BiosphereCarbon Seminar series [December 2019]
10/12/2019 - 17/12/2019, Brussels-Ghent-Tervuren Belgium
Tropical rainforests comprise nearly half of the world’s vegetation carbon. Intact tropical forests represent a carbon sink at a level that is higher than other vegetation types. Tropical forests absorb 20-30 % of the world carbon emissions. The issues of tropical forest stocks, sinks and sources are therefore a central topic in international policy debates on climate changes. UNESCO Biosphere Reserves are living laboratories for research on climate changes.
Over two weeks, the BiosphereCarbon project organizes seven seminars aimed at underpinning carbon focused research in tropical rainforests. These will be given by international experts in their field, with subjects ranging from forensic timber identification to biogeochemistry of tropical montane forests.
Below you can find a list of the seminars with practical information. If you are interested in attending, please send an e-mail to Leen Van Hirtum .
Dr. Kathelyn Paredes Villanueva on Tropical timber forensics: Comparing and combining timber tracing methods
Dr. Eleanor Dormontt on Forensic timber identification: development and application of scientific methods to support legal timber trade
Tuesday 10 December, 9-12h
Maeterlinck Room 01C006 – FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Place Victor Horta 40, Brussels
Prof. Dr. Martin Worbes on Tropical Dendrochronology
Tuesday 10 December, 16-18h
Auditorium A3, Block A, Campus Coupure – University of Ghent
Dr. Ralf Kiese on Mt. Kilimanjaro: A case study on the biogeochemistry of different natural and agricultural uses of tropical montane ecosystems
Dr. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl on Measuring and upscaling of GHG fluxes from tropical forest systems
Wednesday 11 December, 14-17h
Ground floor, CAPA-building – AfricaMuseum
Dr. Aida Cuní Sanchez on Tree diversity, structure and biomass of 35 tropical montane forests in Africa
Monday 16 December, 14-16h
Ground floor, CAPA-building – AfricaMuseum
Dr. Jesús Aguirre Guttiérrez on Shifts in functional, taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in West African tropical forests across time and climatic gradients
Tuesday 17 December, 10-12h
Meeting Room 1, Welcome Pavilion – AfricaMuseum
Leen Van Hirtum, 4/12/2019
