Ecological societies of China, Japan, and Korea collaboratively established a federation to promote ecological science in East Asia. EAFES plans symposia, meetings, joint researches and other activities that could contribute to develop the ecological science and society in this region.

August 2002 Preparatory Meeting for establishing EAFES at INTECOL Congress (Seoul, Korea)

February 2003 The First Business Meeting in Beijing and Establishment of EAFES

February 2004 The Second Business Meeting in Tokyo

May 2004 Informal Business Meeting in Seoul for the preparation of the First EAFES Congress

October 2004 The First EAFES Congress (Mokpo, Korea) and the 3rd Business Meeting

August 2005 Informal Business Meeting at INTECOL Congress (Montreal, Canada) for the preparation of the Second EAFES Congress

September 2005 The 4th Business Meeting in Beijing

March 2006 The Second EAFES Congress and the 5th Business Meeting (Niigata, Japan)

President: Prof. Kihachiro Kikuzawa (President, Ecological Society of Japan)

Secretary General: Prof. Hiroshi Koizumi (Secretary General, Ecological Society of Japan)

Prof. Rusong Wang (President, Ecological Society of China)

Prof. Sang-HoNam (President, Ecological Society of Korea)

Prof. Zhiyun Ouyang (Secretary General, Ecological Society of China)

Dr. Sun-Kee Hong (Secretary General, Ecological Society of Korea)

 

The three Ecological Societies take turns organizing the joint meeting (EAFES Congress) at least once in 2 years. We welcome the participation of ecologists from other countries in East Asia, having an intention to expand our federation into wider range.

The three Ecological Societies take turns hosting the business meeting once a year.

1) Editing collaboration of scientific journals

2) Training courses for young scientists

3) Collaboration with INTECOL