Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the international conference entitled “Air Pollution threats to Plant Ecosystems” will be held in Paphos (Cyprus) on 11-15 October 2021.

This international event is co-organized by the Committee on Air Pollution Effects Research on Mediterranean Ecosystems (CAPERmed), the International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) and the International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP Vegetation). The conference, for the first time combining three events, will serve as an excellent example of effective international collaboration in the research of air pollution and plant ecosystems.  Do not miss this cornerstone of international science.

The CAPERmed IV meeting will be held on, back-to-back with the 3^rd International Conference on "Ozone and Plant Ecosystems" and the 30^th international biennial conference of the IUFRO Research Group on "Air pollution and climate change" on 11-14 October 2021. A full-day excursion is planned on 15th October 2021.

All useful information are available online: https://cyprus2021.com

Deadlines

Deadline for abstract submission : 1^st September, 2021

All abstracts "accepted" in 2020 remain "accepted", a revised version can be sent by 1^st September 2021.

Early registration : till 15^th September, 2021

Late registration : from 16^th September, 2021

No on-site registration

Sessions

The main sessions of the conference are:

CAPERmed - Air Pollution Effects on Mediterranean Ecosystems

1a. Monitoring, biomonitoring and modeling: advances and limitations

1b. From the organism to the ecosystem: impact of pollution and climate change

1c. Environmental policies, human health and sustainability

Air pollution and climate change effects on plant ecosystems: from cell to ecosystem

2. Urban green: sinks or sources of air pollution and climate change

3. Plant ecosystems in a changing world: monitoring, modeling and risk assessment

4. Atmospheric deposition: consequences for plant ecosystems

5. Crops and trees: productivity and ecological processes

6.  Genetic, biochemical and physiological mechanisms underlying stress responses of plant ecosystems

COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus

All needed sanitary directives will be implemented on site.

Due to exceptional conditions, up-do-date information will be regularly released by emails.

Epidemiological risk assessment and information concerning flights from/to the Republic of Cyprus can be found https://www.pio.gov.cy/coronavirus/eng

Vaccinated passengers who hold a valid vaccination certificate from the public authorities of the countries referred below, regardless of their nationality, will be able to travel to the Republic of Cyprus, from any country, without having the obligation to meet the prerequisites of the corresponding country category (e.g. RT-PCR laboratory tests, self-isolation, quarantine etc., or issuance of a special permission to enter the country). Vaccinated passengers still have to complete, within 48 hours before their last departure flight to Cyprus, the necessary application form and obtain a CyprusFlightPass by visiting the link www.cyprusflightpass.gov.cy/en/vaccinated-fly-request.