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Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

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Project • 2003-17-NSG, 2004-19-NMY, 2005-05-CMY

Climate variability and human activities in relation to Northeast Asian land-ocean interactions and their implications for coastal zone management (seed grant)/ Climate variability and human activities in relation to Notheast Asia and their land-ocean interactions and their implications for coastal zone management

This project investigated and assessed the effects of the natural climatic variability and socio-economic development on recent environmental changes, on the basis of datasets from selected major river basins in the northeastern Asia region. In particular, aspects related to river discharge, the transport and rate of materials and pollutants, organic matters, the bio transfer of persistent toxic substances, biological productivity, sedimentary records in rivers, estuaries and adjoining waters will be examined. For this purpose, a multi-disciplinary team will be established to deal with the scientific problems, and groups of young scientists from the region will be trained in leading labs of the countries involved.