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HOSTS:

InstituteofGeography-Geo-ecology,MongoliaAcademyofScience(IGG,MAS)SaruulKhuduuEnvironmentalResearch&Consulting(SKERC)CenterforGlobalChangeandEarthObservations(CGCEO),MichiganStateUniversity(MSU)

WORKSHOP LOCATION:

ConferenceislocatedatChinggisKhaanHotelTokyoStreet-10,Ulaanbaatar-49,Mongolia,http://www.chinggis-hotel.comWORKSHOPWEBSITEhttp://lees.geo.msu.edu/research/UB2017/http://senacgc.org/

WORKSHOP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Dr.OchirbatBatkhishig,InstituteofGeography-Geo-ecology,MongoliaAcademyofScience(MAS),batkhishig@gmail.comDr.TungalagUlambayar,ScientificDirector,SaruulKhuduuEnvironmentalResearch&Consulting(SKERC)tungaa.sg@gmail.comDr.JiquanChen,CenterforGlobalChangeandEarthObservations(CGCEO),MichiganStateUniversity,jqchen@msu.eduDr.PeileiFan,CenterforGlobalChangeandEarthObservations(CGCEO),MichiganStateUniversity,fanpeile@msu.eduDr.RanjeetJohn,CenterforGlobalChangeandEarthObservations(CGCEO),MichiganStateUniversity,ranjeetj@msu.eduDr.ZutaoOuyang,CenterforGlobalChangeandEarthObservations(CGCEO),MichiganStateUniversity,yangzuta@msu.edu

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AGENDA May31andJune1,WednesdayandThursdayParticipantsarrivetoUlaanbaatarJune2,2017,Friday–Day18:15-8:30:Registration&informalexchange(dropyourbusinesscardplease,Ochirbat&Park)8:30-9:30:IntroductionWelcome(DirectorsofIGG/MAS,SKERCandCGCEO/MSU)Logistics:QuestionsandAnswers(Tungalag,Ohirbat,Park)Keynoteaddress(20min):GarikGutman9:30-10:0:Workshopobjectives&procedure(Fan&Chen)10:00-10:30:Teabreak10:30-12:00:Informativepresentationofresources(3-5minutes)AvailabledataforsharingatMSU:John,Shao,Ouyang,&Park(10min)

• Ochirbat• Bao• Mack• Yue• Zhang• Chi• Liu• Xin

12:00-13:30:Groupphotoandlunch13:30-15:00:Synthesisworkingsession(I)Synthesisobjectives

1)Groismanetal.(5+2min)2)Fernández-Giménez,Allingtonetal.(5+2min)

ParallelGroupDiscussion1)Groismanetal.2)Fernández-Giménez,Allingtonetal.

15:00-15:30:Teabreak15:30-17:00:Synthesisworkingsession(II)Synthesisobjectives

3)Zhuangetal.(5+2min)4)Fanetal.(5+2min)

Parallelgroupdiscussion

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3)Zhuangetal.4)Fanetal.

18:00:WelcomereceptionJune3,2017,Saturday–Day29:00-16:30:Fieldtrip(outskirtofUlaanbaatarJohn)June4,2017,Sunday–Day38:30-10:00:Synthesisworkingsession(III)Synthesisobjectives

5)Chen,Wuetal.(5+2min)6)Leiszetal.(5+2min)

ParallelGroupDiscussion5)Chen,Wuetal.6)Leiszetal.

10:00-10:30:Teabreak10:30-12:00Synthesisworkingsession(IV)Synthesisobjectives

7)Henebryetal.(5+2min)8)Luetal.(5+2min)ParallelGroupDiscussion7)Henebryetal.8)Luetal.

12:00-13:00:Lunch13:00-14:30:Groupreport(5-6mineach)

Groisman,Fernández-Giménez,Zhuang,Fan,Chen,Leisz,Henebry,Lu

14:30-15:00:Teabreak15:00-16:00Futureactions(Henebry)FutureEarth:QiNEFA,GroismanOpenfloor16:00:Products,schedule,others(Chen)16:00-16:30:Adjourn(Fan,Chen,Ochirbat,Tungalag)June5,2017,Monday–Day48:30-12:00Ulaanbaatarfieldtrip(Park)

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Participants International Participants

Name(Last,First) Email AffiliationFan,Peilei fanpeile@msu.edu MichiganStateUniversity,USAAlbrechtová,Jana albrecht@natur.cuni.cz CharlesUniversityinPrague,Czech

RepublicAmartuvshin,Amarjargal

Amarjargal2010@gmail.com UniversityoftheHumanities,Mongolia

Batkhishig,Ochirbat

batkhishig@gmail.com MongolianAcademyofSciences,Mongolia

Henebry,GeoffreyMichael

geoffrey.henebry@sdstate.edu SouthDakotaStateUniversity,USA

Leisz,Stephen steve.leisz@colostate.edu ColoradoStateUniversity,USALiu,Mingliang Mingliang.liu@wsu.edu WashingtonStateUniversity,USALu,Dengsheng ludengsh@msu.edu MichiganStateUniversity,USAMakathy,Tep makathytep@gmail.com CambodianInstituteforUrban

Studies,CambodiaMyint,WinSoe soe.myint@asu.edu ArizonaStateUniversity,USANaing,Zaw zawnaing72@gmail.com MandalayTechnologyCo.,Ltd,

MyanmarNguyen,DinhDuong

duong.nguyen2007@gmail.com VietnamAcademyofScienceandTechnology,Vietnam

PavelGroismann pasha.groisman@noaa.gov NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,USAQi,Jiaguo qi@msu.edu MichiganStateUniversity,USASouphanthalop,Outhailak

Nana_nlt@hotmail.com MinistryofNaturalResources&Environment,LaoPDR

TungaUlambayar ecouils@yahoo.com SaruulKhuduuERC,MongoliaThy,PhamThiMai ptmthy@hcmig.vast.vn VietnamAcedemyofScienceand

Technology,VietnamChen,Jiquan jqchen@msu.edu MichiganStateUniversity,USAAllington,Ginger gallington@sesync.org NationalSocio-Environmental

SynthesisCenter,USABao,Gang gangb2015@yahoo.com NanjingUniversity,ChinaChi,Guangqing gchi@psu.edu PennslyvaniaStateUniversity,USADong,Gang dongg@sxu.edu.cn ShanxiUniversity,ChinaFernandez-Gimenez,Maria

Maria.Fernandez-Gimenez@ColoState.EDU

ColoradoStateUniversity,USA

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Local Participants

BattogtokhDorjgotov,PhDinSciencemanagement.Permafrostresearch.IGG,MAS

PurevtserenMyagmartseren,PhDinLandUseManagement.NationalUniversityofMongolia

UrtnasanMandakh,PhDinGeobotanyandEcology.IGG,MAS

JargalsaikhanRavdansambuu,MAinForestEcology.NatureEnvironmentDepartmentoftheHuvsgulaimag

GanzorigUlgiichimeg,MAinSoilscienceandPaleogeography.IGG,MAS

LkhagvaAriuntsetseg,PhDinEcology,NationalUniversityofMongolia

JamsranjavChantsallkham,PhDinRangelandEcology,MercyCorpsMongolia

DavaasurenNarangerel,MAinGISandRemoteSensing,SaruulKhuduuERTC

BaltSuvdantsetseg,PhDinEnvironmentalGovernance,KhovdUniversity

DulamsurenDorligsuren,HeadoftheMongolianSocietyofRangeManagement

Gutman,Garik garik.gutman@nasa.gov NASAMack,Elizabeth eamack1@asu.edu MichiganStateUniversity,USAPark,Hogeun parkhoge@msu.edu MichiganStateUniversity,USAQiu,Huangquang hgqiu@ruc.edu.cn RenminUniversity,ChinaShao,Changliang clshao@msu.edu MichiganStateUniversity,USAWang,Baorui chenbaorui@caas.cn CAAS,ChinaWang,XU wangxu01@caas.cn CAAS,ChinaWashington-Allen,Robert

washingtonra@utk.edu;rwashin3@utk.edu

UniversityofTennessee,USA

Xin,Xiaoping xinxiaoping@caas.cn CAAS,ChinaZhang,Yaoqi Yaoqi.zhang@auburn.edu AuburnUniversity,USAZhuang,Qianlai qzhuang@purdue.edu PurdueUniversity,USALiu,Yong ly6505@163.com SouthwestUniversity,ChinaYue,Wenze wzyue@zju.edu.cn ZhejiangUniversity,ChinaMailto,Raise raisa.makipaa@luke.fi TheFinnishForestResearchInstituteLei,Zhen zlei@psu.edu ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityHuettmann,Falk fhuettmann@alaska.edu UniversityofAlaskaFairbanks

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Synthesis Manuscripts Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia

JiquanChenandPeileiFan(Coordinators)May2,2017

GOALS• Synthesizethelessonslearnedfromactiveresearchers/labsforcross-teampublications• Discusspotentialcollaborationsviaproposaldevelopment

FOCI• CoupledHumanNatureSystemsinMongolianPlateau• UrbanizationandSustainabilityUnderGlobalChangeandTransitionalEconomiesinSoutheast,

East,andNorthAsia

ADDITIONALINFORMATIONThereareseveralopportunitiesaspotentialoutletsforproposedmanuscripts:

• ERL(EnvironmentResearchLetters):Aspecialissue(SI)onNEFIisinprogress(byinvitationONLY).

• LE(LandscapeEcology):Weareencouragedtorecommend(ororchestrate)3-5synthesismanuscriptsfora“specialsection”.

• LAND(LandscapeandUrbanPlanning):Thereisaspecialissue(SI)onurbanlandscapesintransitionaleconomies.Thedeadlineis:June1,2017.

• EP(EcologicalProcesses):Anon-SCI,openaccessjournalwithrisinginfluence.• ALT(alternatives):Authorsareencouragedtoconsiderotherjournals,e.g.,Bioscience,Society

andEcology,etc.Theorganizersarewillingtofacilitatethecommunicationifneeded.

ROLES&RESPONSIBILITIESFORLEAD(CO-)AUTHORS• Theroleoftheleadauthoristoguidethedevelopmentofthemanuscript,coordinatethe

contributionsofco-authors,andleadtheintegrationandwritingofthemanuscriptfromearlydraftstosubmission,revision,andpublication.

• Theleadauthoralsoneedsto:(1)ensurethescientificandintellectualintegrityoftheresearchpresentedinthemanuscript;(2)ensurethatanyonewhoiswillingtoparticipateasaco-authorisgiventheopportunity;(3)serveasacorrespondingauthorwiththejournal;(4)serveasacorrespondingauthorwithworkshopsponsors;(5)makesurethatanyonewhomakescontributionstothediscussionattheworkshopareinvitedasco-authororacknowledged;and(6)acknowledgethesupportfromourworkshopsponsorsinanypublicationsbasedonthisworkshop.

• Theco-authorneedstocontributematerialtotheproductionofthemanuscript,approvethefinalversionsubmittedforreview,contributetotherevisionofthemanuscript,andapprovetherevisedversion.

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• Morespecifically,aco-authorneedsto:(1)ensurethescientificandintellectualintegrityoftheco-author’sresearchcontributedtothemanuscript;(2)makematerialcontributionstothemanuscriptintermsofdataand/orresultsand/orinterpretationaswellaswritesectionsand/orreviewmanuscriptdrafts;and(3)respondtimelytomanuscript-relatedrequestsfromleadauthorandotherco-authors.

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SUMMARY*ThisreflectstheinitialopinionofJiquanandPeilei.Theauthor(s)ofeachmanuscriptwilldecidethejournalforsubmission.LeadAuthor Title Objectives Journal*

1) Groismanetal.

DrylandbeltofnorthernEurasia:contemporaryclimatechangesandtheirconsequences

Toaddresstheclimaticchangesobservedoverthedrylandbelt(DLB)ofAsiainthepastdecades;andoutlinethepossiblelinksofthesechangeswithotherexternalandinternalfactorsofthecontemporaryregionalenvironmentalchangesintheDLB.

ERL

2) Fernández-Giménez,Allingtonetal.

Group-levelrules,resourcetenure,andhousehold-levelpastoralmanagementpracticespredictecologicaloutcomesacrossMongoliansteppeecosystems

Tousestructuralequationmodelstoexploretherelativestrengthsofthecontributionsofcommunity-levelrules,householdresourcetenure,andhousehold-levelmanagementpracticesonecologicaloutcomesatthepasturescale.

ERL

3) Zhuangetal. Quantifytheresponsesofplantbiomassandcarbonbudgettoextremeclimateeventsandland-usechangeontheMongolianplateau

Tousesomeinsitudatatocheckthemodelbeforehavingaproductrunfortheregion.Specifically,thissynthesismanuscriptisdesignedto:(1)linkplantproductivity(biomasssupply)withmeteorological(historical)andclimatic(future)data,especially,temperatureandprecipitation,thiswillneedtocollaboratewithclimateexpertsinthisteamorbeyondtheteam.Thefocuscouldbeexaminingtheextremeeventsetc.;(2)linkbiomasswithanthropogenicactivities,includinglandusechange,thiswillneedyourinputs;and(3)usetowerdatatotestifmodelsaredoingwellforkeyecosystemtypesontheplateau,thisneedafewtowermeasurementfolks.

ERL

4) Fanetal. Urbanizationandsustainablesocietaldevelopmentundertransitionaleconomiesandglobalchange:AsynthesisofNorthAsiancities

Tosynthesizeknowledgeandlinkkeysocioeconomicandbiophysicaldrivers,especiallyinstitutionalmechanismuniqueintransitionaleconomiesandglobalclimatechanges,tothespatiotemporalchangesofurbanizationandurbansustainabilityinNorthAsia.

ERL

5) Chen,Wuet Ecosystem-society Tosynthesisdata,knowledge,and ERL

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al. interactionsonachangingMongolianPlateauOrAretrospectiveandprospectiveassessmentofthesustainabilityoftheMongolianPlateau:Theendofnomadism?

quantitativemodelsonecosystemandsocialresiliencetothechangingclimateanddynamicsocioeconomicpressuresplacedonthefragileecosystemsoftheMongolianPlateau,throughamulti-disciplinaryanalysisofecosystemandsocialresiliencetothechangingclimateanddynamicsocioeconomicpressuresplaced.Specifically,ourobjectivesareto:1)assessthesustainabilityoftheplateauduringthepastseveraldecades;(2)identifykeysocioeconomicandbiophysicaldriversforunsustainabilityintheregion;and(3)proposeasetofevidence-basedandpolicy-relevantguidelinesforpromotingthefuturesustainabilityoftheMongolianPlateau.

6) Leiszetal. TelecouplingandsecondarycitiesintransitionaleconomiesinSoutheastAsia

TooinvestigatetherolethattelecouplinghaveonthegrowthofsecondarycitiesalongthenetworkoftransnationaleconomiccorridorsintheGreaterMekongSubregion(GMS).Thispaperwilllookattheimpactsofthesecorridorsontheurbangrowthpatternsofpreviouslyisolatedsecondarycitiesthatarefoundinthesecorridors.

LAND

7) Henebryetal. Tiesthatbind:DynamicsofremittancenetworksinCentralAsia

TocompareremittancenetworksacrosstheCAC-5andMongoliaonthereceivingsideandRussia,China,US,andkeyothersendingcountriestoexaminetheregionalandinternationallinkagesthatarisefrommigratingworkersaswellasmacroeconomicshocks(e.g.,theGreatRecession,Russia'sannexationofCrimea).

ERLor

currentopinioninenviron-mentalsustain-ability

8) Luetal. Examiningspatialpatternsandratesofurbanexpansionthroughacomparativeanalysisofcoastalandinlandmetropolitans

Toconductacomparativeanalysisofcoastalmetropolitans(ShanghaiandShenzheninChina,andHoChiMinhcityinVietnam)andinlandmetropolitans(UlaanbaatarinMongolia,LanzhouinChina,andVientianeinLaoPDR)forthespatiotemporalchangesin1985-2015.

LE

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9) Ochirbatetal. PasturelandsoilpropertieschangeinCentralMongolia

ToassesssoilpropertieschangeingrazinglandareaincasestudyofCentralMongoliaorTuulriverbasinarea.

TBD

10) BaoGangetal.

AssessingtheimpactsofsummerdroughtandphenologyonnetprimaryproductivityintheMongolianPlateau

Toassessandquantify(orseparate)theimpactsofsummerdroughtandspringandautumnphenologyonvariationsofNPPintheMongolianPlateauduring1982–2011usingsecond-andthird-generationGIMMSNDVIandMODISNDVIdatasetsandmeteorologicaldata.TheCarnegie-Ames-Stanford-Approach(CASA)ecosystemmodelwillbeusedtomodelNPP,andacumulativeNDVI-basedlogisticregressionmodelwillbeusedtoextractthephenologicalvariables.

LE

11) Shaoetal. VegetationchangeeffectsonevapotranspirationanditsbiophysicalcontrolsinMongolia

Toquantifyingtheeffectsofvegetationtypechangeonevapotranspiration(ET)andtheunderlyingmechanismofbiophysicalregulationsinvariousecosystemsundersimilarenvironmentalconditionsiscriticalforanaccurateunderstandingofwaterbudgetsandmodelingpredictions.Forthefirsttime,aclusteroffoureddycovariancetowersweresetuptoanswerhowETfluxesshiftamongfourdifferentecosystemsinMongolia–meadowsteppe(MDW),typicalsteppe(TPL),drytypicalsteppe(DRT)andshrubland(SHB).

ERL

12) Macketal. BiophysicalandhumandriversofwateravailabilityindrylandseastAsia

ToexaminethelinkagesbetweenbiophysicalandhumandimensionsofwateravailabilityintheDrylandsareaofEastAsia.Timeperiodtobedeterminedbydataavailability.

LE

13) Yueetal. EvaluationandcomparisonofurbanvitalityamongtypicalcitiesinSoutheast,East,andNorthAsia

Toconceptualizeurbanvitalityintoseveralspecificdimensionsandtoevaluatetheurbanvitalitybyintegratingtheremotesensingdata,censusdataandcrowd-sourceddatafromSENA.

TBD

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14) Zhangetal. Thechangingpopulation,livestockandlanduseofMongoliaintransition

Toquantifythechangingpopulation,themigrationpatternsandtheirdistribution,thedynamicsoflivestockandthelanduseparticularlyinminingandcroplandintransition.Ouremphasesaretounderstandhowthepeople,animalsandlandareconnectedandhowtheclimateandpolicieschangesaffectthecouplednaturalandhumansystems.

TBD

15) Chietal. EcologicalmigrationinruraldrylandsofcentralandeastAsiawithinacoupledcommunityandpasturesystemframework:theimplicationsofclimatechange,demographicdynamics,globalization,andgeopolitics

Toextendthecoupledhumanandnatural(CHN)systemframeworkforunderstandingecologicalmigrationbothasaconsequenceofandacausetochangesinlandscapestructureandecosystemservicesinruraldrylands.ThissynthesismanuscriptisfocusedontheherdingcommunitiesthathavetraditionallyformedthebasisoflocaleconomicsinruralKyrgyzstan,Mongolia,andInnerMongoliaofChina.

GlobalEnviron.Change

16) Liuetal. Howland-usechangeaffectthewateruseovertheMonsoonAsiaoverthepast30years

ToanalysistheagriculturallandusechangeovertheMonsoonAsiaduring1980-2010andestimatehowirrigationwaterdemandchangeinthelong-termtrends,inter-annualvariabilityanditsseasonality.ByusingthecoupledVIC-CropSystmodel,wewillattributethewaterdemandtoclimatechangeandvariability,irrigationtechnology,landuse,andcropvarietieswithcontrolledsimulationexperiments.

LE

17) Xinetal. Anthropogenicandclimateimpactsongrasslandecosystems’carbondynamicsinnorthernChina

Tounderstand:1)increasesingrazingintensitydidnotnecessarilyresultinsignificantimpactonecosystemproductivityinthenortherngrasslandsinChina,2)grasslandecosystemsappeartohaveamechanismtoadjustitsecologicalprocesstomaintainresilient,and3)oneofecosystemadjustmentmechanismsistochangeitsbiomassallocationbetweenstemsandroots.

TBD

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Emergency contacts Incaseofemergency,pleasecontactourlocalorganizers

1.OchirbatBATKHISHIG,Ph.D,

CellPhone:(976)-99712339

Email:batkhishig@gmail.com

2.TungaUlambayar,Ph.D,

CellPhone:(976)-99844706

Email:tungaa.sg@gmail.com

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Field Trip Plan 1DaytourofMongoliannomadsshowandLunFluxstation

2017June3,Saturday

08:30:Boardbusforfieldtrip(50km)

Programofthedayandlogisticsforthefieldtrip(OchirbatBatkhishig,studentassistant)

10:00:ArriveatMongoliannomadperformance(http://www.mongolnomadic.com/en/)

10:00:Theshow“Mongoliannomads”demonstratestraditionallivingwayofrealMongoliannomadsandbreedingandusingoffivekindsoflivestockandmovementfromoneplacetoanotherusingox,yak,camelandhorsecarts.AlsotraditionalMongoliangerandallfurnitureandclothingareantiquesthatreflectthefeaturesandmannersoftheCentralKhalkMongolsinthebeginningof20thcentury.

12:30:Lunchinthe“MongolNomadic”camp

13:30:Gotothe“Fluxstationshrubsite”inLunarea(80km)

14:30:Visit“Fluxstationshrubsite”inLunarea(Dr.Changliang)

15:00:Beginreturnjourney(130km)

16:30:Reststopatanyplaceofinterestontheway

17:30ReachHotel