John Muir:
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and to pray in, where nature may heel and cheer and give strength to the body an soul alike”
Mary Colwell-Hector: The challenges of communicating science
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Working hard in a wonderful place…
The agriculture group developing scenarios that sustain livelihood & ecosystem services in the Verdon Region…
an “office” with inspiring view.
Some impressions from the excursion through the Valensol & to a local farmer
Steve Redpath’s talk on biodiversity conflicts and their management
Steve Redpath
Michael Mirtl talking about how can we learn from the present and the past through long-term ecological research
Here in particular showing wordclouds of the contents of the summer school and keywords of the LTER
Michael Mirtl
Steve Redpath: Managing biodiversity conflicts
Biodiversity conflicts are not conflicts between people and wildlife but conflicts between people with different interests and stakes.
Do words matter?
Should we use a different frame for describing these issues?
Speaking about “biodiversity conflicts”
- Puts the emphasis on the wildlife not people
- Makes it harder to find solutions – directs too much focus on technical solutions
A business perspective on biodiversity by Timo Lehesvirta
Timo Lehesvirta
Martin Sharman on Words, worldviews and wonder, and what ‘ecosystem services means to him’
Martin Sharman
Flying
New furniture for the Darwin house in Peyresq
