Activities 2017
BCGC programme has completed its action plan and got all its expected results for 2017.
It co-organized the 9th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ) 27-31 August 2017, Xining, Qinghai province, China with a focus on response and adaptation of animals to extreme environments. Over 150 scientists from more than 20 countries came and attended the symposium. The co-organizers and supporters were:
- the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
- the International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS)
- the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology (IOZ), CAS
- Asia Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (APFISN)
- Asia-Pacific Wildlife Diseases Network (APWDN)
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Norway
- Bureau of International Cooperation (CAS)
- Department of International Affairs and Department of Academic and Societies Affairs (CAST)
- Division of Life Science, National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Qinghai Association for Science and Technology, China
- the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology (NWIPB), CAS,
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
The BCGC programme will celebrate its 10th anniversary during the 10th ISIZ (International Symposia on Integrative Zoology) with the 2018 World Life Science Conference (2018 WLSC) that will be held on 28-30 October 2018 in the Institute of Zoology (IOZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.