The Center of Polar Ecology of the Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia represents the Czech Republic in the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).
At its annual meetings, the Commission responds to the challenges stemming from the Arctic Council (https://www.arctic-council.org) and from members of the various IASC panels. At a meeting held on May 22-30 in Archangelsk, Russia (https://www.en.assw2019.science), the head of the Polar Ecology Center, Josef Elster, was elected Chairman of the Terrestrial Panel.
