Staff members of the Northern Water Problems Institute, Institute of Biology and Department for Multidisciplinary Research, headed by KarRC RAS Director General Olga Bakhmet visited Nanjing and Beijing, where they presented their research and got acquainted with the work of their Chinese colleagues.In the former city, researchers visited the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology and the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
On November 21, Karelian scientists visited the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research CAS. Its staff work in a wide range of areas consonant with the research of Karelian scientists: study of terrestrial ecosystems, water resources, biodiversity, carbon pools and fluxes.
A discussion promising for future cooperation was held at the Tibetan Plateau Research Institute CAS. Its specialists study nature in harsh climatic conditions similar to those in Karelia, especially in its Arctic territories. KarRC RAS staff, in turn, introduced Chinese scientists to our research on water resources, soils, mires, and carbon emission, all of which the hosts found to be of interest.
- The visit turned out very productive. Communication in Beijing resulted in an agreement to prepare joint terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem research project applications with Chinese colleagues, - told Olga Bakhmet, KarRC RAS Director General.
In conclusion, the scientists visited CAS Bureau of International Cooperation, where together with its Deputy Director, Prof. Wu Yan they discussed the prospects for interactions with CAS scientific organizations.
At CAS Bureau of International Cooperation
- Quite a number of our research topics are of much interest to the Chinese side: climate change, carbon agenda, study of mineral and raw material resources, water and forest resources, pollution and restoration of ecosystems. We told about the BRICS environmental conference held at the Karelian Research Centre RAS, which is becoming traditional. Chinese scientists expressed their keen willingness to participate. Our colleagues also supported our initiative to create an environmental platform for the BRICS countries, - shared Olga Bakhmet.
Based on the results of the visit, formal memorandums of understanding with the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research and the Tibetan Plateau Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are now being prepared. Such a memorandum with the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology has been active since 2022.
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November 29, 2024
On November 17-23, a delegation representing several units of the Karelian Research Center RAS visited scientific organizations of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing and Beijing. Together with Chinese colleagues, the scientists discussed topics for joint research and agreed to prepare applications for projects on the study of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Formal cooperation agreements are to be prepared with the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research and the Tibetan Plateau Research Institute CAS.
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A delegation representing several institutes of the Karelian Research Center RAS headed by Director General Olga Bakhmet is on a visit to China. Scientists together with their Chinese colleagues discussed possible cooperation with representatives of the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology and the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.