Watanabe
[email protected]
Alina
[email protected]
Danielewska
Ana Paula L. Dias [email protected]
Marcelle D. Martinelli
[email protected]
Márcia Inês M. S. Lopes
[email protected]
André Gusson
[email protected]
Maria Cristina Messias
[email protected]
André Talvani
[email protected]
Mariangela G. P. Leite
[email protected]
Andrzej
Bytnerowicz
Angelika Kühn
[email protected]
Marisa Domingos
[email protected]
[email protected]
Mark Fenn
[email protected]
Anu Sõber
[email protected]
Mauro Medori
[email protected]
Bárbara Moura
[email protected]
M. C. Bustamante
[email protected]
Mikhail Kozlov
[email protected]
Mirian Rinaldi
[email protected]
Carla Z. Sandrin [email protected]
Camargo
Carlo Calfapietra [email protected]
Name
Email
Cecilia Akselsson [email protected]
Nancy Grulke
[email protected]
Cláudia M. Furlan http://www.ib.usp.br/
Om P. Rajora
[email protected]
Cristiane Aguiar [email protected]
Silva
Cristina
[email protected]
Branquinho
Daniela Boanares [email protected]
Ovidiu Badea
[email protected]
Patricia Bulbovas
[email protected]
Paula A. Fernandes
[email protected]
Diana M. Silaghi [email protected]
Pedro Ivo L. S. de Assis
[email protected]
Edenise S. Alves [email protected]
Pedro Mafia
[email protected]
Elena Paoletti
[email protected]
Pierre Sicard
[email protected]
Eny Faridah
[email protected]
Qiaozhi Mao
[email protected]
Fábio R. Scarano [email protected]
Rafael Schmitz
[email protected]
Fernanda Mendes
Rezende
Francine F.
Fernandes
Gabriele
Guidolotti
Gerhard Wieser
[email protected]
Rainer Matyssek
[email protected]
[email protected]
Regina M. Moraes
[email protected]
[email protected]
Ricardo K. Nakazato
[email protected]
[email protected]
Rocío Alonso
[email protected]
Gheorghe
Mohanu
Giulia Carriero
[email protected]
Rosemarie Weigt
[email protected]
[email protected]
Sabine Braun
[email protected]
Giuliana Zanchi
[email protected]
Salim Belyazid
[email protected]
Gustavo M. da
Costa
He Shang
[email protected]
Şelale Serengil
[email protected]
[email protected]
Silvia R. de Souza
[email protected]
Héctor García
Gómez
Huimin Wang
[email protected]
Thomas Seifert
[email protected]
[email protected]
Thorsten Grams
[email protected]
Ib Johnsen
[email protected]
Viktor Bruckman
[email protected]
Ingrida
Augustaitiene
Ion Machedon
[email protected]
Vitali Zverev
[email protected]
[email protected]
Walter Flückiger
[email protected]
Isabel Fleck
[email protected]
Yasmine Antonini
[email protected]
Jaak Sõber
[email protected]
Yasutomo Hoshika
[email protected]
Jéssica C.
Cassimiro
Jordi Fernàndez
[email protected]
Yusuf Serengil
[email protected]
[email protected]
Zhan Chen
[email protected]

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