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Open lecture: Biodiversity and landscapes in the Anthropocene 2 October 2023 18:00 - 19:30

In autumn 2023, following the instalment of the first Distinguished Fellow of the Anthropocene, Dr. Sjoerd J. Kluiving, a lecture series with expert speakers covering the Anthropocene is programmed.

During the lecture series 'What is the Anthropocene? - Exploring transdisciplinary collaboration for sustainable change', speakers and participants will discuss how interdisciplinary research can contribute to challenges of the planetary poly crisis that are part of what scientists are debating is the Anthropocene. Each lecture consists of two expert presentations which will be followed by discussion and is open to anyone at VU and beyond.

On 2 October, we will explore the state and fate of biodiversity and landscapes:

Nature is in a bad condition and is currently 5-0 down. Biodiversity losses have been growing disproportionally over the past decades, a lot is currently being debated on national to continental scales regarding a reform of farming as well as urgent restoration of nature. For example, what is sustainable landscape management and how can food security be in harmony with flourishing nature?

Dr Niels Debonne will discuss the importance of land use for climate change, the biodiversity crisis and hunger, and how it functions both as a cause and as a solution to these challenges. Prof Louise Vet will shed light on the current developments in biodiversity conservation and recovery.

In addition, transdisciplinary workshops on the road to the COP 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are organised, you can find them here. During these workshops, stories for the days of COP28 will be developed by connecting science, human health, art and activism; the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates; the Global North and Global South. 

All events and the Fellowship of the Anthropocene are coordinated by the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute, all events are free and open to anyone interested.

Programme

17.45 Walk-in

18.00 Welcome and introduction by Sjoerd Kluiving and Matty Berg

18.10 Biodiversity recovery: Illusion or breakthrough? by Louise Vet

18.30 Q&A

18.40 Land use in the Anthropocene: the problems, the solutions, and the problems with the solutions by Niels Debonne

19.00 Q&A

19.10 Discussion

19.30 End

About Open lecture: Biodiversity and landscapes in the Anthropocene

Starting date

  • 2 October 2023

Time

  • 18:00 - 19:30

Location

  • VU main building
  • HG-14A00

Address

  • De Boelelaan 1105 VU main building
  • 1081HV Amsterdam

Organised by

  • VU Distinguished Fellow of the Anthropocene and Amsterdam Sustainability Institute

Language

  • English

Speakers

Speakers

Prof Louise Vet
Professor Emerita in Evolutionary Ecology at Wageningen University
Chair Deltaplan Biodiversiteitsherstel
Former-director (1999-2019) of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

Both at NIOO and at Wageningen University, Louise Vet's research focused on the ecology and evolution of plant-insect relationships, partly aimed at shaping sustainable agriculture - agro-ecosystems based on the prevention of diseases and plagues.
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Dr Niels Debonne
Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Niels Debonne is an assistant professor in the Environmental Geography department at the Institute for Environmental Studies. His research and teaching is concerned with the sustainability of the land system.
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Prof Matty Berg
Professor and head of section Animal Ecology at Vrije Universtiteit Amsterdam

His research is focused on the interplay between species-specific traits and spatial scales in determining shifts in soil fauna community composition under environmental stress, and how functional diversity of soil organisms affect litter decomposition. 
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Dr Sjoerd Kluiving
Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
VU Distinguished Fellow of the Anthropocene

Sjoerd Kluiving (1963) studied Physical Geography and Geology at the University of Amsterdam and University of Alabama (U.S.A). As a geologist and physical geographer involved in applying earth sciences to archeology in interdisciplinary research and teaching, with emphasis on the Anthropocene.
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