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SUMMARY:Fire interactions with climate\, deforestation and forest fragment
 ation in NW Amazonia - Dr Dolors Armenteras (Universidad Nacional de Colom
 bia)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170615T150000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170615T173000
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DESCRIPTION:OCTF seminar followed by drinks - all welcome\, no booking req
 uired\n\nTropical forests  are highly threatened by the expansion of the a
 gricultural frontier\, use of fire and subsequent deforestation. NW Amazon
 ia is the wettest part of the basin and the role of fire is still largely 
 unknown. Forest fragmentation\, a measure of forest degradation\, is also 
 attributed to fire occurrence in the tropics. Outside the Brazilian Legal 
 Amazonia\, the role of fire in increasing accessibility and forest fragmen
 tation is less explored.  Dr Armenteras will present 15 years of research 
 in the tropics applying geography to biodiversity and conservation issues\
 , particularly in  the most north western part of the Amazon Basin in Colo
 mbia. She will show how the research in Colombia regarding deforestation h
 as evolved from getting to know deforestation rates and drivers to a deepe
 r knowledge on the role of fire as a driver of both forest degradation and
  deforestation and the complex interrelationships with forest fragmentatio
 n. She will share her experiences on how to support decision makers with s
 ome examples from her research laboratory to programs such as the REDD+  f
 or Colombia.\n\nDr Dolors Armenteras is an associate professor at the Biol
 ogy Department of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (South America) whe
 re she leads the Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Modelling group. She is a
  Fulbright NEXUS scholar. Her research interests include tropical deforest
 ation\, LULC\, fire ecology\, conservation biology\, biodiversity\, modell
 ing and GIS. She has a contemporary understanding of biodiversity and ecos
 ystem assessment in an international context and has participated in the d
 evelopment and managing of several science-based programs. She has experie
 nce working with internationally operating organizations and agencies and 
 on the application of knowledge to support policy development\, but her re
 cent focus has been on improving the understanding of landscape processes 
 associated with fire in NW Amazonia and providing tools to help in the dec
 ision making processes associated with mechanisms such as REDD.\n\nSpeaker
 s:\nDr Dolors Armenteras (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
LOCATION:Dyson Perrins Building (Beckit Room)\, off South Parks Road OX1 3
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