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Symposium Program
This 4-day symposium (June 8-11, 2004) will be
held in Beijing and will consist of plenary talks, contributed
oral and poster presentations, panel discussions, and a one-day
city tour (June 9, 2004) to visit the Great Wall and the Ming
Tombs. A post-symposium field trip to Kunming (June 11-15, 2004),
Yunnan Province will be organized to view regional problems with
invasive species and their solutions and to review on-going projects.
The Symposium will provide a productive forum for discussing research,
management, and policy about biological invasions.
New: Full
Program in PDF
is available.
Room and Board
Conference Hotel: Sleeping Buda Hotel, Beijing
Botanic Garden, Xiangshan, Beijing. The hotel, at the foothills
of the Xiangshan Mountain, is about 40 km from the Beijing International
Airport (PKG). Detailed information about the airport pick up
will be provided in May of 2004. Registration covers room and
board.
Conference Venue
All Conference functions are at CAS Institute of
Botany, Xiangshan, Beijing. The meeting facilities are about 500
meters from the hotel. Bus transportation will be provided.
Symposium Topics
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The state of biological invasions
and its ecological and economical consequences
- Current and future invasions of Eastern
Asian species in North America
- Current and future invasions of North American
species in Eastern Asia
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Invasion processes
- Species invasiveness and community invasibility
- Biogeographic comparison of Eastern Asia and North America
- Unintentional consequences: the role of husbandry and cultivation
in fostering biological invasions
- The link between genotypic variation and population adaptation
in alien species
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Research, policy, and management
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Early detection, combating
unwanted alien species: eradication, control (including biological
control, fire, herbicides, trapping)
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Restoration of native communities
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Current import and export policies
as they affect the movement of alien species
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State regulatory tools for
managing species,
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Public outreach and education
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Developing a cooperative strategy
to reduce or eliminate the sale of invasive plants and animals
from mega retail market.
City Tour: The Great Wall and The Ming Tombs
Local organizer: Dr. Jianhui Huang (CAS Institute of Botany)
June 9, 2004
Beijing is the political, economic, and cultural center of China,
a great metropolitan with many universities and research institution,
museums and parks, theaters, and shopping centers. It is also
an ancient city with a great number of historical sites. The most
famous tourist attractions are the Qing Dynasty palaces of the
Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, and the Great Wall of China.
The conference will provide a tour to two sites located in the
suburb of the city -- the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs.
The Great Wall of China is one of the oldest man-made structures
in the world, running from the Jiayu Pass near Gobi desert in
the west into the Bohai Sea at the Shanhai Pass in the east (a
total length of approximately 6700 km). The Great Wall at Badaling
(Eight Prominent Peaks), 50 km to the northwest of Beijing, is
one of the most famous tourist attractions in China, presented
to visitors with all its glory and magnificence. Visitors can
view a section of the Great Wall, with 6-7 m in height and 4-5
m in width, that rises and falls with the undulating mountains.
The Ming Tombs, 40 km to the northwest of Beijing, is the burial
compound for 13 of the Ming Dynasty emperors constructed over
a period of two hundred years. The area is at the foot of the
Tianshou Hills, lying between two hills that face each other like
two tigers. A huge stone arch marks the entrance to the Ming Tombs
followed by the Sacred Way, a seven-kilometer north-south pass
guarded by stone statues (12 men and 24 animals) that symbolized
imperial dignity. Two mausoleums, Changling of Emperor Cheng Zu
and Dingling of Emperor Yi-jun Zhu, are open to tourists. Visitors
can also view the "underground palace" of Dingling.
Post Symposium Field Trip to Yunnan
Local organizer: Dr. Weiguo Sang (CAS Institute of Botany)
June 11-15
The post-symposium field trip takes the participants to one of the
most beautiful areas in China -- the city of Kunming in Yunnan Province.
Kunming is a city of flowers, with an average temperature of 65
degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius), making it spring all year
round. Kunming is also a city of minority ethnic cultures and customs,
making it a major tourist attraction in China. The tour will focus
on some major invasive plants (e.g., Eichhornia crassipes, Eupatorium
adenophorum, Alternanthera philoxeroides) and exotic fishes in the
plateau lakes of Southwest China. The tour will provide an opportunity
for the participants to experience diverse cultures and landscapes
in the region, examine regional problems with invasive species and
their solutions, as well as to review on-going research projects.
An evening workshop with local scientists and site managers will
be held provide a forum to exchange ideas and an opportunity for
the participants to provide suggestions on problem solutions.
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The cost is US$600, including
round trip airfare from Beijing to Kunming, lodge, and local
transportation.
Itinerary
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June 11, 2004
- PM: Departure from Beijing by air
- Evening arrival in Kunming
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June 12, 2004
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June 13, 2004
- AM: Field trip to the Xingyun Lake for exotic
fish species
- PM: Field trip to the Fuxian Lake for exotic
fish species
- Evening: Open
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June 14, 2004
- Day time: Tour of the Stone Forest with observation
of invasive woody and herbaceous plants
- Evening: Open
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June 15, 2004
- AM: City tour of the World Horti-Expo Garden,
the site of the 1999 Kunming International Horticultural Exposition
- PM: Departure from Kunming by air
- Evening arrival in Kunming
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