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GLP May E-News

GLP May 2016 E-News Submitted abstracts are under review by OSM Scientific Committee. Watch for acceptance notifications and opening of conference registration in mid-May. In the meantime, visit the website to view keynote speakers, conference programme, and more details.

GLP E-News - 2016 OSM - Browse sessions and submit your abstract *Submission Closes March 30*

GLP E-News - 2016 OSM - Browse sessions and submit your abstract through March 30* The GLP 3rd OSM 2016 will bring together large parts of the international research community working on land system issues to showcase the breadth and scope of ongoing research; inspire new research; build community in this highly interdisciplinary field; and facilitate review, theory building, and…

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2015 AGU Fall Meeting

From teleconnection to telecoupling: Taking stock of an emerging framework in Land System Science is a joint IRI THESys publication co-authored by Cecilie Friis, Jonas østergaard Nielsen, Iago Otero, Helmut Haberl, Jörg Niewöhner and Patrick Hostert.

In this paper the authors review the state of the art of the telecoupling framework in the Land System Science literature. We trace the development of the framework from teleconnection to telecoupling and asserts the strength of the framework for addressing the spatial decoupling of causes and outcomes of land change processes, as well as multidirectional flows. We then discuss a number of analytical challenges related to the current conceptualisation of telecoupling, especially in relation to classification of system boundaries, hierarchies, power and scale; and propose ways for dealing with these by looking beyond land system science to insights from the fields of economic geography, socio-economic metabolism studies, political ecology and cultural anthropology that have long histories of dealing with global flows, exchanges and networks.

The full paper is available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1747423X.2015.1096423 #.VlYV9tKrRdg

Landmark Synthesis event at AGU 2015

IGBP will hold a landmark synthesis event at the AGU Fall Meeting 2015 in San Francisco. The event will celebrate the work and achievements of IGBP over the past three decades and will include around 100 co-sponsored scientific sessions; an early-career scientists’ workshop; a performance by the Bella Gaia group centred on the Anthropocene concept; and a celebration banquet. The most up to date information about the event will be available on our website very soon.

Should you find yourself in San Francisco, please let us know if you might join us for a) the IGBP celebration banquet on the evening of 13 December at the Marriott Marquis Hotel or b) attend the Bella Gaia performance at 8 pm on 17 December at the Herbst Theatre (a 20% discount by booking at the following link http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2015/224257-2/). Spaces are limited for the IGBP celebration banquet so we hope to hear from you soon if you wish to attend (RSVP: Ting Yiu: [email protected]). Further inormation is available at: http://www.globallandproject.org/news/news.php?codigo=364&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest newsletter of the Global Land Project (GLP News n.12).
Land use and land cover change is the major driver of biodiversity loss in terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, making the management and governance of land systems a key parameter in conserving and sustaining biodiversity. This issue gathers 16 contributions dealing with the relations between biodiversity and land systems from very diverse thematic and regional perspectives.

The entire issue is availablehttp://www.globallandproject.org/arquivos/GLPNews_Nov2015.pdf

GLP eNEWS No.60 is out!

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GLP e-News No.60

“We’re seeing a shift from hunting large-game species to small game that are becoming abundant in post-concession logged forests,” says CIFOR scientist Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez.

Amazon degraded lands prompt new bushmeat hunting trends SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (19 August, 2013) – Hunting patterns are changing in the Peruvian Amazon, according to an expert on traditional forest knowledge at the Center for International Forestry Resear...

How does equality link to global sustainability? We asked Richard Wilkinson, co-author of best-seller The Spirit Level, while he attended a recent Future Earth event in London. He told us that “people deny global warming … because it conflicts with consumerist aspirations. (There is a) sense that your wellbeing depends on your income. (But) it is actually about relative income, about social position. At a societal level, that is a zero-sum game. We can’t all improve our social status.” Watch the full interview here: http://bit.ly/1cJIfwK

Future Earth video: Interim Director Prof. Frans Berkhout explains Future Earth

In our latest video, we asked Interim Director Prof. Frans Berkhout to explain Future Earth. "It is a stage, an arena, a platform where great science will come together with stakeholders, business, media, but also where funders are engaged in setting new science agendas," he told us. Watch the full video for more. http://bit.ly/18VJvfE

A new IIASA study of crowdsourced data from its Geo-Wiki projecData shows that data gathered and analyzed by non-experts can rival the quality of data from experts.

Citizen scientists rival experts in analyzing land-cover data - 2013 - IIASA Data gathered and analyzed by non-experts can rival the quality of data from experts, shows a new IIASA study of crowdsourced data from its Geo-Wiki project.

Today (July 31st) is the last day to submit your abstract to the 2014 Global Land Project Open Science Meeting in Berlin! Don't miss the chance to have your work in this major conference on Land Science!