The third International Conference of the Siberian Environmental Change Network (SecNet)

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Salekhard; Sheffield; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/400/1/011001; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/400/1/011001/pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/400/1/011001

T V Callaghan 1 , O M Shaduyko 2 , S N Kirpotin 3 1 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Sheffield University, UK 2 Excellence Support Unit, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia 3 “Bio-Clim-Land” Center of Excellence, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia The third international conference of the Siberian Environmental Change Network (SecNet) was held at Salekhard on September 26st to September 30th 2018 in collaboration with the International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT). It was the third in an international series focusing on environmental issues and sustainability of the North. Previous meetings focused on networking research institutions within Siberia and launching SecNet, and improving dialogue among researchers, local people and decision makers. The societal consequences of changes in the Siberian environment and its resources are likely to have implications for the global community as well as for local residents because, for example, because of the significant land-surface – atmosphere interactions that occur there. The third conference therefore focused on international networking in environmental research and monitoring over large geographical areas but with an emphasis on the relevance of results to Siberia, and the contributions science in Siberia could make to global activities. Despite numerous research activities and published syntheses by Russian and Foreign scientists in Siberia (e.g. Groisman et al., 2017), research is still largely uncoordinated and information flow, particularly from Siberia to the West, is still limited. As, the societal consequences of changes in the Siberian environment and its resources are likely to have implications for the global community as well as for local residents (e.g. through permafrost thaw), it is essential to improve communications within Siberia and between Siberian institutions and peoples and the rest of the World. Such communication is essential so that Siberian and global communities can apply ...