The project is performed by scientific consortium composed of Baikal Institute of Nature Management of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BINM SB RAS), Institute of Geography-Geoecology of Mongolian Academy of Sciences (IGG MAN), the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR CAS). The purpose of the project is to conduct a comparative assessment of the contribution of different forest ecosystems (boreal, tropical, forest-steppe) in East Asia in the territory of Russia (Buryatia), Mongolia (the Selenga river basin), China (Yellow river delta, tropical (monsoonal) forests in the southeast of China) in the mitigation of climate change and the development of strategies to increase this contribution.

In line with this purpose, a set of objectives has been established: To estimate carbon budget in key areas of different forest ecosystems in the collaborating countries (boreal and tropical forests and forest-steppe), and perform comparative analysis of their contribution to the mitigation of global climate change; To develop adaptation strategy of these forest ecosystems to climate change, based on analysis of the carbon budget and estimation of “cost-benefit” from sustainable forest management, and develop recommendations for their implementation in a variety of regional programs in collaborating countries.