Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Forschungsdatenmanagement

2nd GLP Open Science Meeting

2nd Global Land Project Open Science Meeting
  • Wann 19.03.2014 09:00 bis 21.03.2014 18:00
  • Wo Erwin-Schrödinger-Zentrum (Rudower Chaussee 26)
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The aim of the GLP 2nd Open Science Meeting 'Land Transformations: between global challenges and local realities’ is to bring together large parts of the international research community working on land change issues, showcase the width and scope of ongoing research, help build a community in this highly interdisciplinary field, inspire new research and facilitate review, theory building and extrapolation. The conference will synthesize and discuss the role of the land system as a platform for human-environment interactions, connecting local land use decisions to global impacts and responses.

 

Main conference themes
1. Rethinking land change transitions
2. Local land users in a tele-connected world
3. Impacts and responses
4. Land governance

The conference is organized by Humboldt University (Germany), Brazilian National Institute for Space Research - INPE (Brazil) and VU University Amsterdam (the Netherlands).