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The Earth Institute presents the EI Fellows Fall Symposium "Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability in a Changing World," with the Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellows. Open to the public. INTRODUCTION John C. Mutter, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and School of International & Public Affairs; Director, Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program SESSION I: Ecosystems and Agriculture: Effects of Land-use and Climate Ilana Brito, Disease Dynamics in Fragmented Landscapes, Liza Comita, The Fate of Forests: Interactive Effects of Human and Natural Disturbance on Tropical Tree Communities Leigh Winowiecki: Landscape-scale dynamics of forest-derived carbon in cultivated systems: Implications for smallholder farmers in western Tanzania Sean Smukler, Managing for food security and climate change mitigation in the Millennium Villages Jonathan Hickman, Modeling the impacts of climate change on agricultural production in the Millennium Villages Chao Chen, The response of crop yield and water balance to climate variability/change in China, North America and Southeast South America Elisabeth King, Can Development Build Social Cohesion in Post-War Liberia? Stergios Athanassoglou, The effect of uncertainty on pollution control policy Sandra Baptista, Adapting to urban climate risk in coastal Brazil Shahzeen Attari, Human behavior and climate change: A look at why people defect in social dilemmas Chie Sakakibara, Tales of the whale: Climate change and cultural responses in Arctic Alaska and the Azores CLOSING REMARKS Jeffrey D.
Sachs, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health
Policy and Management; Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University | |||||||||
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