The 21st session of conference on the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) was held in Beijing on July 18. CAS vice president SHI Erwei, director Chen Yiyu of CERN Scientific Commission, some CAS members concerning CERN, officials, as well as delegates from fellow field stations attended the meeting. XTBG deputy director CAO Min participated in the meeting.
The meeting summed up work progress of CERN in 2012-2013, and discussed problems in the network.
10 scientists were honored with CERN “Award for Science and Technology Contribution”. The award was conferred by CAS Academician Chen Yiyu.
10 young scientists were honored with “Excellent Paper Award for Young Scientists”. Dr. Qiao Na of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) was one of the 10 excellent paper award winners, with her paper entitled “Labile carbon retention compensates for CO2 released by priming in forest soils”. CAS vice president SHI Erwei conferred the award.
Qiao Na receiving award
award certificate
Award winners pose a group photo with Shi Erwei
The meeting
About CERN:
As a national innovative scientific and technological facility that integrates monitoring, research and demonstrations, the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) has become one of the largest networks in the world that consists of 44 field stations, 5 sub-centers and 1 synthesis center, covering almost all typical ecosystems in China: cropland, forest, grassland, desert, marshes, lakes, bays and urban ecosystem. Its unique features are the emphasis on understanding long-term structure and function, patterns and processes of ecosystems, combination of the inter-site comprehensive research or cross-site comparison research and the voluntary site-based exploration, and the data sharing both for domestic institutions and international networks at different levels.
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