CARIN Workshop 2022

The Second CARIN virtual workshop was held online May 12-13, 2022. All Working Group reports of the IPCC 6th Assessment have now been released.  It is fair to say that Central Asia remains a bit of mystery to the international community of scientists, scholars, and policymakers. Our objective in the workshop will be to identify how these knowledge gaps can be addressed through collaborative efforts facilitated by CARIN. Please join us both for talks by regional and international scholars and for the working groups aimed to identify and enable collaborations.

Questions? Email [email protected] or [email protected]

Agenda for the Second CARIN virtual workshop

Note: the language of the workshop will be English; interpretation will not be available.

Day One: Thursday May 12, 2022

START: 0800 EDT (Berlin 1400; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 1700; Bishkek/Nursultan 1800; Ulaanbaatar 2100)

Opening remarks by Dr. Geoff Henebry, CARIN US coordinator

Dr. Garik Gutman (NASA HQ/LCLUC Program) on NASA LCLUC Program

Dr. Krishna Vadrevu (NASA LCLUC Program) on GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks

Dr. Geoff Henebry (Center for Global Change and Earth Observation, Michigan State University) Central Asia and the IPCC AR6: Toward a Gap Analysis

Dr. Xin Xi (Michigan Tech. U.) What Can We Learn about Central Asian Climate from Recent Extreme Dust Storms?

Dr. Mamanbek Reimov (Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers) Geoinformation Analysis and Mapping of Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas

END: 1100 EDT (Berlin 1700; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 2000; Bishkek/Nursultan 2100; Ulaanbaatar 0000)

Day Two: Friday May 13, 2022

START: 0800 EDT (Berlin 1400; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 1700; Bishkek/Nursultan 1800; Ulaanbaatar 2100)

Day 2 opening: Dr. Mirasil Mirzoev (CARIN regional coordinator, Tajik Agrarian Univ)

Dr. Zheenbek Kulenbekov (CARIN regional coordinator, American University of Central Asia) “Addressing IPCC Knowledge Gaps in Central Asia: Paths Forward”

Dr. Sarah Robinson (Justus Liebig University) Ranchers or Pastoralists? Farm Size, Specialization, and Production Strategy among Cattle Farmers in SE Kazakhstan

Dr. Eldiiar Duulatov (Institute of Geology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic) Defining Soil Loss and Sediment Yield in the Upper Naryn Basin, Kyrgyzstan

Dr. Saltanat Mambetova (University of Central Asia, Khorog, TJ) Phenotypical and Morphological Characterization of Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Diseases in Gorno Badakshan Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan

Dr. Michael Brody (George Mason University) GEWEX & Climate Science in Central Asia

Dr. Geoff Henebry (MSU) on emerging issues for CARIN

Dr. Garik Gutman (NASA HQ, LCLUC Program) closing remarks

END: 1100 EDT (Berlin 1700; Ashgabat/Dushanbe/Tashkent 2000; Bishkek/Nursultan 2100; Ulaanbaatar 0000)

Questions? Email [email protected] or [email protected]

Download the schedule here