Activities 2018
The BCGC Program organized several academic activities and achieved very fruitful outputs in 2018.
Those included organizing the 10th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology in Beijing, the cooperative research visits on rodent monitoring and population control in Southeast Asia and Africa, co-organizing the 6th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management, the 16th Rodent et Spatium in Germany, the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Alliance of Protected Areas in Changbaishan, China, the 3rd Training Course on Wildlife Monitoring and Camera Trapping in Xishuangbannan, China, the Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network Training Workshop – Developing Skills in Forest Protection: an Integrative Approach in Beijing, the Symposium on the Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road (Pan-TPE) in Beijing, the World Forum on Integrative Zoology, and the Exhibition on Coordination Man and Biosphere to Protect Life Community in Beijing.
Prof Hiroyuki Takeda, President, IUBS and Prof Nils Chr. Stenseth, Immediate Past President, IUBS were invited to attend some of the activities above.
Prof Zhibin Zhang, Leader of the BCGC program, received his Life Time Recognition of Excellence and Contribution Award at the 6th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management in Germany. Prof Nils Chr. Stenseth, a core scientist in the BCGC program, was met by the Chinese Vice Primer, Liu He in Nov 2018 in Beijing and received his International Cooperation Award at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Dec 2018.
Conferences, Workshops and Events
The World Forum on Integrative Zoology
Prof Nils Chr. Stenseth was awarded the International Cooperation Award at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) presenting by CAS President, Bai Chunli in Dec 2018.
Date: 13 Dec 2018
Place: Beijing, China
Number of participants: 100
The Symposium on the Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road (Pan-TPE)
Prof Nils Chr. Stenseth was met by the Chinese Vice Primer, Liu He in Nov 2018 in Beijing
Date: 4th Nov 2018
Place: Beijing, China
Number of participants: 700
The Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network Training Workshop – Developing Skills in Forest Protection: an Integrative Approach
Prof Hiroyuki Takeda, President, IUBS receiving the ISZS Recognition of Institutional Membership Excellence Award on behalf of the Zoological Society of Japan presented by Zhang Yaping, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 30 Oct 2018, Beijing China.
Date: 23-27 Oct 2018
Place: Beijing, China
Number of participants: 40
The 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Alliance of Protected Areas
Prof Zhibin Zhang chairing the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Alliance of Protected Areas,13 Sept 2018, Changbaishan, China.
Date: 13-14 Sept 2018
Place: Changbaishan, China
Number of participants: 450
The 6th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management and the 16th Rodent et Spatium
Prof Zhibin Zhang (the 2nd from right) receiving his Life Time Recognition of Excellence and Contribution Award at the 6th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management, 3 Sept 2018, Potsdam, Germany
Date: 3-7 Sept 2018; Place: Potsdam, Germany; Number of participants: 300
The Exhibition on Coordination Man and Biosphere to Protect Life Community
The Exhibition on Coordination Man and Biosphere to Protect Life Community took place at Beijing, China on 30th and 31st July 2018. 400 participants attended the exhibition.
The 3rd Training Course on Wildlife Monitoring and Camera Trapping
The 3rd Training Course on Wildlife Monitoring and Camera Trapping was conducted at Xishuangbanna in China on 22nd to 29th April 2018. 150 participants attended the course.