1:30 PM: , OVERVIEW: Y. D. CHOI AND S. MIAO. POPULATION, ECONOMY, AND ENVIRONMENT OF ASIA.

1:50 PM: Galloway, James¹, ¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Ecological impacts of nitrogen mobilization in Asia by food and energy production.

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2:15 PM: Peng, Changhui^*,1, Jiang, Hong², Fang, Jingyun³, ¹ Institute of Envronment Sciences, Monreal, Quebec, Canada² Conservation Biology Institute, Corvallis, Oregon, USA³ College of Environmental Science, Beijing, China, Land use change, greenhouse gases, emissions management, and sustainability in Asia.

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2:40 PM: Zhang, Xinshi^{*,1, 2}, Tang, Haiping², Huang, Yongmei², ¹ Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing² College of Resources & Technology Science, Beijing Normal, Beijing, The feature of biodiversity in arid zone of east Asia and its hotspots.

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3:05 PM: , BREAK.

3:20 PM: Ci, Longjun^*,1, Yang, Xiaohui¹, Yang, Youlin², ¹ Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing² Asia Regional Coordination Unit of the UNCCD, Beijing, Desertification in east Asia and it's ecological background.

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3:45 PM: Kim, Eun-Shik^*,1, Park, DongKyun², Zhao, Xueyong³, Li, Qingfeng⁴, Han, Yongwei⁵, Hong, Sun-Kee⁶, ¹ Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea² Northeast Asian Forest Forum, Seoul, Korea³ Chinese Academy of Sciences, Naiman, Tongliao, China⁴ Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhuahaote City, Inner Mongolia, China⁵ Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China⁶ Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, Sustainable management of grassland ecosystems for controlling Asian dusts and desertification in Asian continents and a suggestion of Eco-Village Movement in China.

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4:10 PM: Ellis, Erle^*,1, ¹ University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, Global impacts of local changes across China's densely populated rural landscapes.

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4:35 PM: , SYNTHESIS: J. A. LEE.