Sixth International Symposium, "Invasion of Alien Species in Holarctic. Borok-VI" , to be held on October 11-15, 2021 (depending on the number of participants the Symposium will be held either in Borok place, on the base of Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia or in Uglich city, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia) International Symposium "INVASION OF ALIEN SPECIES IN HOLARCTIC: BOROK" was first organized 20 years ago and has become regular. In these years, the global problem of biological invasions of alien species is remaining topical for humankind.   The main goals of the Sixth Symposium are: • Consolidation of efforts to study the processes of spread of alien plant and animal species in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; • Exchange of information on the vectors, causes, scales, and regularities of species spread; changes in their properties in new aquatic and terrestrial habitats; • Assessment of the role of the alien species in the transformation of endemic communities; evaluation of social and economic consequences of biological invasions as well as development of risk assessment approaches; • Discussion on the issues related to terminology, theory of species spread and study methods.   Themes of presentations include the following topics: • Spatial and temporal dynamics of biological invasions in the Holarctic: 1) invasions in marine ecosystems; 2) invasions in freshwater ecosystems; 3) invasions in terrestrial ecosystems; 4) paleoinvasions. • Genetic and evolutionary aspects of biological invasions.

Unfortunately many countries are still strongly affected by the Corona virus; there are no regular flights and the possibility to gather together many people. We consider it would be unreasonable to hold the Workshop this year. Instead, we want to hold it next year, most likely between the 20th and 30th of May 2021.  Please save the date! We hope that you and your families are as well as you can be during these challenging times.

The application of documents for post-graduate studies in A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS in 2020 will take place from 1st to 25th of September. The entrance exams will be held from 1 to 23 October. The results of postgraduate enrollment will be declared from November 1, 2020. Detailed information can be found on the Institute's website http://sev-in.ru/ru/postupausim

First Lecture of Webinar Series "Forgetting How to Tend the Soil” by Prof. Rattan Lal, this year’s World Food Prize Awardee Date: 2nd October 2020 Time: 1:00 PM GMT About the Speaker Prof. Rattan Lal is a Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Centre at The Ohio State University. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University Iceland, and holds a Chair of Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador position with Inter-American Institute of Cooperation in Agriculture, San Jose, Costa Rica. He was President of the Soil Science Society of America (2006-2008), and the International Union of Soil Sciences (2017-2018). He researches soil carbon sequestration for food and climate security, conservation agriculture, and soil health. He has authored 955 journal articles, mentored 360 researchers, h-index of 150 and 101,811 citations. He is laureate of the 2018 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize, 2018 Glinka World Soil Prize, 2019 Japan Prize, 2019 U.S. Awasthi IFFCO Award, 2020 IICA Chair in Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador, and the 2020 World Food Prize. (Image credit: Kenneth D. Chamberlain, Photographer, The Ohio State University, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences)

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