Agenda

October 12

Venue: Best Western OL Stadium Hotel (10 minutes walk to IGSNRR)

Venue: Room 2602, IGSNRR

9:00-10:10 Plenary session (Chair: Shuang Liu)
- Short introduction by Shuang Liu (5')
- Keynote Speaker: Wenhua Li, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Title TBD, (25'+ 5’)
- Keynote Speaker: Robert Costanza, University of Vermont, Understanding, valuing, and modeling ecosystem service (25’+5')

Giovanni Zurlini (University of Lecce), Landscape disturbance patterns to assess ecosystem services' vulnerability
Chunxia LU (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Researches Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Rangeland resources utilization of China: conflict and coordination between product function and ecological function
Rusong WANG (Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Science), Beneficial and detrimental effects of ecological service and its measurement
Gaodi XIE (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Supply, consumption and valuation of ecosystem services in China
Jing ZHANG (State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University), China GLOBEC studies and new progress
Shuang LIU (CSIRO), Ecosystem service valuation: moving towards an operational decision-support system

12:30-14:00 Modeling (Chair: John Johnston)
1. Roel Boumans (University of Vermont), An introduction to The Multiscale Integrated Model of Ecosystem Services (MIMES)
2. Bruce Jones (U.S. Geological Survey), Scale and Accounting Unit Issues in Analyzing and Mapping Multiple
3. Irene Petrosillo (University of Lecce), Spatial patterns of ecosystem services along a continuum of scales
4. Jixi GAO (Regional Ecology Department, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science), Research on ecosystem service flow and its environmental and economic effects
5. John Johnston (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Ecosystem services modeling infrastructures: MIMES and FRAMES integration for forecasting

18:30 - 21:00 JUCCES opening ceremony & dinner (only open to core participants)
- Introduction to JUCCES by Robert Costanza & Wenhua Li (10' )
- Addresses by 2-3 VIPs (15') (Who have we invited?)
- Ceremony (5') (Have we made any sign post/name plate?)
- Dinner

Venue: Room 2602, IGSNRR

8:00-12:00 Valuation (Chair: Brendan Fisher)
1. Ian Bateman (University of East Anglia Norwich), Valuation and optimal targeting of land use change policies: Harnessing
2. Dolf de Groot (Wageningen University), Ecosystem Services and Valuation in Ecosystem restoration
3. Larry Li (University of California, Riverside), Energy budget of the biosphere and civilization: Rethinking environmental security and valuing ecosystem service of global renewable and non-renewable resources
4. Yongfei BAI (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences), On the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services in Inner Mongolia Grassland
5. Xian-guo LV (Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS) The comparable analysis of wetland ecosystem carbon sequestration values in Sanjiang Plain based on patches level
6. Brendan Fisher (University of East Anglia Norwich), Valuing the Arc: An ecosystem services approach for integrating natural systems and human welfare in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania

13:30-16:30 Applications (Chair: Dave Batker)
1. Lin ZHEN (Center for Natural Resources Research, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Navigating human–ecological systems: Modeling human consumption of ecosystem services, with a case study in China
2. Zhi LV (Shan Shui Center for Nature and Society), The application of a more sustainable and market-based eco-compensation mechanism in Lijiang
3. Qingwen MIN (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ecological services and their values by the traditional rice-fish agricultural area: a case study in qingtian county of Zhejiang Province, China
4. Christine Tam (The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University), The Natural Capital Project, InVEST, and China: Towards integration of ecosystem services into decision-making
5. Dave Batker (Earth Economics), From Floods to Food: Watershed Ecosystem Services, Experience in Washington State and Opportunities in China

Venue: Best Western OL Stadium Hotel

Venue: Room 1501 and 1601, IGSNRR

9:00-9:30 Shuang Liu reports to the plenary and leads a discussion on the Scientific Committee’s recommendations as to how to proceed for the remainder of the meeting.

Venue: Room 1501 and 1601, IGSNRR

18:30-20:30 JUCCES core group discussion over dinner on how to pursue joint research/teaching activities, e.g. how to apply for funding for joint research projects/ workshops (Peking Duck restaurant?)

Venue: Room 1501 and 1601, IGSNRR

9:00-10:30 Sub-groups report back to the plenary (Each sub-group will present either a paper or a project proposal. For papers there have to be title, abstracts, outlines, target-journal, timeline to finish, and who works on what next; for project proposals there have to be title, abstracts, outlines, target-funders, timeline to finish and who works on what next.)