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Project Leader	Prof. V. L. KASYANOV Director Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Palchevsky Street 17 Vladivostok 690041 RUSSIA Tel: +7-4232-310-905 Fax: +7-4232-310-900 Email: inmarbio@mail.primorye.ru
Funding	US$ 20,500
Participating countries	Participants from the following countries were funded: Japan, P. R. China, Republic of Korea, Russia, and USA.

Brief introduction and background
The APN/START Symposium addressed the need to recognize key problems in local/regional global change studies, to focus on areas under impacts of climate change and sea-level rise, and to bring together relevant Russian researchers and policy-makers as well as scientists from neighbouring countries in Northeast Asia and international organizations in order to summarize and develop our present knowledge and ideas on coastal Northeast Asian changes, to present summaries on climatic and environmental assessments, to discuss ways of sustainable development and adaptation strategies, and to develop a research proposal. (This proposal was submitted to APN in the '2002 Call for Proposals'.) The Symposium was held as a part of the APN Networking and Capacity Building Programme.

Outline of activities conducted
The Symposium was held from 7-8 October 2002, in Vladivostok, Russia, with a day and a half of presentations (including a poster session), and a half day of working group discussions. The presentation sessions (Climate Variability, Changes and Impacts in Northeast Asia and Northern Pacific; LOICZ- and GLOBEC-related research in Northeast Asia and Northern Pacific; PAGES-related research in Northeast Asia: Different aspects of Global Change Research) with overview talks of LOICZ, GLOBEC, and PAGES research activities in Northeast Asia and with talks by representatives of those organizations were followed by presentations from APN Secretariat introducing the APN, current activities and funded projects, and the annual Call for Proposals Process. Major topics at the Symposium included regional climate model inter-comparison in Asia, climate change in northwest Pacific in the 20th century, recent environmental and coastal modifications, Tumen River area ecological assessment, quaternary paleo-environmental and climatic history in the Korean Peninsula, Northwestern Pacific Islands, Okhotsk and Bering Seas. The Symposium was held back to back with the 10th TEACOM meeting (held on October 6) which was attended by the START Deputy Director, TEACOM members, and relevant scientists.

Outcomes and products

• Submission of a Proposal in the APN '2002 Call for Proposals'
  The present status of the Russian national research activity and projects on global change issues was well documented. It was identified that major progress was made in PAGES- and LOICZ-related research, and possible mutual cooperation with surrounding countries (P.R. China, ROK and Japan) was discussed. Through working group discussions, it was established that focus would be placed on near-shore and riverine environments and ecosystems of the Tumen, Amur, Pearl, Huanghe and Han Rivers. A proposal to APN, 'Climate Variability and Human Activity in Relation to Northeast Asian Land-Ocean Interactions and their Implications for Coastal Zone Management,' was developed with the participation of Chinese, Korean and Russian expert research scientists; and
• Translation of the APN pamphlet into Russian for dissemination of the APN and its activities to the Russian community.