首届“土壤序列养分循环及其对生态恢复的启示”国际会议

The 1^st International Symposium on Soil Nutrient Cycling along Chronosequences and its Implications for Ecological Restoration

 

1. Background

Vegetation restoration following large-scale geological disturbance is often limited by nutrient availability and the coarse texture of debris. Soil chronosequences develop on volcanic deposits, sand dunes, glacier forelands, and other consequences of catastrophic disturbance. Studies of these chronosequences have demonstrated how pedogenic processes interact with plant and microbial succession to regenerate soil nutrient cycling and vegetation during long-term ecosystem development. Understanding these synergetic processes can help to facilitate vegetation restoration on pedogenically compromised areas such as landslides, mining wasteland and alpine barelands.

The First International Symposium on Soil Nutrient Cycling along Chronosequences and its Implications for Ecological Restorationwill be held between 6-11 May 2024 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Organized by Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the meeting will bring together scientists studying soil chronosequences and ecosystem restoration to present findings and discuss state-of-the-art concepts in the discipline.

The meeting will be held at Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS at Chengdu and will combine oral and poster presentations with workshop-style discussion sessions. The week will conclude with a post-conference field trip to the spectacular Hailuogou postglacial soil choronosequence on the eastern slope of Gongga Mountain (Minya Konka), approximately 290 km from Chengdu, SW China.

The output of this workshop will be a special issue in Plant and Soil, Journal of Mountain Science and Mountain Research (Chinese version). This will include a workshop synthesis article as well as primary research papers from chronosequences around the world.

2. Conference Themes

The themes include but are not limited to:

• Weathering and pedogenic processes along chronosequences
• Biogeochemical processes of nutrient mobilization during pedogenesis and primary succession along chronosequences
• The roles of microorganisms in nutrient cycling during pedogenesis and primary succession along chronosequences
• Mechanisms of plant acquisition and utilization of nutrients along chronosequences
• Plant-microorganism interaction in nutrient cycling during primary succession
• Inspiration of knowledge on nutrient cycling along chronosequences for ecological restoration on harsh debris environment in geological hazard areas

3. Objectives

The workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and progress in our understanding of soil nutrient cycling along chronosequences and its relation to vegetation development, with an emphasis on the use of this knowledge to restore ecosystems following catastrophic disturbance.

4. Important dates

20 Dec. 2023     First announcement

15 Feb. 2024     Second announcement

10 Apr. 2024     Deadline for abstract submission and early-birds registration

20Apr. 2024     Third announcement

6-11 May 2024   Conference

5. Venue

Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

No.189, QunXianNan Street,TianFu New Area, Chengdu, Sichuan P.R. China

6. Invited Speakers

Hans Lambers  Emeritus Professor, The University of Western Australia Editor in Chief of Plant and Soil, Academician of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Australian Academy of Science.

Peter Vitousek  Professor, Stanford University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Leo Condron    Professor, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Ganlin Zhang    Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, CAS

Roland Bol      Professor, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Benjamin Turner  Professor, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Korea

Yanhong Wu    Professor, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS

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7. Conference Form and Scale

The 1^st International Symposium on Soil Nutrient Cycling along Chronosequences and its Implications for Ecological Restoration would invite representatives from organizers andexperts and researchers from different countries to participate in the conference. Theconference will mainly comprise a symposium and workshops.

8. Hosts

• Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS

Co-organizers

• Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, CAS
• Gongga Mountain Alpine Ecosystem Observation and Experiment Station, CAS
• Journal of Mountain Science
• Mountain Research
• Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS
• Branch of Mountain Sustainable Development, Kathmandu Center for Research and Education, CAS-TU (Tribhuvan University)
• Research Center of Plateau Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Qinghai Normal University

9. Scientific Committee

Hans Lambers (Prof., Co-chair)   The University of Western Australia

Ganlin Zhang (Prof., Co-chair)    Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, CAS

Yanhong Wu (Prof., Deputy Chair)  IMHE, CAS

Edith Bai (Prof.)            Northeast Normal University

Roland Bol (Prof.)          Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Ningsheng Chen (Prof.)     IMHE, CAS

Leo Condron (Prof.)        Lincoln University, New Zealand

Wenfeng Cong (Prof.)      China Agriculture University

Linchuan Fang (Prof.)      Wuhan University of Technology

Xiaojuan Feng (Prof.)       Institute of Botany, CAS

Eryuan Liang (Prof.)        Institute of Tibet, CAS

Fenggui Liu(Prof.)          Research Center of Plateau Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management, Qinghai Normal University

Zhanfeng Liu (Prof.)        South China Botanical Garden, CAS

Jiayin Pang (Prof.)         The University of Western Australia

Xiangjun Pei (Prof.)         Chengdu University of Technology

Fei Peng (Prof.)            Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resource, CAS

Dunlian Qiu (Prof.)          IMHE, CAS

Lijun Su (Prof.)             IMHE, CAS

Zhigao Sun (Prof.)          Fujian Normal University

Peter Vitousek (Prof.)       Stanford University, USA

Tao Wang (Prof.)           Institute of Tibet, CAS

Wolfgang Wilcke (Prof.)     Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Juhua Xiong (Prof.)         National Natural Science Foundation of China

Yuanhe Yang (Prof.)        Institute of Botany, CAS

Yuemin Yue (Prof.)         Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS

Wei Zhang (Prof.)          Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, CAS

Hongtao Zhong (A. Prof.)    Xiamen University

Xiaobing Zhou (Prof.)       Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS

Bo Zhu (Prof.)             IMHE, CAS

10. Organizing Committee

Hans Lambers (Prof., Co-chair) The University of Western Australia

Yanhong Wu (Prof., Co-chair)  Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), CAS

Haijian Bing (A. Prof.)         IMHE, CAS

Ruiying Chang (Prof.)         IMHE, CAS

Wei Liu (A. Prof.)             IMHE, CAS

Fei Ran (A. Prof.)             IMHE, CAS

Lijun Su (Prof.)               IMHE, CAS

Wenzhi Wang (Prof.)          IMHE, CAS

Yang Yang (Ms.)              IMHE, CAS

Jun Zhou (A. Prof.)            IMHE, CAS

He Zhu (PhD)                IMHE, CAS

Yingyan Zhu (Prof.)           IMHE, CAS

Contact

Jun Zhou     zhoujun@imde.ac.cn

Haijian Bing   hjbing@imde.ac.cn

He Zhu       zhuhe@imde.ac.cn

For Registration, please send the Registration table to zhuhe20240506@163.com