Events
Science meets art, the Theater Bonn’s SAVE THE WORLD festival, September 19-20th, 2015
Together with the Norwegian performance artist Amund Sjølie Sveen, Jan Börner presented “Climate Theory for Dummies” at the SAVE THE WORLD festival of the Theater Bonn. From the program summary:
Most of us have a feeling something is wrong. Something about melting ice in Greenland, hurricanes in the Caribbean and rainforests in Indonesia. But what exactly is the problem? Is there a problem? What is the connection between melting ice, melting economies and melting democracies? And what can we possibly do about it? Welcome to a tour-de-force of climate theory, a high-speed summary of the physical, political, economic and social aspects of climate change.
Thousands of pages of scientific research and 20 years of political battle condensed to a 15-minute lecture. And we´ll even try to find time for some music...
See also: http://www.amundsveen.no/save-the-world-with-climate-theory/
ZEF economists receive prestigious awards at international conference in Milan
ZEF researchers won prestigious awards at the 29th tri-annual International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) in Milan, Italy, on August 13, 2015, in which more than 1200 researchers from about 70 countries participated. They received the awards for best contributed papers in both categories of oral and visual presentations.
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Regional assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services for the Americas
Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna was selected by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) as Lead Author to carry out the regional assessment for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the American continent. This process starts in July 2015 and ends in 2017. The first author meeting took place from the 20th-24th July in Bogotá, Colombia.
Side event: Tropical forest governance in the global bioeconomy: challenges and research needs
At the 19th Conference of the International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research, June 16-19th 2015, Ravello, Italy
The session aimed at presenting and discussing early results of an emerging bioeconomy governance research agenda that integrates global biomass flow modelling with national and subnational research on social and environmental bioeconomy impacts and sustainability challenges. The following presentations were made:
- A Physical Input-Output Table Covering Global Agriculture and Forestry Using FAOSTAT (Presenter: Bruckner, Martin) » Presentation
- Global biomass flows in the emerging bioeconomy: A view on the challenges from a technology and innovation management perspective (Presenter: Preschitschek, Nina) » Presentation
- Value chain governance and national forest conservation policies: Scope and limitations (Presenter: Börner, Jan) » Presentation
- Green development and oil palm in Indonesia: Observations from East Kalimantan (Presenter: Pacheco, Pablo) » Presentation
IPBES scoping process for the Americas Region at UNESCO
Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna was selected by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) as part of the expert group to carry out the regional scoping (Deliverable 2b) for the American continent. This scoping process took place at UNESCO, Paris from the 16-22th August 2014.
Further information: http://www.ipbes.net
International Workshop Evaluating Forest Conservation Initiatives: New Tools and Policy Needs
Around 40 international experts met in Barcelona, Spain during December 10-12, 2013 to discuss emerging evidence on the effectiveness of forest conservation initiatives around the world.
The workshop was jointly organized by ZEF and the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona with support from the Robert Bosch Foundation through ZEF’s project “Shaping environmental policies for sustainable forest bioeconomies”, the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), and IDDRI.
The workshop aimed at critically assessing the potential and limitations of innovative research on the effectiveness of conservation policy instruments, promoting specialized exchange between research teams evaluating the impact of forest conservation policies (such as Payments for Environmental Services and Protected Areas), identifying opportunities for collaboration between research teams and selected policy makers and donor representatives, and developing recommendations on how impact evaluations can be better integrated into conservation policy design and implementation.
For further information on this event
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Watch videos at
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Interviews with impact evaluation experts:
Impact evaluation and policy in the forest conservation sector
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Impact evaluation for forest conservation
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Improving impact evaluation for forest conservation
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Special Session: Agriculture, Biofuels and Watersheds – Nexus Governance Challenges at Local and Global Scales
At the International Conference: Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food-Nexus, May 19, 2014
Watch video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lMtsBCWFpg&list=UUCzBFhzRC0vdYVL5KuS9pHg&index=6
BMZ/GIZ Public Policy Award at Annual Congress of the InternationalInstitute of Public finance (IIPF), Taormina-Italy
Cisneros Tersitsch M.E., J. Hargrave, and K. Kis-Katos (University of Freiburg, Germany (2013): Unintended Consequences of Anti-Corruption Strategies: Evidence from Public Fiscal Audits in the Brazilian Amazon
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Presentation at the 6th International ESP (Ecosystem Services Partnership) Conference, Bali-Indonesia
Rodríguez Osuna V., Börner J., Nehren U., Prado R.B., Gaese H., Heinrich J. (2013): The economics of watershed services in the Guapi-Macacu region of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Atlantic Forest Biome
Presentation at TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity – Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature, Leipzig, Germany
Rodríguez Osuna V., Börner J., Nehren U., Prado R.B., Gaese H., Heinrich J. (2012): Towards cost-effective watershed management in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Valuing demand and supply of water quality in the Guapi-Macacu watershed.
