The team behind LIFE Pastoralp will hold the project’s final conference, ‘Global challenges in mountain agropastoral systems -– Scientific evidence on impacts, adaptation and policies’ in Bard, Italy, from 15 – 17 March 2023.
- agricultural policy
- Wednesday 15 March 2023, 09:00 - Friday 17 March 2023, 17:00 (CET)
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 15 March 2023, 09:00 - Friday 17 March 2023, 17:00 (CET)
- Languages
- English
- Website
- More information
Description
The conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, agriculture and extension technicians, farmers and students to discuss current and emerging issues related to climate-driven global changes in mountain agropastoral systems.
Programme at a glance
Day 1 (15/03/2023) – Conference opening, keynote talks and discussion with policymakers and stakeholders:
- Carolina Adler – Executive Director Mountain Research Initiative, Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Maria Luisa Paracchini – Sustainable Resources – European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Uta Schirpke – Eurac Research, Institute for Alpine Environment; University of Innsbruck, Department of Ecology
Day 2 (16/03/2023) – Scientific conference
Day 3 (17/03/2023) – Project networking (invitation only)
The project networking workshop will aim to find common strategies to promote actions that address the maintenance of mountain grasslands and ecosystem services, boost local socio-economies and cope with global changes.
Several LIFE projects will participate in the workshop:
- LIFE agriCOlture
- LIFE_GRACE
- LIFE IMAGINE UMBRIA
- LIFE MIDMACC
- RegENERateLife
- LIFE ShepForBio
- LIFE Xero-grazing
- SUSALPS
- LIFE ClimaMed
Workshop programme
9:00-9:10 - Presentation of the workshop’s goals, methodologies and expected outcomes
9:10-9:20 – Intervention from Federico Benvenuti (Italian National contact point of LIFE Programme, Ministero della transizione ecologica)
9:20-9:45 - Presentation of the invited projects
9:45-11:00 - Discussion of key meeting topics
11:00-11:15 - Coffee break
11.15-12:30 - Final outcomes, wrap-up
12:30-13:00 - Conclusion of meeting
The deadline for abstract submissions is 20 January.
