Coastal Ecology and Biological Safety
Summer school
June 14 – 25, 2010
Nikolai Pertsov White Sea Biological Station, Northern Russia Application deadline: April 15th 2010
What a coastal ecosystem is? How does sea and seashore interact?
How do we change them and what are the outcomes for ourselves?
Contact: Department for Int. Cooperation Faculty of Biology Lomonosov Moscow State University Vorobjovy Gory, 1/12 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
cebs@mail.bio.msu.ru
Modules:
- Biology and ecology of the regions of littoral zone
- Ecology of forest zones adjacent to the sea
- History and practices of traditional and contemporary local nature management by the Pomors and the Karelian
- Comparative approaches to estimate biological safety
Language of instruction:
English Financial conditions: cost of the program incl. accommodation and local transfers 1390 € Food at the biological station: 125 € Transfer by train (Moscow – Kandalaksha – Moscow): 225 € Transfers from/to airport in Moscow not included.
Tentative program for foreign participants: June 12, before 18:00 – show up at the faculty of biology June 12, about 23:00 – transfer to Leningradski railway station (Moscow) June 13, about 00:30 – departure from Moscow by train June 14, about 09:00 – arrival to Poyakonda village; transfer to the biological station by boat. … June 25 about 15:00 – departure from biological station; transfer to Poyakonda by boat; local bus excursion (TBC) June 25 about 21:00 – arrival to Kandalaksha; individual dinner (TBC) June 25 about 23:30 – departure by train from Kandalaksha to Moscow June 27 about 21:00 – arrival to Leningradski railway station (Moscow)
It generally takes I hour to get from major Moscow airports to the city center and 1 more hour (7 €) and about 1 hour to get to the Biological Faculty (less than 1 €)
Possible routing via St. Petersburg (chip afare) still to be confirmed on demand.
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