6th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group will be hosted by Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on behalf ofthe Goose Specialist Group of Wetlands International and IUCN on 22th-28th November 2014, including arriving on 22th and leaving on 28th.The meeting will provide the attendees with good opportunities for bird watching activities and for learning the latest progress of goose studies all over the world. The meeting will consist of two and a half days of talks and posters, and a short visit to Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve within the Yangtze River floodplain, from the afternoon of 25th to 27th. Poyang Lake is the largest fresh water lake in China and one of the most important wintering waterbirds site. By taking a three-hour trip, participants will see manywaterbird species including large numbers of Great White-fronted Geese, Bean Geese Swan Geese and Tundra Swans. Many rare species can also be found there, such as Lesser White-fronted Geese,Siberian cranes, white-napped cranes, Hooded Cranes, and Stocks. The theme of this meeting is to research, monitoring and conservation. The current status of global wild geese research and protection will be clarified, and species priorities for research and conservation will get identified. The cooperation platform establishment of geese conservation and research of the East Asian flyways is to be discussed as well. Scholars both from national and international, stuff of natural reserve or government, as well as volunteers are all welcome to register and attend the meeting. The key issues of this meeting are: research, monitoring and conservation.Review the goose status in the world and ID research and conservation priorities. Give introduction on monitoring projects and discuss how to set up a monitoring platform in our flyway for Anatidae.Give introduction on how to achieve better conservation on the ground via government/NGO/scientists and help us set up similar system in East Asia.