FW: Porter Nov 20: Globalised Agroecosystems - play, fast-forward, rewind or pause?
November 12, 2008 at 09:30PM -----Original Message-----
From: Stockholm Seminars [mailto:stockholmseminars@albaeco.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:28 AM
To: Scott Edmondson
Subject: Porter Nov 20: Globalised Agroecosystems - play, fast-forward,
rewind or pause?
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THE STOCKHOLM SEMINARS:
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE AND POLICY
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We have the great pleasure to invite you to the seminar:
Globalised agroecosystems - play, fast-forward, rewind or pause?
Prof. John R. Porter
Department of Environment, Resources and Technology,
University of Copenhagen
Thursday, November 20, 2008, 14.0015.00
Linné Hall, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
Lilla Frescativägen 4, Stockholm
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ABSTRACT:
The talk examines four scenarios for possible future agroecosystems and
examines the issue of ecosystem services in agriculture and how they may be
improved.
ABOUT PROF PORTER:
John R Porter is Professor of Agroecology, Head of the Department of
Environment, Resources and Technology at The University of Copenhagen. His
integrative, multi-disciplinary and collaborative research and teaching is
on the response of arable crops, energy crops and complex agro-ecosystems to
their environment with an emphasis on climate change and ecosystem services.
He has published over 90 papers in reviewed journals and has received four
international prizes for research and teaching. In 2007, he was one of the
scientists honoured by the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1995.
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- The Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI
- The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, IGBP, the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences
- The Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI
- The Swedish Biodiversity Centre, CBM, at the Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences and Uppsala University
- The International Foundation for Science, IFS
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