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TODAY! Monday, September 16, 2019 l 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Public talk: Is the EU's import of Brazilian beef and soy contaminated with illegal deforestation?
Speaker: Professor Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho, who reveals the interlinkages between illegal deforestation, meat production and forest fires for land clearing after 2008. Venue: European Forest Institute (EFI), Platz der Vereinten Nationen 7, 53111 Bonn. Find more information on the speaker and topic here.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019 l 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Public talk with ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ laureates on Greening the Future in Africa. Follow it per livestream here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/zefbonn/live
Speakers: ‘Forest Maker’ Tony Rinaudo and ‘Community Builder’ Wycliffe Matika
Venue: Old Town Hall of the City of Bonn, Markt, Bonn
Registration deadline: September 15.
More information here
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019 l 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
ZEF at Tropentag: Experiences on integration of local knowledge in monitoring environmental conflicts caused by unsustainable agriculture
Participate or present at the Workshop.
Venue: University of Kassel
More information here.
[Photo by Emilia Schmidt]
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 l 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Public Lecture: Tertiary education in Africa
Speaker: Ernest Aryeetey (Secretary-General of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and
a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana and ZEF International Board Member)
Venue: ZEF, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn. Right Conference Room.
[Photo by ARUA]
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Wednesday, September 23, 2019 l 11:00 am - 12:00 am
Public Lecture: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
Speaker: Alisher Mirzabaev, ZEF senior researcher and a coordinating lead author of the chapter on desertification in the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, as well as an author of the Report's Summary for Policy Makers.
Venue: ZEF, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn. Right Conference Room.
[Photo by ARUA]
Find more information here.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2019 l 11:00 am - 12:00 am
Public Lecture: IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land
Speaker: Alisher Mirzabaev, ZEF senior researcher and a coordinating lead author of the chapter on desertification in the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, as well as an author of the Report's Summary for Policy Makers.
Venue: ZEF, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn. Right Conference Room.
[Photo by ARUA]
Find more information here.
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Thursday, September 26, 2019 l 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Public Lecture (in German): Bioökonomie - Große Chance für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften oder neuer Irrweg?
Speakers:
Dr. Christian Patermann, ehemaliger Direktor der EU-Kommission in Brüssel und „Vater“ der europäischen Bioökonomie
Prof. Joachim von Braun, Direktor des Zentrums für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) und Professor für wirtschaftlichen und technologischen Wandel an der Universität Bonn sowie Vorsitzender des deutschen Bioökonomierats,
PD Dr. Susanne Lettow, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Margherita-von-Brentano-Zentrum für Geschlechterforschung und Privatdozentin am Institut für Philosophie der Freien Universität Berlin sowie
Prof. Franz-Theo Gottwald, Honorarprofessor für Umwelt-, Agrar- und Ernährungsethik an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin und Vorstand der Schweisfurth Stiftung für eine zukunftsfähige Landwirtschaf
Venue: Ballroom of the University of Bonn, Am Hof 1, 53115 Bonn
Registration deadline: September 20.
More information here.
[Picture by Tali Teper]
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Thursday, October 10, 2019 l 11:30am - 12:30pm
Public Lecture: Reforming policies, institutions and governance for healthy and sustainable food systems
Speaker: Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Venue: ZEF, conference room, Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn
More information here.
[Photo by IFPRI ]
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