Research presentation sessions
A list of research presentation sessions can be found below. All of the sessions align with the Future Earth (FE) Research Themes:
- FE1: Dynamic Planet
- FE2: Global Sustainable Development
- FE3: Transformations towards Sustainability
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Session title | Session chair(s) | FE1 | FE2 | FE3 |
Arctic and alpine: How do alpine regions differ from arctic regions? | David Hik University of Alberta, Canada |
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The role of alpine cryosphere in endorheic basins of the world | Maria Shahgedanova University of Reading, UK |
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Global degradation of snow, glaciers, and permafrost | Andrea Fischer IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
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High-elevation climate 1 | Nathan Forsythe Newcastle University, UK |
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Science-driven community-based approaches for enhanced climate change adaptation capacity | Alton Byers The Mountain Institute Daene McKinney University of Texas at Austin, USA |
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Generating and managing data and knowledge in climate and water resources for climate adaptation | Christian Huggel Nadine Salzmann Samuel Nussbaumer University of Zurich, Switzerland |
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Palaeo perspectives for guiding future scenarios | Rob Marchant University of York, UK |
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Invasive species in mountain regions 1 | Jonas Lembrechts University of Antwerp |
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Monitoring biota in mountaintop environments; a focus on GLORIA activities across different biomes | Harald Pauli IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences Manuela Winkler BOKU, Austria |
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Mountain treeline ecotones; threshold dynamics and climatic relationships | Connie Millar Texas A&M University, USA |
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Linking past land use legacies & future land use trajectories in mountain regions | Jacek Kozak Jagiellonian University, Poland |
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Insights and challenges on modelling future LUCC in mountainous regions | Thomas Houet GEODE, University of Toulouse, France |
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Urbanization in mountain areas in the frame of metropolitisation & global change | Manfred Perlik EURAC, Italy and CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland |
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Mountain regions in the vicinity of cities and urban agglomerations | Ariane Walz Potsdam University, Germany |
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The impacts of the commodification of landscapes, new social actors & uses on the territorial capital of mountain regions (from multilocal dwelling to extraction of raw materials) | Manfred Perlik EURAC, Italy and CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland |
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Advances in observatories of mountain social-ecological systems 1 | Jan Dick Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
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Mountain social-ecological system dynamics and resilience to global change | Julia Klein Colorado State University, USA Kumaon University, India ICIPE, Kenya |
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African mountains & their challenges | Nigel Barker Rhodes University, South Africa |
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Mountain ecosystem services, adaptive management and global change | Sam Kanyamibwa Albertine Rift Conservation Society James Hutton Institute, UK ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
X | X | X |
Disaster risk reduction | Irasema Alcántara Ayala National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico |
X | X | X |
Mountain forests: stresses, disturbances and ecosystem services | Georg Gratzer BOKU, Austria William Keeton University of Vermont |
X | X | X |
Farming in mountain areas | Chris Hergarten, Marc Foggin University of Central Asia |
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Transboundary water issues | Jack Shroder University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA |
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Challenges of land use decision-making in an increasingly nested & networked world | Thomas Kohler CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA |
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Current assessments of Sustainable Mountain Development | Greg Greenwood MRI |
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How can mountain communities adapt to increased extreme weather events? | Hans Schreier University of British Columbia, Canada |
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Local development initiatives and institutions/governance | Thomas Dax Federal Institute for Mountainous and Less-Favoured Areas, Austria Thomas Kohler CDE, University of Bern, Switzerland EURAC, Italy |
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Social change in mountain regions: How does it happen? | Greeg Greenwood MRI
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Sacred mountain landscapes and biocultural diversity | Will Tuladhar Douglas University of Aberdeen, UK |
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Protected areas as model regions for sustainable development | Axel Borsdorf IGF, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
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Sustainable tourism development | Carolina Adler ETH Zurich, Switzerland Gary Grant University of Canberra, Australia |
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Abstracts may also be submitted to XXXround table sessions.