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SUMMARY:Global Forest Autumn School 'Ecological and Societal Impacts of Ch
 anging Forest Land Uses'
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251013T090000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251016T170000
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DESCRIPTION:"Global Forests" is an autumn school for doctoral and post-doc
 toral students whose research focuses on forest issues and coming from all
  scientific disciplines. The aim of the autumn school is to offer a time f
 or scientific exchange and training to a multi-disciplinary group of young
  scientists. A large place is given to forestry issues in the South and ea
 rly carrier researchers from the South are strongly invited to participate
 .\n\nForest areas are constantly changing\, at all spatial and temporal sc
 ales. According to the available data\, forest area on a global scale has 
 been declining for several centuries. Behind this global trend lies a dive
 rsity of forest dynamics depending on regional contexts. In particular\, t
 here are significant differences between temperate forests\, which have be
 en gaining ground for several decades\, and tropical forests\, where defor
 estation continues. These forest dynamics are essentially driven by anthro
 pogenic factors: long-term transformations in the economy and their conseq
 uences for land use\, and the effects of international trade on agricultur
 al production. Indeed\, the ongoing decline in global forest area can prim
 arily be attributed to land grabbing and the advancement of ‘pioneer fro
 nts’\, particularly ‘agricultural fronts’. In a global context marke
 d by climate change\, continuing population growth and far-reaching geopol
 itical and economic changes\, forest areas are particularly strategic. But
  contradictory logics mean that contrasting uses coexist. Clearing land fo
 r crop cultivation\, but also preserving or extending woodland\, is justif
 ied in the name of the transition to a more sustainable development model.
  These forest dynamics and the resulting changes in forest land use inevit
 ably have consequences\, including the erosion of biodiversity\, carbon de
 pletion\, and harm to the well-being of forestdwelling populations. These 
 impacts are experienced at every level\, from local to global. They are pr
 oducing effects that are felt at long distances from the places where the 
 changes in use are taking place. From this point of view\, changes in land
  use are part of global environmental change.\n\nDuring this autumn school
 \, we will be focusing on the ecological and societal impacts of these cha
 nges in land use. What are they\, and how can they be described and measur
 ed? What links do they have with human activities and what types of proces
 ses are involved? What interplay of scales is at work? Are existing models
  sufficient to account for these processes and their effects? Do new studi
 es offer new ways of looking at the problem\, can patterns be identified? 
 Submissions should emphasise an interdisciplinary approach to these issues
 \, in support of Global Forests' ambition to bring together doctoral stude
 nts from a range of disciplines in order to explore and develop new areas 
 of research.\nSpeakers:\n Various Speakers
LOCATION:Maison Française d'Oxford\, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/27209a24-d41d-4ac5-9c0e-417acd9e3e22/
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