Climate change and mountain ecology, citizen science and environmental protection, and gender equality in science.
Adventure of Science: Women and Glaciers in Central Asia and the UNESCO Almaty cluster office are organizing an international public event in the frame of the World Science Day for Peace and Development.
This online workshop addresses topics of climate change and mountain ecology, citizen science and environmental protection, and gender equality in science by giving insights into the work of leading international female scientists and professionals in the domains of climate change and environmental protection.
MRI Executive Director Carolina Adler will be kicking off Session 1: Climate Change and Mountain Ecology with a presentation on ‘Our Changing Mountains in a Global Context: IPCC Findings and their Consequences for the Assessment of Global Change in Mountain Social-Ecological Systems.’
Full Programme 11 November 2021
Welcome & Adventure of Science at Home
14:00 Opening by Adventure of Science (Martina Barandun, Founder AoS and EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy)
14:15 Welcome by UNESCO (Kristine Tovmasyan, UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office)
14:30 Introduction to Adventure of Science (Perizat Imanalieva, AoS Coordinator and CAIAG, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
14:45 Poster presentation scientific projects (AoS participants)
Session 1: Climate Change and Mountain Ecology
15:15 “Our changing mountains in a global context: IPCC findings and their consequences for the assessment of global change in mountain social-ecological systems” Carolina Adler (Mountain Research Initiative, Bern, Switzerland)
15:30 “Preliminary results on erosion rates for large rivers in Western Tian Shan based on cosmogenic dating” Solmaz Mohadjer, Earth & Environmental Sciences Department, University of Central Asia, Khorog, Tajikistan
15:45 “Impact of climate change on the hydrological processes of the Talas River Basin” Nargiza Shaidyldaeva (Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
16:00 “Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia: A regional approach in addressing environmental issues” Umut Zholdoshova (Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
16:15 Session Q&A
16:30 Break
16:45 “Monitoring Snow Cover and Water Resource Changes in the High Mountain Asia Region over 2000-2019” Claudia Notarnicolla (EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy)
Session 2: Citizen Science and Environmental Protection
17:00 “Online wildlife trade and conservation” Akylai Kabaeva, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
17:15 “Citizen Science and Hydrology: The CrowdWater Project” Franziska Schwarzenbach (Crowd Water, Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Switzerland) 17:30
Session Q&A
17:45 Break
Session 3: Gender Equality
18:00 “UNESCO and promotion of gender equality in natural sciences” Diana Aripkhanova (UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office)
18:15 TBD Erin Petit (Oregon State University, Founder and Director of Girls and Ice and Inspiring Girls Expeditions, USA)
18:30 “Fem Activism in Kyrgyzstan. Resilience and Perseverance.” Nurzada Kupueva, Feminist & Sociologist, Member of Bishkek Feminist Initiatives, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
18:45 “Basin Women Forum as platform to represent the voice of women in the IWRM process at the Syrdarya River” Shohida Tulieva, (Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Khujand, Tajikistan)
19:00 ”Better Science Initiative: For a more inclusive academia” Claudia Bank, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland
19:15 Session Q&A and round table discussion
Closing
19:30 Closing by Adventure of Science (Martina Barandun, Founder AoS and EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy)
Register here for the public event: https://forms.office.com/r/sX4sTxq1N8Follow the Livestream on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unescoalmaty
