The Inter national Training Course on Karst landscape, Geopark, Natural Heritage, Environmental Geology Mapping and Data Mining were held in Nanning from September 21st to October 3rd ,2015. The training course is jointly sponsored by the Institute of Karst Geology (IKG) of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS) and the International Research Centre on Karst (IRCK) under the Auspices of UNESCO, and co-organized by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST) under the Auspices of UNESCO, among other institutions and organizations.
The training course has enrolled 38 students from 20 countries, among which 25 foreign students are from 19 countries, including Thailand, South Africa, Slovenia, and Australia.
The 15-day training was focused on five topics, namely, functions and research methods of karst dynamics in the protection of karst landscapes; basic characteristics and protection of karst geoparks and natural heritages; typical cases and regulations of karst geoparks and natural heritages; methods and applications of karst environmental geology mapping; and constructions of data platform and data mining.
Four experts from the IKCEST acted as lecturers of the training course. Mr. Cao Xuejun, head of the IKCEST platform development centre, delivered a report about the application of search engine technology in knowledge service. Prof. Chen Ling, an expert on the IKCEST research team, made a presentation on big data management and data mining. Prof. Zhang Jinchuan of the geological sub-system, talked about several key issues regarding shale gas development. Prof. Wang Zhangjun of the geological sub-system gave a lecture titled “Visible Dissemination of Geological Natural Heritages - Flying Dinosaurs”. The lecturers made in-depth academic exchanges with the trainees and were warmly received.
Cao Jianhua, Executive Deputy Director of the IRCK, presided over the opening ceremony of the training course. A number of guests delivered opening speeches, including Jayakumar, Programme specialist from UNESCO Bangkok Office, Ma Yongzheng, Director of Science, Technology and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Land and Resources, Tian Fengming, Deputy Director General of the Department of Land and Resources of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Zhu Lixin, Executive Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Yi Jian, Deputy Director-elect of IKCEST, Yuan Daoxian, Director of Academic Committee at the International Research Centre on Karst and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with Liu Tongliang, Director of the Institute of Karst Geology, CAGS and Director of the IRCK.
The training course came to a successful conclusion as it explored big data technologies and knowledge services in the field of geological science and broadened the trainees’ knowledge structure. The training course has strengthened the alliance between China-based category 2 centres under the auspices of UNESCO, expanded IKCEST’s communication with the outside world and laid a solid foundation for its future exchange and cooperation with domestic and overseas institutions.
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