International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas
The Uplands Program is organizing a scientific conference on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas at Hohenheim University in Stuttgart, Germany, from 16-18 April 2012.
This conference aims to bring together international experts to share knowledge, lessons learned and experiences from across the globe related to sustainable mountain development with an emphasis on developing countries. The focus will be on knowledge that cuts across scientific disciplines and combines insights from the social and natural sciences.
The conference is organized along the following six themes:
- Soil care in mountain landscapes
- Supplying, using, sharing and cycling of matter and water
- Linking highland farmers to modern food chains
- Land use and land cover change
- Sustainable and competitive livestock systems
- People participation in natural resource management
Particular emphasis is put on studies that discuss how
policies and innovations can contribute to sustainable
mountain development.
Participants can contribute through a 15 minute oral or 5 minute poster presentation. Extended abstracts of these presentations (400-600 words in length) are to be submitted to the conference website until 1 November 2011. Additional information about the conference is available from our website.