DIVERSITAS IGBP IHDP WCRP

GLP-OSM 2014

Land Transformations: Between Global Challenges and Local Realities



The 2014 Global Land Project Open Science Meeting will synthesize and discuss the role of the land system as a platform for human-environment interactions, connecting local land use decisions to global impacts and responses.

Main conference themes:

1. Rethinking land change transitions: drastic changes in land cover and subtle changes in land management
2. Local land users in a tele-connected world: the role of human decision making on land use as both a driver and response to global environmental change
3. Impacts and responses: land systems changes to mitigate global environmental change impacts and adapt to increasing demands for food, fuel and ecosystem services
4. Land governance: the ways in which alternative approaches to governance of land resources can enhance the sustainability transition