List of Participants: Prof. Ralf Reski, Project Co-ordinator - ALU Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg (Germany) Dr Edgar Wagner, Project Acting Co-ordinator - ALU Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg (Germany) Anne Katrin Prowse, Project Administrator - ALU Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg (Germany) Athena Economou-Amilli, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Biology, Dept of Ecology & Systematics, University of Athens (Greece) Dr. Yannis Mylopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) Dr. Elpida Kolokytha, Assoc. Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) Dr Johannes Antonius Wintermans, Radboud University, Nijmegen (The Netherlands) Prof. Valery A. Zemtsov, Head of the Hydrology Dept, Tomsk State University (Russia) Dr. Dmitry A. Vershinin, Assoc. Professor, Hydrology Department, Tomsk State University (Russia) Prof. Gennady Ya. Baryshnikov, Dean of the Faculty, Faculty of Geography, Altai State University (Russia) Olga V. Denisenko, Assistant Professor, Natural Science Department, Chair of Foreign Languages, Altai State University (Russia) Dr. Bella A. Krasnoyarova, Acting Head of the Laboratory of Landscape, Water and Ecology Research, Institute for Water and Ecological Problems (Russia) Prof. Anar B. Myrzagalieva, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, East-Kazakhstan State University named after S. Amanzholov, Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan) Balzhan Z. Medeubayeva, Acting head of post-graduate education department, East- Kazakhstan State University named after S. Amanzholov, Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan) Dr. Raihan R. Beisenova, Head of the Chair of Management and Engineering, Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilev, Astana (Kazakhstan) Dr. Gulnara A. Biakhmetova, Deputy Director of the Economy Department, Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilev, Astana (Kazakhstan) Tatiana A. Ponomarenko, Head of Learning Centre, LLC «Tyumen Vodokanal», Tyumen (Russia) Dr. Andrei V. Tolstikov, Vice Rector for Research and International Cooperation, Tyumen State University, (Russia) Elena E. Yuzhakova, Head of Department of International Relation, Tyumen State University, (Russia) Dr. Galina V. Telegina, Director of Regional Institute for International Cooperation, Tyumen State University, (Russia) Dr. Nina V. Shtykova, Deputy Director, Regional Institute for International Cooperation, Tyumen State University, (Russia) Dr. Natalia N. Dzida, Deputy Director, Regional Institute for International Cooperation, Tyumen State University, (Russia) Dr. Vitaly Y. Khoroshavin, Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Earth Science, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Dr. Sergey I. Larin, Head of Geoecology Dept., Institute of Earth Science, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Dr. Natalia S. Larina, Deputy Director for Research, Chemistry Institute, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Dr. Natalia A. Shelpakova, Chief of Department of Researcher and Innovation, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Dr. Natalia V. Zherebiateva, Head of Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecology, Institute of Earth Science, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Dr. Olga Yu. Vaver, Assoc. Professor, Geoecology Dept., Institute of Earth Science, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Dr. Irina D. Akhmedova, Head of Dept. of Social-Economical Geography and Environmental Management, Institute of Earth Science, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Dr. Elena P. Pinigina, Assistant Professor, Geoecology Dept., Institute of Earth Science, Tyumen State University (TyuSU), Russia Anna V. Vodinskaya, Chief of Dept. of Geoecological Expertise and Rationing, Federal Service for Supervision of Nature Management in the Tyumen Region (Russia) .