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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></DIV>The next lecture in the Woods Hole Research Center seminar
series will be held on Thursday, March 10, at 3 p.m. in the Harbourton
Auditorium of the Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two Russian scientists, Alexei Yablokov,
of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Vladimir Zakharov, of the Center for
Russian Environmental Policy, will speak on “Russia’s Environmental Health: Role
of Civil Society.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The seminar is
free and open to the public; however, seating and parking are limited and
<STRONG>reservations are required</STRONG>. Please call 508-540-9900 for
reservations.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The public lecture is part of a
two-day meeting at which a delegation of experts from Russia and the Woods Hole
Research Center will explore issues of significance in Russia, including
problems of economic growth, environmental security and civil society, as well
as broader issues concerning the health of the environment. Also included in the
Russian delegation will be Professor Sergey Bobylev, of the Moscow State
University Department of Economics, and Professor Semen Avaliani, of the Russian
Postgraduate Medical Academy. </P>
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<P class=MsoBodyText
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Over the course of
their meeting, the Russian visitors and Center scientists, researchers and
policy staff will discuss boreal/circumpolar-related forest issues, high
latitude climatic disruption, Arctic rivers, carbon and international
environmental policy. The goal of these discussions is to increase mutual
understanding of these issues and find topics that could be pursued together in
the coming months.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Center’s
Deputy Director, Dr. Kilaparti Ramakrishna, who has invited the Russians, said
that Russian environmental issues have “always been a big part of the Center's
interests, ably led by [WHRC Director] George Woodwell and scientists R.A.
Houghton and Thomas Stone.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
recent additions of Scott Goetz, Max Holmes, and Josef Kellndorfer position the
Center toward increased collaboration with the Russian scientific
establishment.”</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Currently celebrating its
twentieth anniversary, the Woods Hole Research Center is dedicated to science,
education and public policy for a habitable Earth, and sponsors initiatives in
the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Boreal North America, the Mid-Atlantic,
New England and Cape Cod. The Center’s programs focus on the global carbon
cycle, forest function, landcover/land use, science in public affairs, and
education.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These programs
provide</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.5pt"> primary
data on the changes in land use around the world and the latest appraisals of
forest trends that influence the global carbon budget.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Center staff</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> work locally and
regionally, assisting communities with resource management, and internationally,
promoting policies that stabilize climate and protect the integrity of the
global environment.</SPAN></P>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Contact:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Allison White</FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=2><A href="mailto:abwhite@whrc.org">abwhite@whrc.org</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
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