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International Conference Biodiversity and Agricultures
Today's challenges, tomorrow's research for more sustainable farming
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4th, 5th November 2008 : View the videos of the conference. This meeting was held in Montpellier at the Corum, under the aegis of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (July-December 2008). This event was organised by the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) coordinated the event and the programme was prepared by an international Scientific Committee chaired by Robert Barbault.
The conference was broadcast live over the two days. View the videos: first session, second session, third session, fourth session.
4TH OF NOVEMBER
Opening Speech:
Bernard Delay, President of the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FR/FRB)
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Hélène Mandroux, Mayor of Montpellier
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Anne-Yvonne Le Dain, Vice-President of the Montpellier agglomeration and the Languedoc Roussillon region
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First Session
Chairpersons of the session: Sandra Lavorel (FR/CNRS - University of Grenoble) and Jacques van Alphen (NL/University of Leiden)
Biodiversity and Ecological Services in Temperate Agro-Ecosystems: Myths, Realities and Uncertainties, Sandra Lavorel (FR/CNRS - University of Grenoble)
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Taking Ecosystem Services into Account in Agriculture,
Claire Kremen (US/Berkeley - University of California)
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Debate on the talks
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Panel: Agriculture and Ecology
Andrew Illius (UK/University of Edinburgh), Martin Längauer (AT/IFAP), Xavier Leroux (FR/Scientific Collective Expert Report "Agriculture and biodiversity"), Alain Peeters (BE/DIVA), Pekka Pesonen (FI/COPA-COGECA)
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Second Session
Chairpersons: David Gibbons (UK/RSPB) and Marc Dufumier (FR/AgroParisTech)
Using Crop Diversity in Agriculture to Lower the Ecological Footprint,
Youyong Zhu (China/Yunnan Agriculture University)
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Debate on the talk
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Conclusions on the workshop on "Genetic Resources" (15th of October 2008, Strasbourg, France), Andrée Sontot (FR/FRB) and François Lefèvre (FR/INRA)
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Debate: Footprint and Genetic Resources
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Food Shortages and Biodiversity Loss in the Tropics / in the Southern Countries, Marc Dufumier (FR/AgroParisTech)
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Conclusions of the workshop: The Stakes of Research on Biodiversity in Africa and in the Southern Countries - International Research Groups, (3rd of November 2008 in Montpellier, France),
Yildiz Aumeeruddy Thomas (FR/CEFE - CNRS)
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Conclusions of the workshop: The Stakes of Research on Biodiversity in Africa and in the Southern Countries - The EU and its overseas entities, (7th to 11th of July 2008 in Saint Denis de la Réunion, France),
Philippe Feldmann (FR/CIRAD)
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Panel: Biodiversity and Agricultures: The South Perspectives
Etienne Coyette (BE/European Commission - DG Environment), Patrick Duncan (FR/CEBC - CNRS), Jean Gault (FR/FAO - AGPS), Samuel Nnah (CM/CED)
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5TH OF NOVEMBER
Opening Speech:
Michel Barnier, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, France (video)
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Third Session
Chairpersons: Rob Jongman (NL/University of Wageningen) and John Thompson (FR/CNRS)
Biodiversity, Biological Control and Pollination in Changing Landscapes,
Teja Tscharntke (DE/University of Göttingen)
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Scenario: for the Impact of Agriculture and Biodiversity, from Global to Local, Andrew Balmford (UK/University of Cambridge)
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Conclusions of the workshop on "Ecological Corridors" (1st and 2nd of October 2008, Oisterwijk, Netherlands), Rob Jongman (NL/University of Wageningen)
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Conclusions of the workshop "Long-term Ecological Tools and Experiments" (25th and 26th of September 2008, Reading, UK), Ken Norris (UK/University of Reading)
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Debate on the talk
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Fourth Session
Chairpersons: Ronan Uhel (FR/European Environment Agency) and Jean-François Soussana (FR/INRA)
Landscape Heterogeneity and Biodiversity: Which Tools for Tomorrow's Farming Systems? Jean-Marc Meynard (FR/INRA)
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Reconciling food production and conservation: Inconvenient Truths about Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature, Jeff McNeely (UK/IUCN)
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Debate on the talks
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International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development, Hans Herren (CH/IAASTD)
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Agriculture, Biodiversity and the EU: the Main Issues,
Marion Guillou (FR/President of INRA), Tim Hall (UK/European Commission - DG Research), Xavier Leroux (FR/ERA-Net BIODIVERSA)
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Priorities for research in the future:
Robert Barbault, President of the Scientific Committee of the Conference
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Closing Speech
Valérie Pécresse, Minister of Higher Education and Research, France
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Rédaction :
Mission communication
Date de création : 22 Octobre 2008
Date de dernière mise à jour : 12 Février 2009
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