24 Jan

Room L Undervisningshuset, Uppsala (Possible to follow the seminar via video link)

Resilient landscapes

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Professor Tony Simons, Director General of World Agroforestry (ICRAF), visits SLU.

In conjunction to the visit, Professor Simons will contribute to a seminar about resilient landscapes. SLU researchers will also present relevant contributions, followed by discussions.

More information and detailed programme will come.

Coffee will be served at 9.00, the seminar starts at 9.30.

Welcome!

Programme

Coffee is served from 9 am.

9.30 Welcome and Introduction

9.35 Opportunities in building resilience in degraded watersheds: experience from the field in African context. Jennie Barron, Dept. of Soil and Environment

9.55 The transformative power of trees: Landscape restoration for carbon and water. Ulrik Ilstedt, Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

10.15 Diversified agricultural landscapes for resilient pest control. Mattias Jonsson, Dept. of Ecology

10.35 Smallholder landscapes: understanding land use practices and dynamics of change. Kristina, Marquardt, Dept. Urban and Rural Development

10.55 Presentation Tony Simons, CIFOR-ICRAF

11.25 Discussion

12 .00 Concluding remarks and thank you

More about

Professor Tony Simons.

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Facts

Time: 2020-01-24 09:00 - 12:00
City: Uppsala (Possible to follow the seminar via video link)
Location: Room L Undervisningshuset
Organiser: SLU Global
Last signup date: 21 January 2020
Additional info:

Register to the seminar by 23 January at the latest by sending an e-mail to global@slu.se. 

The seminar will be streamed. Use this link to view the live stream .
(Please note that you need to have Flash installed on your computer)