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NHEERL on the Road
Kharhiv, Ukraine
WED Scientist Goes to Germany and Ukraine To Lecture on Ecosystem Services and Participate in NATO Advance Research Workshop
Dixon Landers, NHEERL Western Ecology Division (WED), traveled to the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, Kiel, Germany, and Kharhiv, Ukraine, to give invited lectures on ecosystem services and challenges of higher education in training interdisciplinary environmental scientists to provide solutions for the world's increasingly complex environmental problems. Dr. Landers' lectures on ecosystem services discussed research associated with ORD's Ecological Research Program, in particular, the Willamette Ecosystems Services Project, which he leads. In Kiel, he presented a lecture at the international workshop "Ecosystems Services―Solution for problems or a problem that needs solutions?" Based on his experiences in conducting interdisciplinary research, Dr. Landers lectured at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advance Research Workshop entitled "Rethinking Higher Education To Meet the New Challenges of Environmental Security."
NHEERL Scientists To Visit Ukraine To Review Second Year of Collaborative Estuarine Research Project
The Agency's Office of International Affairs, along with the U.S. Department of State, operate a program to engage former biological and chemical weapons scientists in newly independent states to conduct beneficial environmental research. The Former Bio-Chemical Weapons Scientists Redirect Program funds environmental studies by scientists in Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other former Soviet Union countries. Participants collaborate with EPA scientists to develop scientifically sound and relevant projects designed to better understand and manage environmental problems in the host country. NHEERL AED scientists Robert Burgess and Kay Ho are collaborating in a 3-year project with Ukrainian scientists at several institutes in Kyiv and Sevastopol to better understand the magnitude and causes of environmental impairments in three Ukrainian estuaries: Dnieper, Boh, and Danube. In September 2008, Dr. Burgess and Dr. Ho will spend 1 week meeting with Ukrainian scientists collaborating on the project to review the second year of sampling and analyses. Data from sediment toxicity testing, benthic community assessments, and chemical analyses of sediments and tissues will be discussed along with planning the third year's activities.
AED Scientists Visit Ukraine to Review Third Year of Collaborative Estuarine Research Project as part of U.S. EPA's Office of International Affairs Former Bio-Chemical Weapons Scientists Redirect Program
The Agency's Office of International Affairs, along with the U.S. Department of State, operate a program to engage former biological and chemical weapons scientists in newly independent states to conduct beneficial environmental research. The Former Bio-Chemical Weapons Scientists Redirect Program funds environmental studies by scientists in Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and other former Soviet Union countries. Participants collaborate with EPA scientists to develop scientifically-sound and relevant projects designed to better understand and manage environmental problems in the host country. NHEERL AED scientists Drs. Robert Burgess and Kay Ho are collaborating in a three year project with Ukrainian scientists at several institutes in Kyiv and Sevastopol to better understand the magnitude and causes of environmental impairments in three Ukrainian estuaries: Dnieper, Boh and Danube. In September 2009, Drs. Burgess and Ho will spend five days meeting with Ukrainian scientists collaborating on the project to review the third year of sampling and analyses. Data from sediment toxicity testing, Toxicity Identification Evaluations (TIEs), benthic community assessments, and chemical analyses of sediments and tissues will be discussed along with planning the potential addition of an extra year of activities.