CAS now supporting PAGES
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- Published: Wednesday, 04 December 2019 10:28
PAGES is very pleased to announce the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has joined the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) as an official supporter of PAGES' activities.
CAS Vice-President Zhang Yaping and PAGES Executive Director Marie-France Loutre recently ratified the cooperation agreement, which is valid for a minimum of eight years. CAS is classified as a special member of PAGES.
Professor Zhang hailed the agreement as "a solid step towards more proactive engagement of CAS with the international science community on tackling issues of global importance."
"I am delighted that CAS is in a position to join forces, together with the Swiss Academy of Sciences, to support PAGES," said Professor Zhang, a molecular evolutionary biologist and an expert on conservation genetics.
"The scientific activities of PAGES are focused on deepening our understanding of the past climate and environmental changes on a global scale. Obviously, such endeavors require close collaboration among scientists around the world, and we see PAGES as an excellent international and interdisciplinary platform that will continue to facilitate such efforts."
Dr Loutre said Chinese researchers have always been actively engaged in PAGES since it was formed in 1991. "The CAS-PAGES agreement is going a step further," she said. "I am therefore very excited about the new opportunities that such a collaboration will raise."
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