Mountains account for more than 25% of the global land area and are rich in global water resources, biological resources, mineral resources, hydropower resources, drugs, and fuel resources. About 15% of the world’s population lives in mountainous areas, and more than 50% of the population depends on mountainous areas for survival and life. Mountains are the resource guarantee area and strategic high ground for global sustainable development and green high-quality development. To further raise public awareness of the importance of mountains for biodiversity conservation, highlight the necessity of the sustainable development perspective in mountainous regions, actively explore major bottlenecks in the modernization of mountainous areas, propose scientific solutions and key technologies for problem-solving, strengthen the construction of a scientific and technological achievement application, demonstration, and promotion system in mountainous regions,continuously enhance the capacity and benefits of transferring and transforming scientific and technological achievements, and contribute to the creation of safe, resilient, green, and sustainable mountainous areas. Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS is organizing the "International Mountain Forum" in Chengdu from November 11-15, 2024.
1. THEME
Reducing environmental risks in mountainous areas, ensuring green development in mountainous regions.
2. SESSIONS (TBD)
2.1 Mountain hazards and risk management
Topic 1: Detection of developmental patterns and information of mountain hazards
Topic 2: Dynamic processes and mechanisms of mountain hazards
Topic 3: Risk prediction, prediction, and early warning of mountain hazards
Topic 4: Integrated prevention and control of mountain hazards and engineering safety
Topic 5: Risk management of mountain hazards and resilient society
2.2 Mountain ecosystems in the changing world: from observations to modelling
Topic 1: Mountain ecological processes and the response to global change
Topic 2: Mountain ecosystem structures, functions and services
Topic 3: Hydrological-Biogeochemcial processes at the Mountainous multiple scales
Topic 4: Carbon sources and sinks of mountain ecosystems: from regional to global scales
2.3 Digital Mountain and Future
Topic 1: Integration, Assimilation, Digging and Visualization of mountain spatio-temporal information
Topic 2: Digital mountain model for integrative studies on the interrelations between mountain environments, geohazards, and mountain developments
Topic 3: The effective use of remote sensing, GIS, and surface models in mountainous processes
Topic 4: Digital mountain future driven by big data and artificial intelligence
2.4 National Science-Policy Dialogue：Strengthening Climate Science and Policy Interface to tackle climate change-related water, food, and biodiversity challenges in the Third Pole Region
Topic 1:Climate change impacts on water, food, and biodiversity in mountainous areas
Topic 2:Policy landscape, enablers, and barriers to addressing climate impacts and risks
Topic 3:Bridging science and policy to strengthen informed policy action on climate challenges in mountainous areas
2.5 Graduate student sub-forum
Topic 1: Mountain earth surface processes and disaster prevention
Topic 2: Ecological Environment and green development in mountain area
2.6 20th Anniversary Celebration of Journal of Mountain Science
3. DATE & VENUE
Date: 11-15 November, 2024
Venue: Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences （Address: No.189, QunXianNan Street, Tian Fu New Area, Chengdu, Sichuan P.R. China）
4. IMPORTANT DATES
2024/09/20, Abstract Submission Deadline
2024/09/30, Abstract Acceptance Notification
2024/10/15, Regular Registration Deadline
5. SUPPORT
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development（ICIMOD）
Mountain Partnership
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)
6. ORGANIZERS
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Committee on ICIMOD
7. HOST
The secretariat of Chinese Committee on ICIMOD
State Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Engineering Resilience，Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre on Earth Sciences, CAS
8. CO-ORGANIZERS
Branch of Mountain Sustainable Development, Kathmandu Center for Research and Education
Journal of Mountain Science
University of CAS
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS
Chengdu Institute of Biology, CAS
Lanzhou University
Tibetan Academy of Agriculture and Animal Sciences
International Science & Technology Cooperation Platform for Mountain Disaster Prevention
South Asia Institute for International Scientific & Technological Cooperation, Sichuan Province
8. WEBSITE
https://2024forumimf.casconf.cn/
9. REGISTRATION：
https://2024forumimf.casconf.cn/conferenceRegister
10. CONTACT
Contact number：+86-2885540287
Contact person：Ms. Gan Lu（+8618084724394）
Ms. Liu Anni（+8618980061231）
Email：cnicimod_secretariat@imde.ac.cn