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Second Announcement
for the International Scientific Conference on
Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change
Sunday, October 5 - Thursday, October 9, 2008Located the Jayakarta Bali Resort & Spa on the island of Bali, Indonesia
Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to inform you that registration is available as of 25 February, 2008.
Starting immediately, there is a call for submissions of oral presentations and posters.
Ensure that your submission arrives by 30 May, 2008 at the very latest. For more detailed information and to submit your abstract please visit the conference webpage and register on-line.
www.globalchange-2008.org
Take advantage and register early to avoid the additional late registration charge and at the same time book your hotel accommodation to secure the specially arranged conference rates and room availability. October is high season in Bali and hotel accommodation is at a premium. Make sure to take advantage of this offer as we were only able to get a limited number of rooms. To secure a room at the conference hotel you should book by 30 March, as we will have to return a proportion of the rooms after that date.
We look forward to a stimulating conference and hope that you are able to participate.
Please forward this message to colleagues potentially interested in the conference topic.
With kind regards,
The Organizing Committee
First Announcement
of an International Scientific Conference on
Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change
Sunday, October 5 - Thursday, October 9, 2008Located in a conference center on the island of Bali, Indonesia
Tropical rainforests disappear at an alarming rate causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. Despite an increased recognition of the value of these goods at national and international levels, rainforests continue to be seriously threatened by human-induced global change such as agricultural intensification and climate change. Understanding these processes needs an integrated scientific approach linking ecological, economic and social approaches at different scales, from the household and village level to landscapes and regions.
The global human population is expected to increase further in the near future with the probable consequence of an expansion and intensification of agriculture and the associated destructive impacts on the natural environment. These impacts will particularly happen in regions where agricultural intensification is a relatively recent process such as frontier zones in the humid tropics. Currently, too little is known how to control this process and to identify ecological-socioeconomic trade-offs or synergies of land use and conservation. Land-use systems need management decisions based on the assessment of environmental costs and benefits and a thorough knowledge of ecosystem properties.
Human-induced climate change is already causing changes in extremes of temperatures and precipitation and is likely to continue for many centuries affecting tropical forest growth and carbon stocks. Climate scenarios predict a warming trend and more frequent occurrence of droughts of increasing severity. Such scenarios are of serious concern for the future of the rainforest and agroforestry that depend on irrigation or regular rainfall. Assessments of land-use practices need to be linked to sustainable alternatives with concepts and data-driven models of large-scale land-use change in tropical, human-dominated landscapes.
The conference will address the following three fields:
- (1) Agroforestry management in an ecological and socio-economic context
- (2) Climate change effects on tropical rainforsts and agroforests
- (3) Integrated concepts of land use in tropical landscapes
For further information, please contact info@GlobalChange-2008.org.
Registration is open mid February 2008 at www.GlobalChange-2008.org