Subject: ECOLOGY RESEARCH CAMPS(incl.Fish)URALS,RUSSIA

From: Liza Hollingshead <[email-masked]>
Date: 3 Apr 1996 20:12:48 GMT

ECOLOGY CAMPS  in the URALS, RUSSIA
sponsored for the 6th year by:
Ecologia Foundation, Scotland; Centre for Human Ecology, Edinburgh ; 
Institute of Ecology, Ekaterinburg,Russia; EcoInfo Ecological Education, 
Russia

MAMMALS<BOTANY<FISH & WATER POLLUTION<ECOLOGY<PALEONTOLOGY

1- ECOLOGY STUDENTSÕ FIELD RESEARCH Camp 18July-12August 1996*
2-HISTORICAL ECOLOGY STUDENTSÕ RESEARCH Camp: 8 July-12August 1996*  
3- INTERNATIONAL FIELD CONFERENCE for ECOLOGISTS & POST GRADUATES 13-25 
August 96 
For the past 6 years students from several British Universities have 
taken part in the field research projects of Russian Ecology scientists 
>from  the Urals Institute of Ecology of Plants & Animals, Ekaterinburg, 
Russia. 

1-ECOLOGY STUDENTSÕ FIELD RESEARCH Camp 18July-12August 1996*
4 weeks with scientists from the Institute of Ecology, Ekaterinburg. 
Students live with the scientists and their teams in a camp with simple 
field accommodation equipped with a field laboratory situated on a lake 
in a beautiful, remote area of the South Taiga Forest,  mid-Urals. The 
closest city is Ekaterinburg. The scientists include lectures and 
practical teaching for special interest subjects: 
1) Animal Ecology:                                  
Population Ecology of Mammals (rhodents, moose, elk, beaver, buzzard), 
animal censusing, trapping, population dynamics, game management, in 
Taiga forest of the Mid Urals
Senior Research Scientists: Dr Fedor Kryazhimsky, Dr Andrei Endukin, Dr 
Nikolai Korytin
Fish and Water Pollution:  Dr Alexander Lugaskov; 
Amphibians-urban ecology: Dr Vladimir Vershinin. 
2) Forest Plant Communities:   
Ecology of Plants: Geo-botany and Lichenology - Dr Margarita Magomedova, 
Senior Research Scientist, Dept of Botany 
3) General Ecology Education: 
To address issues of Human Ecology, Nature Protection and the 
relationship between green activism and scientific research: Sergei 
Krinitsyn. 

US College Credit is possible - ask for more information. 

Cost: £865 incl return airfares London-Moscow; $1025 excluding airfares 
>from  USA to Moscow. Both include accommodation, food and internal travel 
in Russia. Travel Insurance & Visas extra. 
* Optional extra 3 days in St Petersburg 13-16 August: £125 / $200

reply to: Ecologia Foundation:  [email-masked]     
The Park, Forres, Moray IV37OTZ Scotland tel/FAX: +44-(0)1309-690995

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY RESEARCH Camp in the URALS, RUSSIA
sponsored for the 6th year by:
Ecologia Foundation, Scotland; Centre for Human Ecology, Edinburgh ; 
Institute of Ecology, Ekaterinburg,Russia; EcoInfo Ecological Education, 
Russia

 ARCHAEOLOGY & PALEONTOLOGY STUDENTSÕ RESEARCH Camp: 8 July-12 August 
96*  
5 weeks with scientists from the Institute of Ecology, Ekaterinburg
With Dr Alexander Borodin, Senior Research Scientist, Dept of 
Paleontology, Urals Institute of Ecology at a cave excavation in the 
South Urals, with lectures and practical teaching programme. 
For the past 6 years students from several British Universities and some 
N.American have taken part in field research projects of Russian Ecology 
scientists from the Urals Institute of Ecology of Plants & Animals. They 
live with the scientists and their team in a tent camp in a beautiful, 
remote area of the South Taiga Forest,  mid-Urals. The closest city is 
Ekaterinburg. Maximum 10 students

US College Credit is possible - ask for more information. 
Cost: £970 incl return airfares London-Moscow; $2000 excl airfares from 
USA to Moscow. Both include Ecology programs,accommodation,food and 
internal travel in Russia. Travel Insurance & Visas extra. 
* Optional extra 3 days in St Petersburg 13-16 August: £125 / $200

reply to: Ecologia Foundation:  [email-masked]     
The Park, Forres, Moray IV37OTZ Scotland tel/FAX: +44-(0)1309-690995

INTERNATIONAL FIELD CONFERENCE for ECOLOGISTS & POST GRADUATES 13-25 
August 96 
Ecology researchers, teachers of Higher Education and post-graduates 
with a serious interest in this subject are invited to take part in a 
the first of a series of meetings or field conferences at Centre for 
Ecological Education in the Ural mountains, not far from Ekaterinburg 
with an international group of scientific colleagues including 
scientists from the Urals Insititute of Ecology and Urals University. 
The content of the programme will be designed according to the interests 
of all the participants. Working languages are English and Russian. 

The main purpose of these meetings is to explore the creation of a 
concept of human ecology derived from a knowledge of classical ecology. 
The question: "How to disseminate scientific ecological knowledge within 
the social ecological movement". 

The first working meeting is planned for the 1st half of July in the 
Urals. The purpose of this meeting is: 
1. Analysis of results of ecological research and selection of the most 
significant aspects for society and for the green movement.
2. Discussion of probable reasons for the lack of compatibility of the 
content of ecology as a science with ecology as a social phenomenon. 
3. Looking for a common strategy to approach this problem. 

Contributing Scientists from the Urals Institute of Ecology: 
Population Ecology of Mammals:  Dr Fedor Kryazhimsky, Nikolai Korytin
Fish and Water Pollution:       Dr Alexander Lugaskov 
Amphibians - rural & urban ecology:     Dr Vladimir Vershinin. 
Ecology of Plants: Geo-botany & Lichenology Dr Margarita Magomedova
Archaeology & Paleontology:     Dr Alexander Borodin 
General Ecology Education:      Dr Sergei Krinitsyn. 

This is a unique opportunity to spend 10 days in the Russian forest on 
the shore of a large lake in beautiful, unspoiled surroundings to 
observe nature and to discuss with colleagues issues of common interest. 
Families can be included, to enjoy the lake and the forest in a relaxed 
camp atmosphere, although a special programme will not be organised for 
them. Additional time in Moscow or St Petersburg can also be arranged. 

Cost: £860 incl return airfares London-Moscow; $1025 excluding airfares 
>from  USA to Moscow. Both include accommodation, food and internal travel 
in Russia. Travel Insurance & Visas extra. 

Ecologia Foundation is registered as a Scottish Charity whose aim is to 
promote ecological education for all ages, with a particular interest in 
connecting Russian ecologists with those in the rest of the world. 

Please write or e-mail to indicate your interest and for more details. 
Ecologia Foundation, The Park, Forres, Morayshire IV36OTZ Scotland 
Tel/FAX: +44-(0)1309-690995 e-mail:  [email-masked]