Anatoly Shvidenko (russian: link=no, Анато́лий Зино́вьеич Швидéнко) is a

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, professor, and senior research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria. Anatoly Shvidenko worked at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine from 1968 to 1987, where he headed the Department of Forestry Inventory and Planning. He joined the IIASA's Forestry Program in October 1992 and has been

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in a number of projects on the forest sector of Northern Eurasia, including projects financed by the

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, and other international organizations (such as Siberia, Siberia-II, GSE-FM, IRIS, Enviro-RISK, and Zapas). Professor Shvidenko's main fields of interest are forest inventory, monitoring, mathematical modeling, global change, and

boreal forest Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, ...

s. He served as lead author and coordinating lead author in the Third Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and in the second, third, and fourth IPCC Assessments (the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many scientists, was recognised by the joint award of the

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). He has taken part in a number of important international global change activities and initiatives as member of steering committees and councils (Global Terrestrial Observing System Terrestrial Carbon Observation Panel, FAO Forest Resource Assessment, International Boreal Forest Research Association, Scientific Council of the World Commission on Forestry and Sustainable Development, Siberian National Committee on

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, etc.) Shvidenko is a member of the Board of International Boreal Research Association (IBFRA).

Bibliography

He has authored and coauthored over 400 scientific publications, including 14 books in English, Russian and Ukrainian languages.

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of articles in English is 23. * Cited 12 times * Cited 124 times * * * * Cited 97 times * Cited 396 times * Cited 126 times * * Cited 74 times

References

External links

"Forests can store more carbon emissions than earlier thought" ''News One, July 15, 2011''

"Wald speichert deutlich mehr CO2 als angenommen" ''Kleine Zeitung, July 14, 2011''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shvidenko, Anatoly 1937 births Living people People from Zhashkiv Russian ecologists Russian foresters Ukrainian ecologists Austrian foresters Laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology