(Photo: PAGE21) Kytalyk field site IV International Conference "The role of permafrost ecosystems in a changing climate" will take place 5-8 of August 2014 in Yakutsk, Russia.

During the past 23 years, an multilateral international scientific cooperation has been developing on the extensive permafrost area in the North-East of Russia. Within a framework of 30 international and intergovernmental research and educational projects (14 countries), an unique scientific system SakhaFluxNet has been created for interdisciplinary research to address fundamental questions that reveal the full picture of the state of the environment, the nature of the interaction of all its parts (atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryolithosphere), their impact on biodiversity, the forecast and mitigation of the potential impacts of global trends and changes in the environment using the latest scientific innovative equipment. Monitoring network SakhaFluxNet is a part of several international scientific networks such as GlobalCarbon, EuroFlux, AsiaFlux, ScanNet, INTERACT and PAGE21.

Integrated system SakhaFluxNet covers all largest bioclimatic zones of North-Eastern Russia - tundra, forest-tundra and forest, and includes infrastructure of four fully equipped research stations - "Spasskaya Pad" (Central Yakutia), "Elgeeii" (South-Eastern Yakutia), "Chokurdakh" and "Kodac" in the North-Eastern Yakutia. This extensive network of monitoring stations of the world-class level in the North-East of Russia is the only one with this volume of studied biogeochemical and climatic parameters of the ecosystem and has no analogues.

In 2014, we also celebrate 10 years of the start of intensive experimental studies on the tundra research station "Chokurdakh" in the Northeast of Russia under the supervision of Professor Albertus Johannes Dolman. During that time, the station has transformed into a scientific center that conducts unique research, combining efforts of many countries in the study of Arctic ecosystems.

From 5th to 7th of August 2014, IV International conference will be conducted on the basis of scientific stations of IPBC SB RAS. Conference topics include the problems of biogeochemistry, climate and biodiversity in relation to climate change. The first three international conferences on the subject were held in 2000, 2002 and 2008 in Yakutsk, Russia.