NETWORKS
This page lists networks that have a remit which includes the study
of land cover, use or change in parts of Eurasia. Please feel free to
email us with information on other relevant networks. Click on the link
to go to the relevant network website.
Northern
Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative
Goal: to develop a comprehensive understanding of the Northern
Eurasian terrestrial ecosystem dynamics, biogeochemical cycles, surface
energy and water cycles, and human activities and how they interact with
and alter the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the Earth.
Land Use in
Temperate East Asia
Goal: to develop a research framework to
better facilitate interactions among the research groups actively
investigating aspects of land use and land cover changes in the region,
and to serve the policy community in order to better evaluate policy
decisions on issues related to food security and environmental
degradation in the region. NB LUTEA has now
finished, visit the website to view outputs or find out about follow on
activities.
Northern Eurasia Regional Information
Network
Goal: to promote and coordinate the
production and provision of Earth System observations for a wide range
of user communities in Northern Eurasia.
US-China Carbon Consortium
Goal: USCCC was established on December 16, 2003 in Beijing,
P.R. China as a collaborative consortium between
American and Chinese institutions that
have interests in studying the role of managed ecosystems in the global
carbon and water cycles.
Central Asia
Soil Carbon Network
Goal: The
CASCANet conducts research, extension, outreach, and training programs
in Central Asia on C sequestration in soils and vegetation with a goal
to improve soil quality, increase agronomic productivity, restore
degraded soils and ecosystems, decrease non-point source pollution,
improve water use efficiency, enhance ecosystem C budget, and reduce the
net rate of enrichment of atmospheric CO2 by off-setting industrial
emissions.
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