Forests, climate and livelihoods are interconnected

Forests can play a vital part for both climate- and poverty issues; in reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases and as a source of income for poor people that depend on the forest for their livelihood.

Multifunctional landscapes

Many Focali researchers focus on synergies and trade-offs between different land-uses in the landscape, such as interactions between forests and agriculture

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Events

Register for the Agri4D Conference 25-26th of September

Conference
Sep 25, 2013 08:00 AM to Sep 26, 2013 05:00 PM.

Register no later than the 16th of September. This year´s theme of the annual conference is: Agricultural Research Towards Sustainable Development Goals. Focali is one of the co-organizers of the conference together with Agri4D, SIANI, SLU Global, SLU, Future Forests and Future Agriculture. The conference is held at SLU in Uppsala.

Open LARRI seminar: Land Tenure Reforms in Asia and Africa

Seminar
Sep 18, 2013 01:15 PM to Sep 18, 2013 03:00 PM.

LARRI (Land Rights Research Initiative) seminar with Professor Stein Holden from the University of Life Sciences in Ås, Norway.

Forests, Landscapes and Food Security - a collaboration with SIANI

Sep 01, 2013 12:00 AM to Aug 31, 2016 12:00 AM.

Focali has, since 2014, collaborated with SIANI under the theme "Forests, Landscapes and Food Security".

International Conference: Carbon-Land-Property

Conference
Jul 01, 2013 09:00 AM to Jul 04, 2013 06:00 PM.

1-4 July 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Focali researcher Anna Nordén defends her doctoral thesis the 24th of May

Dissertation
May 24, 2013 10:15 AM to May 24, 2013 12:00 PM.

Title: Essays on Behavioral Economics and Policies for Provision of Ecosystem Services

Focali seminar: Forests, Climate and Livelihoods in Burkina Faso

Seminar
May 22, 2013 09:00 AM to May 22, 2013 01:00 PM.

Welcome to attend this seminar and lunch where current multi-disciplinary research in Burkina Faso will be presented and discussed.

BECC Workshop: Assessing the Diversity of Monitoring Approaches to Forest Carbon Stocks and Good Forest Governance

Conference
May 07, 2013 08:45 AM to May 07, 2013 06:00 PM.

The 7th of May 2013 BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate) organise an Interdisciplinary Expert Workshop in Lund. Register before the 25th of February.

LARRI meeting: "Securing land rights through tenure reforms?"

Seminar
Apr 17, 2013 01:15 PM to Apr 17, 2013 03:00 PM.

Focali researchers will present their research at the next LARRI research networking meeting, the 17th of April in Gothenburg.

Large-Scale Land Investments: Curse or Development Opportunity?

Seminar
Mar 13, 2013 01:15 PM to Mar 13, 2013 03:00 PM.

Open LARRI (Land Rights Research Initiative) seminar

Bankrupting Nature: Denying our Planetary Boundaries

Seminar
Feb 20, 2013 06:00 PM to Feb 20, 2013 08:00 PM.

Seminar with Johan Rockström and Anders Wijkman

Environmental Research – A Driving Force for Environmental Policy

Seminar
Feb 20, 2013 01:15 PM to Feb 20, 2013 02:45 PM.

GMV organise seminar with State Secretary Anders Flanking from the Ministry of Environment.

The development of forest land use in climate mitigation and specifically REDD+

Seminar
Feb 13, 2013 12:00 PM to Feb 13, 2013 03:00 PM.

Seminar organised by SLU Global.

1st LARRI Thematic Research Meeting: "Community Rights and Large-Scale Land Investments"

Seminar
Jan 23, 2013 01:00 PM to Jan 23, 2013 02:45 PM.

LARRI (Land Rights Research Initiative) now launch a series of thematic research networking meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to provide a platform for researchers and students from different academic disciplines with a common interest in land issues.