Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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Sep 02, 2008 04:00 PM
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Sep 14, 2008 06:00 PM |
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| Where | Peyresq, France |
| Contact Name | Sabine Luetkemeier |
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The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research organises the third summer school of the Network of Excellence "ALTER-Net" (A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network) from 2-14 September in Peyresq, Southern France.
The ALTER-Net Summer School shall contribute to durable integration and spread of excellence within and beyond the network, with a view to promote interdisciplinary approaches.
The 2008 Summer School will focus on:
- Biodiversity in Europe - state of the art;
- Monitoring and assessment;
- Critical ecosystem properties to sustain ecosystem services;
- Resilience of social and natural systems;
- Ecological and socio-economic modelling;
- Linking biodiversity research with policy and the public.
Approximately 23 experts will give lectures on the themes mentioned above. In the afternoons, working groups will study at different scales an example region guided by tutors. They will discuss implications of findings for actual European ecosystems and their services and compile these in a written report. An excursion will illustrate land-use change in the Provence.
