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Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology

Zurich, Switzerland
Tuesday , April 07, 2015 - Friday , April 10, 2015

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Location Zurich, Switzerland
Contact
Heike Kuhlmann
[email protected]

The annual conference of the society for tropical ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, gtö) will focus on “Resilience of Tropical Ecosystems: Future challenges and opportunities“. The conference provides an exciting and friendly atmosphere for tropical ecologists at all levels of their career. A priority is to maximize interactions among delegates, practitioners and policy makers. Ultimately, this meeting will provide a platform for tropical ecologists to work together to ensure resilient tropical ecosystems. We welcome contributions from all fields of Tropical Ecology.

Tropical ecosystems are global biodiversity hotspots increasingly under pressure from a growing population. The complexity and unpredictability of these systems present considerable challenges for ecologists, conservation biologists and natural resource managers. The global demand for food, energy and recreation, large scale industrial land use change and anthropogenic climate change present scientific and social challenges. Ensuring resilient tropical ecosystems and provisioning a broad array of ecosystem services necessitates maintaining biodiversity at all its levels.

Past mismanagement and habitat degradation require counter measures, including habitat restoration and developing novel management approaches for resilient tropical landscape mosaics which both meet the immediate livelihood needs of rural communities and the ecosystem services for broader society. This presents great challenges but also opportunities.

The annual conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö) will provide an interdisciplinary platform for discussing these major challenges and future opportunities in tropical Ecology including:

  • Understanding tropical biodiversity
  • Defining Resilient tropical ecosystems
  • Novel approaches to understand and manage tropical ecosystems