MLAP-ASIA

The organization is composed by the

• Heilongjiang Meteorological Bureau, China;
• National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA;
• the Digital Environmental Inc. Canada;
• the United Nations University, Japan and
• State Hydro-meteorological University, Russia.

The main activities of the organization aim to meet the societal need for a better understanding of the many ways that climate variability and change (on a variety of time scales from seasons to centuries) affects ecosystems and the affairs of people and nations.

As a local center of the Climate Affair Capacity Building Program in a forest dominant region, the center interacts with different local environment related agencies such as the forest departments, agro-meteorological departments and other research or operational organizations in the issues of aforestation, re-forestation, disaster (forest fire) prevention and relief.