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Last call for applications – A few places still available for Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2010, 23-28 May 2010
23 February 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE
Last call for applications – A few places still available for Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2010, 23-28 May 2010
23 February 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE

The Joensuu Forestry Networking Week 2010 welcomes young scientists, professionals and stakeholders in forestry from across Europe to participate in a unique forum with the objective to improve participants' expertise and knowledge on forest-water ...
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New scenarios for climate change research needed
11 February 2010, Climate Change, SYKE
New scenarios for climate change research needed
11 February 2010, Climate Change, SYKE

Climate change analysts are increasingly making use of scenarios, which help them to think about plausible future developments in society, economy and the environment and the possible consequences of different policy actions. The current set of ...
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Soil contributes to climate warming more than expected - Finnish research shows a flaw in climate models
08 February 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE
Soil contributes to climate warming more than expected - Finnish research shows a flaw in climate models
08 February 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE

The climatic warming will increase the carbon dioxide emissions from soil more than previously estimated. This is a mechanism that will significantly accelerate climate change. Already now the carbon dioxide emissions from soil are ten times higher ...
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Ageng 2010, 06 September
04 February 2010, Cemagref
Ageng 2010, 06 September
04 February 2010, Cemagref
On behalf of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers, EurAgEng and of the French Society of Engineers and Technicians in Mechanization and Agricultural Engineering, SitmAFGR, Cemagref organizes the International Conference on Agricultural ...
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INSPIRE Conference, 23 June 2010, Call for papers
03 February 2010, Geoinformation, JRC - IES
INSPIRE Conference, 23 June 2010, Call for papers
03 February 2010, Geoinformation, JRC - IES

The INSPIRE Conference 2010 will take place from the 23rd to the 25th June 2010 in Krakow, Poland. On the 22nd June pre-conference workshops will be organized. The theme of this year's edition is "INSPIRE as a Framework for Cooperation"....
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Less beekeepers throughout Europe
29 January 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, UFZ
Less beekeepers throughout Europe
29 January 2010, Biodiversity and Land Use, UFZ

The number of bee colonies in Central Europe has decreased over recent decades. In fact, the number of beekeepers has been declining in the whole of Europe since 1985. This is the result of a study that has now been published by the International ...
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21st IAPS conference, 27 June 2010: Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats
29 January 2010, Society, UFZ
21st IAPS conference, 27 June 2010: Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats
29 January 2010, Society, UFZ

In accordance with the IAPS mission, the conference will address the study of the interrelations between the social, the built and the natural environment and the impacts on them by what is called ‘global change’. This includes climate impacts, ...
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Finnish experts will study reduction of the environmental risks of acid sulphate soils
21 January 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE
Finnish experts will study reduction of the environmental risks of acid sulphate soils
21 January 2010, Soils, Forests and Agriculture, SYKE

In Finland there are some 100 000 to 200 000 hectares of acid sulphate soils under cultivation, mostly in Southern Ostrobothnia, The acid and metal loadings from these soils have degraded the water quality in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. The ...
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PEER climate change project highlighted in Change Magazine
08 January 2010, Climate Change, PEER
PEER climate change project highlighted in Change Magazine
08 January 2010, Climate Change, PEER

PEER's recent project on climate change adaptation in Europe and its final report were highlighted in Issue 3 of Change Magazine which was published at the end of 2009. The magazine includes a foreword by Connie Hedegaard, the future European ...
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