Date	Activity	Place	Content
16.-19. March	Workshop in Krasnoyarsk: Challenges of Permafrost Degradation of Siberian Soils to Science and Technology	Krasnoyarsk, Russia	A workshop organized by German researchers on ‘Response of ecosystem on the destruction of the permafrost’ ‘SUstainabe forest management’ ‘Regional development’ and ‘Avoidance and recovery of ecosystem destruction through development’. There were 12 participants from Germany, 11 from Russia and 4 from Japan.
3. April	Explanation of the project	Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Tech., Tokyo, Japan	Explanation of the intention and character of the project to participants of the project.
27.-28.May	Presentation of the Plan	Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan	The plans of the research activity in 2005 are presented and further detail plans are discussed.
May to September	Research exchange at the study site	Yakutsk and Tura, Russia	Field observation and monitoring at the study site in Russia together with German researchers.
June	Exchange of the researches on the creation and change of permafrost	Potsdam, Germany	Exchange of the researches on the creation and change of permafrost.
October	Exchange of the researches on biological activity in permafrost	Potsdam, Germany	Exchange of the researches on biological activity in permafrost.
October	Cooperation on remote sensing and Geographic information systems	Jena, Germany	Cooperation on remote sensing and Geographic information systems.
29.-30. November	Symposium on the theme ‘Upscaling the evaluation for the symptom of environmental changes in permafrost area in Siberian Taiga’	Hokkaido Univ. Conference Hall, Sapporo, Japan	Exchange of accumulated research by German, Japanese and Russian researchers. The presented papers will be published as a book or as a special issue of a scientific journal.
February	Cooperation on remote sensing and Geographic information systems	Jena, Germany	Cooperation on remote sensing and Geographic information systems.
February	Planning of the next year	Halle, Germany	Planning of the next year.
March	Report meeting	Sapporo, Japan	Report of the research activities of this year and discussion of the plan for the next year.