Goals and Objectives of the Conference

Considerable environmental changes are observed at the present time: the planet's resource depletion, environmental pollution, reduction in biological diversity; global warming continues, natural and technogenic disasters occur more often causing immense damage to natural, social and economic systems. All these problems will manifest themselves most vividly in 2017, the year declared the Year of Ecology in Russia. The problem of sustainable environment functioning conservation is emphasized in the Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation. The first great challenge for the academic community is “the growth of risks to the health and safety of people as a result of ineffective use of natural resources and the expanse of anthropogenic impact on the environment threatening the restoration of natural resources”.

The Conference is aimed at providing an integral analysis of existing environment to promote sustainable development of territories, to work out ways to optimize the interaction between the nature and the society, to make a forecast of the development dynamics of different components of the Earth system in the nearest decades.

One of the objectives of the Conference is the coordination of efforts and developments in the area of environmental conditions study, revealing the strategic areas of research.

The Conference will include a Plenary Session, 7 break-out sessions and 2 round tables.

Section 1. Geoecology and Exodynamic Processes.

• Exploration of the Composition and the Structure of Physical and Geochemical Fields of the Earth Geospheres Being the Habitat for People and Other Organisms.
• Study of Life Supporting Resources of Geosphere Shells Under the Influence of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors, their Protection, Rational Use and Monitoring.
• Study of a Wide Range of Processes of Exogenous Lowland and Mountain Relief Formation.

Section 2. Climate Change, Macrocirculation Processes and the Ecology of Atmosphere. This section is devoted to the 205th anniversary of meteorological observations in Kazan University and the 95th anniversary of the Department of Geophysics (Department of Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Environment).

• Global Warming and its Development in Different Regions. Climate Resources. Origin and Dynamics of Extreme Weather and Climate Events, their Consequences for Natural, Social and Economic Systems, and Human Life.
• Problems of the Atmosphere Dynamics and Circulation, Cyclonic Activity, Mesoscale Phenomena, Process Simulation in the Climate System, Weather and Climate Forecasting with Different Advance Time, Atmospheric Air Condition.

Section 3. Global Pollution, Environmental Impact Management, Ecological Risks and Sustainable Development.

• Global Pollution of the Environment. Atmospheric Pollution.
• Global Crisis of Water Resources.
• Agricultural Ecology and Food Safety. Environmental Objects State Assessment.
• Modern Methods of Management in the Sphere of Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management. Legal Issues in Ecology and Natural Resource Management. Innovative Technologies in Environmental Protection.
• Ecological Safety and Ecological Risk. Ecological Risks to Population Health. Ecological Regulation. Ecological Safety of Urban Territories.
• Waste Management/

Section 4. Strategies for Biological Resources Protection and Optimization. Structural and Functional Diversity of the Regional Species Pool.

• Space and Age Structure и Population Dynamics.
• Ecosystem Productivity.
• Habitats Classifications, their Biological Diversity Conservation and Development of Networks of Special Protected Natural Areas (SPNA).
• Approaches and Performance Evaluations of Ecosystem Services in the Practice of Natural Resource Management Optimization.
• Condition of Target Species in Kuibyshev Water Reservoir.

Section 5. Mathematical Methods and GIS Technologies in Ecology and Management of Natural Resources.

• Mathematical Ecology.
• Spatial Statistical Analysis.
• Transfer Processes Simulation in Environment.
• Natural Processes Satellite Monitoring.
• GIS Technologies in Ecology and Environmental Protection.

Section 6. Soil and Land Resources, their Conservation and Efficient Management, and Food Safety.

• Natural Resource Potential of Soils.
• Soil Fertility, Degradation, Soil Improvement, Land Conservation.
• Soil as a Link Between the Functioning of Natural and Anthropogenically Transformed Ecosystems.
• Soil Aspects of Modern Technologies Introduction into Agricultural Production.

Section 7. Social, Economic and Ecological Aspects of Urban Territories Development Analysis and Management.

• Role of Management Programmes in the Development of Urban Territories.
• Use of Ecological, ‘Green’ Technologies in Urban Development, Eco-houses and Ecovillages.
• Ecological Requirements in Urban Development, Assessment of the Environmental Impact, Urban Development Project Expertise.
• Role of SPNA in Environmental Conservation in Urban Territories. Ecological (Natural, Green) Urban Framework, ‘Green Corridors’. Videoecological Assessment of Urban Development etc. Assessment of Social and Economic Urban Development. Tendencies and Problems in the Development of Mono-industry Towns.

Workshops:

1. Practical Aspects of Hydrometeorological and Ecological Safety.
2. Potential of living organisms for soil quality improvement.