INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: Afforestation and agricultural conversion of naturally non-forest ecosystems **TALKS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC** Monday, 16 November 2015 9:00am - 12:15pm and 2:00pm - 5:15pm Oak Room West, Tresidder Memorial Union, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA More information at: http://events.stanford.edu/events/555/55585/ SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS Morning Session: 9:00 - 12:15 Relevance of the Old-growth Grassland Concept to ecology and environmental policy Joseph Veldman, Iowa State University Savannas: global ecosystems with an ancient history Colin Osborne, University of Sheffield The multifaceted role of animal life in savanna ecosystems Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University Global change: challenges for conservation of the Brazilian Cerrado Mercedes Bustamante, ComCerrado and the University of Brasilia Afternoon Session: 14:00 - 17:15 Forest landscape restoration (FLR): progress, new challenges and emerging agendas Chetan Kumar, International Union for Conservation of Nature Mapping the global potential for carbon sequestration through reforestation Peter Ellis, The Nature Conservancy Why foresters plant trees: the social and institutional causes of afforestation in India and beyond Forrest Fleischman, Texas A & M University, Zero net loss of native terrestrial ecosystems: the case of Brazil Daniel Nepstad, Earth Innovation Institute
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joseph W. Veldman, Ph.D. Research Associate Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Iowa State University email: [email protected] web: https://sites.google.com/site/josephveldman/ ________________________________________________
