Call for abstracts
Erika BAUS
A number of scientists involved in DIVERSITAS, and in other ESSP
programmes (IGBP, IHDP and WCRP) have been asked to lead sessions at an
important UNFCCC-COP15 lead-in Congress.
Please see below a request for abstracts into one of these sessions,
co-organised by Mark Stafford Smith and Paul Leadley. Deadline for
abstract submission is 1st September 2008.
Anne Larigauderie, Executive Director, DIVERSITAS
(an...@diversitas-international.org)
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*"Biodiversity: Enhancement of Resilience or Facilitating Transformation?"*
* - Call for Abstracts (no later than 1st September 2008)*
Session at: "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions",
COP-15 Lead-in Congress, Copenhagen 10-12 March 2009
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We have been asked to chair a major session with this theme at the
upcoming Copenhagen science congress on Climate Change: Global Risks,
Challenges and Decisions, which will be held from 10-12 March, 2009 (see
http://climatecongress.ku.dk/). This session falls under the broader
Theme 4 of Preparing for the Impacts: Adapting to the Inevitable.
We hope you will consider submitting a paper or poster on our session
topic, but for now all that is needed is an abstract.
Recognising that individual species will respond differentially to
climate change in the context of other drivers of change, we would be
particularly interested in papers that address (i) how whole ecosystems
will change in terms of their biodiversity; (ii) when it makes more
sense to enhance system resilience or promote system transformation; and
(iii) what practical policy and management measures and changes are
required to best enable biodiversity to respond to climate change.
A summary of the session's inputs and discussion will be provided to the
COP-15 in Copenhagen in late 2009. The main aim of the Copenhagen
science congress is to provide a synthesis of existing and emerging
scientific knowledge necessary in order to make intelligent societal
decisions concerning application of mitigation and adaptation strategies
in response to climate change; papers should contribute to this aim.
Abstracts describing original research into topics relevant to the
themes being treated at the Congress are invited. GUIDELINES FOR
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS are available on the conference website
(http://climatecongress.ku.dk/). Abstracts can only be submitted
on-line, and must be submitted no later than 1 September 2008.
Please circulate this announcement to others who may be interested in
participating in this session; we are looking forward to possibly seeing
you at the meeting.
Kind regards,
Dr Mark Stafford Smith, CSIRO, Australia
Dr Paul Leadley, Université Paris-Sud and DIVERSITAS, Paris, France.
------ Dr Mark Stafford Smith ------
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (& Desert Knowledge CRC)
PO Box 284, Canberra, ACT 2602, Australia
Mob: 0408 852 082 Tel: 02-6242 1719
Fax: 02-6242 1517 [Switch -1600; Intl +61]
Email: Mark.Staf...@csiro.au
[www.csiro.au & www.desertknowledgecrc.com.au]
------ Prof. Paul Leadley ------
Director, Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Systematique et Evolution (ESE)
Batiment 362 Universite Paris-Sud 11
91405 Orsay CEDEX France
Telephone: +33 (0)1 69 15 72 22
Secretary: +33 (0)1 69 15 56 60
Fax: +33 (0)1 69 15 56 96
Lab web site: www.ese.u-psud.fr
paul.l...@u-psud.fr *****