Research Symposium: Land use under climate change in Latin America

Europe/Zurich
Historische Sternwarte

Historische Sternwarte

Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen
Elisabeth Dietze, Marcela Ibañez-Diaz
Description

The research symposium “Land Use Under Climate Change – Learning From and With Latin America by Combining Natural and Social Science Perspectives Across Spatio-Temporal Scales” at the University of Göttingen aims to promote interdisciplinary approaches to sustainable land use under the challenges of climate change.

The focus is on the interactions between natural and human systems and the importance of local knowledge, particularly from indigenous communities, for developing sustainable solutions. Latin America, as a region with high biodiversity and globally significant carbon sinks such as the Amazon rainforest, plays a key role in addressing the climate crisis.

The symposium will bring together scientists and stakeholders from Göttingen and Latin America to create new networks, exchange knowledge, and develop collaborative research approaches. Planned activities include keynote presentations, interactive discussions, and public panel discussions. The mid-term goal is to produce tangible outcomes such as joint publications or policy recommendations and to prepare larger funding proposals.

Organisation Team
Registration
Participants registration
    • 13:00 13:30
      Welcome 30m
      • Welcome Note by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brümmer (Vice-President for Research and Sustainability) 5m
      • Introduction by Symposium Organisers 20m
    • 13:30 14:30
      Keynote Carlos Larrea (Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar) 1h
    • 14:30 15:30
      Introduction round 1 1h
    • 15:30 16:30
      Coffee Break 1h
    • 16:30 17:30
      Introduction round 2 1h
    • 09:00 10:00
      Keynote Dolors Armenteras Pascual (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) 1h
    • 10:00 12:00
      Round Tables Research Topics 2h
    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:30 14:30
      Keynote Carmen Candelo Reina (WWF Colombia) 1h
    • 14:30 15:00
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 15:00 17:00
      Poster session 2h
    • 09:00 11:00
      Funding options + Collaborative research experiences 2h
    • 11:00 11:30
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:30 12:30
      Keynote Patrick Roberts (Max-Planck-Institute for Geoanthropology) 1h
    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:30 15:30
      Methods Session 2h
    • 15:30 16:00
      Plenum 30m
    • 18:00 19:00
      Podium Discussion 1h Forum Wissen

      Forum Wissen

      with Patrick Roberts and Carmen Candelo Reina

    • 09:00 09:30
      Summarize findings 30m
    • 09:30 10:30
      Joint discussion on the next steps 1h
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Conclusions and keynote speaker advice 1h
    • 12:00 13:00
      Farewell Lunch 1h
    • 14:30 16:00
      Programmed Tour 1h 30m