International Scientific Conference on Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change
Bali- Indonesia, 5-9 October2008
Tropical rainforests disappear at an alarming rate
causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. Human-induced climate change is already causing changes in extremes of temperatures and precipitation and is likely to continue for many centuries affecting tropical forest growth and carbon stocks.. Assessments of land-use practices need to be linked to sustainable alternatives with concepts and data-driven models of large-scale land-use change in tropical, human-dominated landscapes.
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14th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC and 4th Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
Poznañ-Poland, 1 - 12 Dec 2008
Conference of the Parties (COP), Fourteenth session and Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Fourth session and sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies.
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15th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC and 5th Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
Copenhagen- Denmark, 30 November - 11 December 2009
UNFCCC COP 15 and Kyoto Protocol COP/MOP 5 are scheduled to take place from 30 November to 11 December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. These meetings will coincide with the 31st meetings of the UNFCCC’s subsidiary bodies. Under the “roadmap” agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007, COP 15 and COP/MOP 5 are expected to finalize an agreement on a framework for combating climate change post-2012 (when the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period ends).
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