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Conference on October 24th, 2019 |
Ralf Seppelt, Lead Author of the 2019 IPBES Global assessment on biodiversity and ecosytem services, UFZ, Germany, « Biodiversity loss: its drivers and ways towards solutions: insights from the IPBES global assessment» |
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Mark Urban, Professor, University of Connecticut, USA, « Improving the forecast for biodiversity in the Heat Age » |
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Patrick Meyfroidt, Professor, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain « The role of land use change on land degradation and restoration, and the underlying drivers of land use change» |
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Teja Tscharntke, Professor, Göttingen University, Germany, « Integrating biodiversity, biocontrol and pollination in agriculture" |
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Klaus Birkhofer, Professor, University of Brandenburg, Germany, « Conservation of functional diversity in agricultural landscapes - does it promote ecosystem service provision ?" |
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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Professor, (former IPCC vice-Chair, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain « Human activities, climate change and biodiversity loss : impacts and interactions ? » |
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Jorge Ventocilla, Doctor, Policy Expert at the science and policy interface for the Belgian Biodiversity Platform/IPBES Belgian Focal Point "IPBES Rolling work programme to 2030 Opportunities for Belgian experts to get engaged» |
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Sven Wunder, Professor, European Forest Institute, Spain, « Biodiversity conservation in tropical forests based on the REDD+ strategy » |
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Philippe Baret, Professor, ELI, UCLouvain, « Transition : scenarios, lock-ins and enablers in a Belgian context" |
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Michel Crucifix, Professor, ELI, UCLouvain, « Synthesis of the day » |
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(Deadline on October 17th, 2019)
Conference on October 24th, 2019
How human activities cause biodiversity loss : Interactions and relative contributions of human activities.
What do we know, what do we need to know ?
8.30-9.00: Welcome
9.00-9.15: Opening by UCLouvain Pro-Rectrice for Transition, Prof. M. Nyssens and by Prof. Caroline Nieberding
1) Biodiversity crisis : climate and land use as drivers of loss
9.15 – 10.00: Prof. Ralf Seppelt (Lead Author of the 2019 IPBES Global assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services, UFZ, Germany)
"Biodiversity loss: its drivers and ways towards solutions: insights from the IPBES global assessment»"
10.05 - 10.50: Prof. Mark Urban (University of Connecticut, USA)
" Improving the forecast for biodiversity in the Heat Age”
10.55 - 11.40: Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (former IPCC vice-Chair, Earth and Life Institute, UClouvain)
“Human activities, climate change and biodiversity loss: impacts and interactions?"”
11.45 - 12.30: Prof. Patrick Meyfroidt (Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain)
“The role of land use change on land degradation and restoration, and the underlying drivers of land use change
12.30 - 13.30: Lunch
Afternoon:
13.30 - 13.45: Announcement by Dr. Jorge Ventocilla, Policy Expert at the science and policy interface for the Belgian Biodiversity Platform/IPBES Belgian Focal Point
"IPBES Rolling work programme up to 2030 : Opportunities for Belgian experts to get engaged"
2) Role of land use change in biodiversity loss : focus on problems and solutions
13.45 - 14.30: Prof. Teja Tscharntke (Göttingen University, Germany)
“Integrating biodiversity, biocontrol and pollination in agriculture ”
14.35 - 15.20: Prof. Klaus Birkhofer (Brandenburg University, Germany)
"Conservation of functional diversity in agricultural landscapes – does it promote ecosystem service provision?”
15.25 - 16.10 : Prof. Sven Wunder (European Forest Institute, Barcelona, Spain)
“Biodiversity conservation in tropical forests based on the REDD+ strategy”
16.15 – 16.45: break
16.45 – 17.15: Prof. Philippe Baret (Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain)
“Transition : scenarios, lock-ins and enablers”
17.15 – 18.00: Prof. Michel Crucifix (Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain)
“Synthesis of the day”