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Mountain Futures Conference: Nurturing Seeds for Change in the Anthropocene

From: 01.03.2016 to: 04.03.2016

Mountain Futures, an innovative conference on mountains in the Anthropocene, organized by the Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the World Agroforesty Centre in collaboration with IDRC, ICRAF-ECA, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), will take place from 1 to 4 March 2016 in Kunming, Yunnan, China.

The conference aims to explore and assess the role of mountains in the Anthropocene, and to develop plausible visions for mountains in a future where unintended or unforeseen consequences of human activities may dominate natural processes. The main themes of the Conference are global assessment of climate change, dynamic sustainability, mainstreaming the marginalized, and water governance.

The deadline for special session proposals is 30 September 2015, and the deadline for individual paper submissions is 15 October 2015.

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