Dates, Venue and Program
Dates: 28 November - 1 December, 2016
Venue: Tbilisi State University, Ilia State University
Day 1: Monday, November 28
Opening Session
Welcoming remarks:
Mr Olivier Bürki Regional Director, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Office for the South Caucasus, Embassy of Switzerland
Mr Giga Zedania Rector, Ilia State University
Mr George Shervashidze Rector, Tbilisi State University
Mr Nugzar Zazanashvili Ilia State University, Ecoregional Conservation Plan (Presentation)
Mr Jean Radvanyi INALCO Paris and CASCADE project, Caucasus Mountain Regions in Transition: New Trends, New Challenges
Thematic Session 1: Hazard Risk Assessment
Chair: Mr Hakan Yigitbasioglu, Ankara University, Department of Geography
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Svetlana Badina |
Floods, avalanche and mudflows risks in the North Caucasus |
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Elya Sahakyan, Mikayel Gevorgyan, Hayk Igityan |
Seismic Features of Javakhq Plateau (Presentation) |
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Hayk Igityan, Elya Sahakyan, Mikayel Gevorgyan |
The Study of Surface and Subsurface tectonic structure in the zones of active faults (Armenia) (Presentation) |
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Mikayel Gevorgyan, Elya Sahakyan, Hayk Igityan |
Finding and Mapping Paleoseismological and Archeological Objects Using 2D and 3D GPR – Survey of Armenia & Egypt (Presentation) |
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Banetashvili Vakhtang, Chargazia Khatuna, Javakhishvili Nodar, Kaishauri Manana, Khurtsidze Giorgi, Mitin Mikheil, Samkharadze Inga, Sauri Ioseb |
Radar monitoring of dangerous meteorological processes in Eastern Georgia |
Workshop 1: Policy Advocacy at the Science-policy Interface
Chair: Mr Levan Dadiani, Oxfam, Georgia
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Levan Dadiani |
International Caucasus Mountain Centre (ICMI): Conceptual Framework |
Thematic Session 2: Climate Change and Mountain Environments
Chair: Ms Nina Shatberashvili, Sustainable Caucasus, SNC-mt Coordination Unit, Ilia State University
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Toropov Pavel, Mikhalenko Vladimir, Kutuzov Stanislav |
Physical mechanisms of the intensive melting of glaciers of the North Caucasus in the last 20 years (Presentation) |
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Rauf Gardashov, Terane Gardashova, Tural Mammadov, Khadjakhanim Huseynova, Guler Mammadova |
Solar radiation model for mountain regions (Full paper) (Presentation) |
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Polina Polumieva, Veronika Kuznetsova |
Reconstructing glacier history in the Central Caucasus by means of tree ring investigations (Presentation) |
Plenary Session 1: Climate Change
Moderator: Mr Jörg Balsiger, University of Geneva, Coordinator of the project “Supporting Sustainable Mountain Development in the Caucasus”
Speakers/Presenters:
Research needs in the field of Climate Change: governmental vision
Ms Narine Mailyan Representative of UNFCCC National Focal Point, Armenia (Presentation)
Mr Bariz Mehdiyev Director of Azerbaijan Branch Office of REC Caucasus, Azerbaijan (Presentation)
Ms Ekaterine Mikadze Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, Georgia
Ms Musonda Mumba Ecosystems based Adaptation Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation Unit, UN Environmental Programme, Experiences of African Mountains and links to resilience and climate change adaptation research (Presentation)
Ms Nato Kutaladze National Environment Agency, Georgia, Climate observation and modelling in the Caucasus (Presentation)
Thematic Session 3: Tourism
Chair: Mr Mehmet Somuncu, Ankara University, Department of Geography
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Kamran Shayesteh, Shiva Gharibi |
Valuing visitor willingness to pay for forest conservation: a case of Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve |
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Alexander Drozdov |
Caucasian trans-border tourism development (Presentation) |
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Mariam Tsitsagi, Nana Kvirkvelia, Meri Gugeshashvili |
Ethno-cultural resources and perspectives of the development of the ethno-tourism in Tusheti |
Thematic Session 4: Regional Development I
Chair: Mr Joseph Salukvadze, Tbilisi State University
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Ramiz Mammadov, Rovshan Karimov |
Challenges and perspectives of researches and socioeconomic activities in mountain areas of Azerbaijan (Presentation) |
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Lorenzo Venzi |
Socio-economic development of mountain areas in the Caucasian countries |
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Aleksandr Badov |
Mountain population and sustainable development |
Thematic Session 5: Biodiversity Conservation
Chair: Mr Armen Gevorgyan, National Academy of Science of Armenia
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David Tarkhnishvili, Alexander Gavashelishvili, Marine Murtskhvaladze, Mumladze Levan |
Caucasus mountains as a reservoir of biodiversity across geological time (Presentation) |
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Alexey Gunya, Yuri Karaev, Hetag Kasaev |
Possibility of creation and perspectives of the Caucasian Biosphere Reserves Association |
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Ramiz Mammadov, Natavan Jafarova |
Dynamics of desertification processes in the eastern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
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Irakli Matcharashvili. |
Assessment of forest governance in Georgia (Presentation) |
Day 2: Tuesday, November 29
Plenary Session 2: Hazard Mapping: A Case of Georgia
Moderator: Mr André Wehrli, Mountain Desk, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Panel Discussion:
Mr George Gotsiridze GeoGraphic, Georgia, Hazard Mapping in Georgia: Experience and the Way forward (Presentation)
Mr. Ramiz Mammadov Director of Institute of Geography of National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan
Mr Josep Kinkladze Head of Hydrometeorological Hazards Recording and Analysis Section, NEA Georgia, Key elements of successful partnership: NEA/SDC project on disaster risk reduction (Presentation)
Mr. Hamlet Matevosyan Rector of Crisis Management State Academy, Armenia (Presentation)
Thematic Session 6: Landscape, Geology, and Management of Natural Resources
Chair: Mr George Lominadze, Institute of Geography, Georgia
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Nodar Elizbarashvili Giorgi Meladze, Salome Khvedelidze, Tamar Cecadze |
Geographical peculiarities and topical issue of the sustainable development of South Caucasus |
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Raisa Gracheva, Ilia Shokunov, Anzor Tavartqiladze |
Mountain environment shaped by catastrophic landslides |
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Nodar Varamashvili, Chelidze Tamaz, Chelidze Zurab |
Landslide and acoustic emission (Presentation) |
Workshop 2: Leveraging Spatial Data
Chair: Mr Armen Gevorgyan, National Academy of Science of Armenia
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Mamuka Gvilava |
SDI Initiatives in Georgia with Emphasis on Biodiversity and Climate Action (Presentation) |
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Irina Bushueva |
Examples of use of spatial data in the Institute of Geography RAS (Presentation) |
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Suren Arakelyan |
Adapting a GEOSS/SDI training manual for use in the Caucasus (Presentation) |
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Elvin Amrahov |
Current status of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in Azerbaijan (Presentation) |
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Yaniss Guigos |
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Pilot for the Caucasus (Presentation) |
Thematic Session 7: Management of Water Resources
Chair: Ms Nina Shatberashvili, Sustainable Caucasus, SNC-mt Coordination Unit, Ilia State University
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Tatiana Kuderina |
Geochemical monitoring of natural water in Caucasus landscape-geochemical arenas (Presentation) |
Thematic Session 8: Regional Development II (Interdisciplinary Analysis)
Chair: Mr Kamran Shayesteh, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Malayer University
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Vyacheslav Baburin |
The aggregate costs method for estimating the rise in price factors of population living and economic activities |
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Mehmet Somuncu |
Land-use and land cover change in mountain pastures of the Eastern Black Sea mountains, Turkey |
Thematic Session 9: Teaching and Learning Practices
Chair: Ms Raisa Gracheva, Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences
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Susanne Waltraud Schwarz |
Outdoor learning soil (Presentation) |
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Gayane Poghosyan, Gayane Melkonyan |
Implementing the project “Learning for the future” in the context of “Education for sustainable development” in Armenia (Presentation) |
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Gulnoza Akhmadova |
Goal-oriented teaching English to refugees (Presentation) (Full paper) |
Thematic Session 11: History and Anthropology
Chair: Mr Ramiz Mammadov, Director of Institute of Geography of National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan
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Marine Ghazaryan, Artavazd Nazaretyan |
Sustainable development and historical preservation |
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Alexander Gavashelishvili, David Tarkhnishvili |
Genetic structure of human populations explains expansion of humans in the Caucasus in pre-historic times |
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Zakir Eminov, Rovshan Karimov, Etibar Badalov |
Changes in distribution of population and settlements of Azerbaijan by altitude belts (Presentation) |
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Vladimir Matskovsky, Umalat Gadiev, Arseniy Kudikov, Nikita Lomakin |
Dendrochronological and radiocarbon dating of medieval buildings in the mountain part of Ingushetia |
Thematic Session 12: Biodiversity II
Chair: Mr David Tarkhnishvili, Dean of School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Ilia State University
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Farid Seyfullayev |
Climate change impacts on relict chestnut-leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia) in Azerbaijan (Presentation) |
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Grigory Insarov |
Montane Lichens as monitors of global change pressure |
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Siranush Nanagulyan, Lusine Margaryan, Yeva Hovhanisyan |
Distribution and analysing of macroscopic fungi depending on the vertical vegetation zones and plant communities in Shikahogh State Reserve |
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Anush Arakelyan |
Ichthyofauna of Armenian Rivers belonging to Kura river basin and the human impact on it (Presentation) |
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Workshop 3: Research for Communities and/or Research with Communities: Transdisciplinary research and teaching in sustainable mountain development and tourism
Moderator: Ms Tamara Mitrofanenko, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU)
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Raisa Gracheva |
Research for development. Approaches, practice and results. Experience of Summer School 2016 |
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Heino Meessen, Nodar Elizbarashvili, Ashot Khoetsyan, Rusudan Simonidze |
Transdisciplinarity in teaching and research on sustainable mountain development” (Presentation) |
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Tamara Mitrofanenko, Christian Maurer, Mariana Unapkoshvili, Merab Khokhobaia, Joseph Salukvadze, Armen Gevorgyan, Ashot Khoetsyan |
Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caucasus Region (CaucaSusT) (Presentation) |
Day 3: Wednesday, November 30
Thematic Session 13: Climate Change and Climate Change Impacts
Chair: Ms Nina Shatberashvili, NGO Sustainable Caucasus, SNC-mt Secretariat, Ilia State University
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Raisa Gracheva, Elena Belonovskaya, Vera Vinogradova, Ilia Shorkunov |
Present-day convergence of vegetation and soils of pastoral ecosystems of the Central Caucasus: land use history and climate change (Presentation) |
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Bakhram Nurtaev |
Long term trends in climate variability of Caucasus Mountains (Presentation) |
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Ekaterina Dolgova |
June–September temperature reconstruction in the Northern Caucasus based on blue intensity data (Presentation) |
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Sadig Hasanov, Islam Mustafayev, Hokman Mahmudov |
Assessment of GHG emissions from transport sector of Azerbaijan: Pollution and climate change (Presentation) |
Thematic Session 14: Spatial Information Management
Chair: Ms Tamar Bakuradze, GeoGraphic
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Avtandil Amiranashvili, Nino Japaridze.; Lia Kartvelishvili, Ketevan Khazaradze, Rusiko Khazaradze |
Tourism climate index in some locations of Georgia (Presentation) |
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Aram Gevorgyan |
Decision support system for integrated water resources management in Armenia (Presentation) |
Closing Session: Towards a Regional Research Agenda
Moderator: Mr Jörg Balsiger, University of Geneva, Coordinator of the project “Supporting Sustainable Mountain Development in the Caucasus”
Towards a regional research agenda:
Mr Joseph Salukvadze Tbilisi State University (Presentation)
Discussion panel:
Mr Mehmet Somuncu Ankara University, South East European (SEEmore) Experience (Presentation)
Ms Katarzyna Ostapowicz Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Carpathian (S4C) Experience (Presentation)
Poster Presentations
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Karen Ghazaryan, Hasmik Movsesyan, Hrant Khachatryan, Naira Ghazaryan |
Environmental geochemistry of heavy metals and arsenic in soils around Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine, Armenia |
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Avtandil Amiranashvili. Viktor Chikhladze, Laghidze Lamzira, Dali Nikolaishvili, Khatia Tavidashvili |
Retrospective analysis of damage to agricultural crops from the hail in Kakheti, Georgia |
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Givi Tuaev |
Agroecological zoning of soils Shida Kartli |
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Astghik Poghosyan, Inessa Eloyan, Iren Shahazizyan, Siranush Nanagulyan |
Taxonomic and cenotic analysis of bryoflora of volcanic mountain range of Arailer, Armenia |
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Irakli Matcharashvili. |
Impact of hydropower development to ecosystem services in Georgia |
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Natalia Miroshnichenko, Tatyana Golybochkina, S. Bagaev |
Peculiarity of socio-economic development of mountain regions of Ossetia-Alania Republic |
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Tatiana Khromova, Gennady Nosenko |
Mountain glaciers changes on the territory of Russia |
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Elya Sahakyan, Mikayel Gevorgyan, Hayk Igityan |
The features of seismogenic zones in Javakheti determined by the Spitak earthquake of 1988 |
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Avtandil Amiranashvili, Viktor Chikhladze, Ucha Dzodzuashvili, Nugzar Ghlonti, Ioseb Sauri. |
Restoration the weather modification service in Georgia |
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Jeren Kazanchi, Marine Mosulishvili |
Discovery of ethnobotanical knowledge patterns of mountain plants along the Georgian-Turkish border |
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Polina Morozova, Oleg Rybak |
Downscaling of the climate model data for the mass balance calculation of mountain glaciers for future climate scenario - supported by RFBR grant 15-05-00567 |
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Magda Bobokhidze |
Meaning of industry in preserving mountain population in Georgia |
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