Title: Altai-Sayan Expedition of the Russian Geographical Society
Goal: Obtain new data on regional reactions of mountain landscapes of Altai and Sayan to climate changes in the present and the historical past.
Objectives:
- Collect and document data on regional reactions of mountain landscapes of Altai and Sayan to climate changes in the present and the historical past.
- Encourage and increase interest in geographic field work among new generations of researchers. During the course of the project more than thirty geography major students from Saint-Petersburg, Altai and Tyva will have participated in field trips.
Project Coordinating Entity:
All-Russian Non-governmental Organization «Russian Geographical Society» of Saint-Petersburg State University.
Project Coordinators:
Kirill Valentinovich Chistyakov, Vice-President of the Russian Geographical Society, Head of the Department of Physical Geography and Landscape Planning of Saint-Petersburg State University.
Galina Valentinovna Pryakhina, Member of the Russian Geographical Society, Professor of the Department of Land Hydrology at the Faculty of Geography and Geoecology of Saint-Petersburg State University.