TFRN-7 Workshop Proceedings

This page will provide you with further information on the proceedings from the workshop, and guidelines for authors.

Russian speaking participants will be contacted by Natalia Kozlova, who will also ask for papers for the workshop. English speaking participants will be asked by Klaas van der Hoek for a contribution to the workshop and the workshop proceedings. Participants willing to offer a presentation should contact him by email klaas.van.der.hoek@rivm.nl

Please note the following deadlines:

**One week prior to the meeting, all presentations and background documents must be sent to Larisa at nii@sp.ru and Klaas van der Hoek Klaas.van.der.hoek@rivm.nl

**A first draft of your updated chapters must be handed in to the organisers BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE MEETING IN ST PETERSBURG

**Klaas van der Hoek and Natalia Kozlova will be in touch soon after the meeting to discuss the next stages and these will be covered at the workshop itself 

Preliminary outline of the chapters in the book of proceedings

'Abating Ammonia emissions in the UNECE and EECCA region on the context of the Nitrogen cycle'

Part A: Ammonia and the environment

Chapter 1. Why is ammonia a problem, current situation and future scenarios.

This chapter is science oriented and will be supported by information from the ENA and the information on future scenarios from the CIAM. Also linked with climate change and particulate matter.

Chapter 2. UNECE and Gothenburg Protocol.

This chapter is policy oriented and presents the framework of legislation and activities like TFRN and WGSR.

Part B: Technical solutions to abate ammonia emissions

Chapter 3. Ammonia abatement and associated costs.

This chapter will be supported by the upcoming book on abatement and costs, edited by Stephan Reis, and by the book ‘Ammonia the case of the Netherlands’.

Chapter 4. Role of nitrogen budgets to abate ammonia emissions.

Chapter 5. Role of human diets to abate ammonia emissions.

Chapter 6. Integrated nitrogen approach.

Ammonia is not the only reactive nitrogen compound and when abating ammonia emissions this may impact emissions of other reactive nitrogen compounds as nitrous oxide and nitrate leaching.

Part C: Case studies in the UNECE and EECCA region

Chapter 7. Overview of agricultural data and emissions for all countries.

Chapter 8 -- xx. Case studies from participating countries.

The case studies should have the following components.

a. General country information about ammonia emissions.

b. What activities have been successful until now?

c. What problems are faced and what solutions have been chosen?

d. What problems are to be addressed in the future in connection with the country’s obligations to the Gothenburg Protocol?

e. What should be done in research and in practical sphere?

Procedure of production of the book

a. The language will be English with extended summaries in Russian.

b. Participants will be asked to review the draft chapters of the book.

c. Klaas van der Hoek and Natalia Kozlova are prepared to be editors of the book.

Preliminary author information for the book

'Abating Ammonia emissions in the UNECE and EECCA region in the context of the Nitrogen cycle'

Guidelines for authors

The papers concerning the case studies from the UNECE and EECCA countries should have the same structure and the same components. Therefore they should follow the following ordering.

Title: Ammonia emissions in …..

Author(s)

Institute & address

Key words

a. General country information about ammonia emissions and reference situation of animal housing types and manure application techniques, share of small and large farms, share of solid and liquid manure, ammonia hot spot areas, manure problems and other related nitrogen problems. Draft Chapter 7 will be send to authors in the first part of January 2012.

b. What activities have been successful until now?

c. What problems are faced and what solutions have been chosen?

d. What problems are to be addressed in the future in connection with the country’s obligations to the Gothenburg Protocol?

e. What should be done in research and in practical sphere?

References

The font to be used is Times New Roman; font size 12

Number of pages (A4) including tables, figures and references: minimum 4, maximum 6 pages (excluding extended abstract).

An A4 page holds about 3 000 typed characters, including open spaces. So the manuscript of a paper should contain at minimum 12 000 characters and at maximum 18 000 characters.

Concluding Guidelines for authors

English papers: size min. 12 000 characters and max. 18 000 characters (excluding extended abstract)

Abstract: size 200 words, will be translated before workshop, and given to the participants

Extended abstract: size 3 000 characters, will be translated after workshop.

Russian papers: size min. 12 000 characters and max. 18 000 characters (excluding extended abstract)

Abstract: size 200 words, will be translated before workshop, and given to the participants

Extended abstract: size 3 000 characters, will be translated after workshop.

Procedure of production of the book

a. In order to have a good simultaneous translation service during the workshop it is necessary that all presenters send their draft paper or PowerPoint file 1 week before the workshop by email to Larisa nii@sp.ru and Klaas van der Hoek Klaas.van.der.hoek@rivm.nl

b. Deadline for draft papers is the last day of the TFRN meeting.

c. Participants will be asked to review the draft chapters of the Workshop book. 4 weeks after the TFRN meeting the reviewers comments will be send to the authors.

d. Deadline for the final papers is 8 weeks after the TFRN meeting.

The Workshop book will be issued as a cd-rom. Klaas van der Hoek and Natalia Kozlova are prepared to be editors of the book.