Events Archive

International Conference on Responses of Forests and Adaptation Management to Climate Change
08 August 2011 - 10 August 2011
Yichun, Heilongjiang, China

The International Conference on Responses of Forests and Adaptation Management to Climate Change is a meeting of international experts, as well as policy makers in fields such as forest ecology and biology, eco-hydrology, watershed management, forest fires, forest entomology and global change sciences.

The goal of the conference is to share knowledge, research outcomes and to discuss adaptive measures for sustainable forest management in a changing environment.

Workshop and Paper Launch: Institutional arrangements for forest-agriculture boundaries
agriculture, deforestation, Event, food security, forest, forest-farm boundary, IFPRI, Rights and Resources Institute (RRI), workshop
26 August 2011
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Washington DC, USA

The University of Michigan and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) are hosting an upcoming workshop on livelihoods and emissions on the forest-farm frontier, in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Rights and Resources Institute (RRI). Coordinated by CCAFS partner Arun Agrawal, workshop participants will examine institutional mechanisms that maintain the forest-farm boundary and avoid increased agricultural expansion into forests, to reduce emissions, while also conserving biodiversity and promoting sustainable livelihoods.

Seminar: Food Security in a Changing Climate
seminar
30 August 2011
10:00 - 12:00
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 150 Kent Street
Ottawa, Canada

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), together with several Canadian agencies, is hosting a seminar on food security in a changing climate.