Workshop on

Challenges of Permafrost Degradation of Siberian Soils to Science and Technology

funded by the German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

and the Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk

Krasnojarsk, 16-19 March 2005

Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 66306, Russia

Workshop Programme

Wednesday, 16 March

07:00 – 9.30 Pick up from Airport, Krasnojarsk train station, or Hotel “Krasnoyarsk” and transportation to the Institute of Forest

9.30 Coffee

Time	Authors	Title
10:00	E.A. Vaganov (Director of Forest Insitute, SB-RAS,Krasnoyarsk)	Welcome address
10:10	G. Guggenberger (University of Halle)	Introductory remarks: Background and purpose of the workshop
Plenum Session 1) Ecological consequences of permafrost degradation
Chairperson: O. Shibistova
10:30	G. Guggenberger, H. Flessa, A. Rodionov, O.A. Kasanski, M. Kawahigashi (University of Halle)	Landscape control on carbon storage in soils of the forest tundra at the Lower Yenissej
10:50	H. Flessa, G.Guggenberger, A. Rodionov, O. Kasanski (University of Göttingen)	Defrosting the carbon freezer of the north - Climate warming and carbon dynamics of permafrost soils – CH4 fluxes

11:10	E.-D. Schulze, C. Corradi, O. Kolle, S. Zimov (MPI for Biogeochemistry, Jena)	Carbon dioxide and methane exchange of north-east Siberian tussock tundra
11:30	A.P. Abaimov (Forest Institute, SB-RAS, Krasnoyarsk)	Forests on permafrost: regional features and changes induced by natural and anthropogenic disturbances
11:50	R. Hatano, T. Koide, R.V. Desyatkin, T.C. Maximov (Hokkaido University, Sapporo)	Impact of soil temperature and soil mositure on green house gas emissions from soil in a Siberian Taiga forest near Yakutsk, Russia
12:10	M.Radke, S. Peiffer (University of Bayreuth)	Does permafrost degradation promote carbon mineralisation in deep peat deposits
12:30	E.D. Lapshina (Ugra State University, Khanthy-Mansiysk)	The effect of climate change on the pristine peatland ecosystems in the permafrost boundary zone in Subarctic Western Siberia
12:50	Lunch
Plenum Session 2) Sustainable and ecologically sound forestry Chairperson: G. Guggenberger
14:00	V.N. Vekshin (Krasnoyarsk Regional Department of Forestry)	Rental of forests in Krasnoyarsk region
14:30	T.C. Maximov (Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, SB-RAS, Yakutsk)	Responses of High Latitude Ecosystems to Global Change: Far East Siberia Transect
14:50	O.B. Shibistova (Forest Institute, SB-RAS, Krasnoyarsk)	Exchange of carbon dioxide by a mature Scots pine forest: Response to interannual climate variability
15:10	S. Hese (University of Jena)	Landcover and Forest Change Mapping in SIBERIA-II
15:30	K. Olschofsky (SFM Consultants GmbH, Dresden)	Biomass inventory of boreal forest for carbon sequestration projects
15:50	S. Cejchan, M. Köhl (University of Hamburg and Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, Hamburg)	Experiences of Federal Research Centre of Germany with Russian cooperation partners (in Russian)
16:10	Coffee break
16:30	Round discussion about carbon cycling in permafrost areas including forestry

Thursday, 17 March

08:30 Pick up from Hotel “Krasnoyarsk”

Time	Authors	Title
Plenum Session 3) Regional development (e.g., water supply, waste water management)
Chairperson: M. Radke
9:00	P.A. Barsukov (Institute of Soil Science and agrochemistry, SB RAS, Novosibirsk)	Plant productivity and storage of carbon and nitrogen in hummock tundra ecosystems in Siberia
9:20	M. Kawahigashi, K. Kaiser, A. Rodionov, G. Guggenberger (Nihon University, Kanagawa)	Sorption of dissolved organic matter by mineral soils of the Siberian forest tundra
9:40	A.S. Prokushkin (Forest Institute, SB-RAS, Krasnoyarsk)	DOC in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of forested watersheds underlain by continuous permafrost
10:00	M. Denneborg (ahu AG, Aachen)	Regional and local groundwater flowsystems in permafrost
10:20	Coffee break
10:40	P.I. Suvorov (Mayor of Tura)	Problems in drinking water supply in perfrafrost regions – the example of Tura (Tentative)
11:10	M. Denneborg (ahu AG, Aachen)	Improvements of the water supply
Plenum Session 4) Ecological problems related to oil and natural gas production Chairperson: M. Kawahigashi
11:30	E.D. Lapshina (Ugra State University, Khanthy-Mansiysk)	Environmental problems related to oil and natural gas production and approaches of their solution
11:50	V.N. Makeyev (DG „Monitoring“; Khanthy-Mansiysk)	Identification of high-priority applied research topics to improve the environmental situation in Khanty-Mansiysk Region
12:10	D. Wagner (Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Potsdam)	Cold adapted microorganisms: Natural processes and possibilities of their technical utilization
12:30	M. Radke, S. Peiffer (University of Bayreuth)	Bioremediation of contaminations caused by the production and distribution of oil
12:50	Lunch
14:00	S. Kutschke, E. Janeck, J. Pinka, F. Glombitza (G.E.O.S. Freiberg)	Activities of sulfate-reducing bacteria in oil production
14:20	A. Szabady (SGDA Sanierungsgesellschaft, Zella-Mehlis)	In situ and on site methods of bio-remediation
14.40	P. Latzel (ZILA-Electronics, Zella Mehlis)	Temperature-, climate-, pressure- und leakage- analyses – important prerequisites for a high quality environmental management (in German)
15:00	Round discussion related to regional development and ecological problems related to oil and natural gas production
15:30	Coffee break
Working group discussions (Coffee provided)
16:00	G. Guggenberger	Introduction
16:10	Discussion leader / rapporteur: R. Hatano / H. Flessa	Ecological consequences of permafrost degradation - Landscape level processes (incl. thermokarst phenomenon) - CO2 versus CH4 - Substrate quality - Small-scale studied process studies versus regionalization - Biological activities, incl. subzero temperature - Utilization of results
	Discussion leader / rapporteur: A.P. Abaimov / K. Olschofsky	Sustainable and ecologically sound forestry - Recent progress in remote sensing - Shift in forest belts - Changes in biodiversity - Consequences for management - Local processing of timber - Trading with CO2 emission certificates - Utilization of results
	Discussion leader / rapporteur: M. Denneborg / A.S. Prokushkin	Regional development Example Tura (technological application): - Water supply - Waste water and solid waste management large regional scale (groundwater flow systems) - Local and temporary groundwater flow system - Regional groundwater flow system - Change in recharge/discharge and quality as a result of permafrost melting
	Discussion leader / rapporteur: E.D. Lapshina / S. Kutschke	Ecological problems related to oil and natural gas production - Bioremediation of oil drilling mud - Utilization of microorganisms from permafrost soils for remediation purposes in temperate regions (e.g. during cold seasons) - Release of gas hydrates - Biofilter for CH4 oxidation - Possible industrial utilization of gas hydrates

19:00 Joint dinner

Friday, 18 March

08:30 Pick up from Hotel “Krasnoyarsk”

Working group discussions continued
9:00	Continued
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Continued
12:50	Lunch
Plenum discussions Chairpersons: E.-D. Schulze, T.C. Maximov
14:00	Rapporteurs of the working groups	Group reports
16:20	Open discussion with coffee	Possible contents - Identification of “hot” topics - Working at two different scales? · example Tura · large regional scale - Funding agency: BMBF, DFG, EU? - Russian institutions? - Balance of basic science and application and transfer of technology - Planned utilization of results (important if BMBF proposal)
ca. 19:00	G. Guggenberger, E.A. Vaganov	Concluding remarks

Saturday, 19 March

06:00 For participants leaving Krasnoyarsk: Pick up from Hotel “Krasnoyarsk” for transfer to the airport

08:30 For participants interested to work in the core group: Pick up from Hotel “Krasnoyarsk”

09:00 Synthesis and first concrete steps to develop proposal

Sunday, 20 March

06:00 For participants leaving Krasnoyarsk: Pick up from Hotel “Krasnoyarsk” for transfer to the airport