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A ½ day seminar: Agro-biodiversity and Ecosystem services
Seminar on 16. December 2010
Embassy of Denmark
3200 Whitehaven St.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008
Speakers and presentations
Introduction
Niels Halberg,
Director of the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS)
Why a seminar on organic agriculture, agro-biodiversity and ecosystem services? See presentation...
Session 1 – Status of Present Knowledge and Research
Katherine Richardson, Professor and Vice Dean for Public Outreach, University of Copenhagen, Chairman of the Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy, Denmark
Biodiversity, a global threshold - Why preserving biodiversity should go hand-in-hand with climate mitigation in agro-ecosystems See presentation...
Dr. Urs Niggli,
Professor and Director of Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
Organic agriculture and biodiversity – a global review of research results See presentation...
Ann Thrupp,
Manager of Sustainability and Organic Development, Fetzer/Bonterra Vineyards, USA
Biodiversity in Organic Vineyards Case Studies from California’s North Coast Region
See presentation...
Session 2 –Integration and synergy between agro-biodiversity and ecosystem services in future agriculture and food systems
Louise Jackson,
Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist, Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California Davis, USA
Agro biodiversity as an component of an integrated landscape approach for sustainable agriculture See presentation...
Ivette Perfecto,
Professor in Ecology and Natural Resources, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, USA
The impact of agro-biodiversity and eco-system services in development or A new vision for a just, sustainable and productive agriculture See presentation...
Daniela Horna,
Postdoctoral Fellow, Agricultural Economist, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
How does agricultural biodiversity contributes to food security See presentation...
Closure
Thomas Harttung,
Chairman of the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), Denmark
