The 3rd All-Russian Scientific Conference on “The Dynamics of Modern Ecosystems in the Holocene”

On March 12-15, 2013, Kazan hosted the Third All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation "The Dynamics of modern ecosystems in the Holocene". The scientific forum was organized by the Institute of Ecology and Mineral Wealth, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Ecology and Evolution named after A.N. Severtsov, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), and the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the RAS Urals Branch, with support from the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research. The conference was attended by over 200 researchers from different regions of Russia and ten foreign countries. The presented reports covered a wide range of problems, such as the dynamics of the natural environment in Northern Eurasia during the Holocene, the history of human interaction with the environment, etc. They contained the results of natural science studies in archeozoology, paleontology, paleobotany, paleoclimate reconstructions and paleolandscapes that are important for the archaeological science research.