Coupling Humans and Complex Ecological Landscapes

2009 US-IALE Symposium

Snowbird, Utah | April 12-16, 2009

Oral Presentations by Session

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A1 - Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions I A2 - Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions II A3 - Complexity in Human-Nature Interactions III A4 - Landscape Conservation and Poverty Alleviation I A5 - Landscape Conservation and Poverty Alleviation II A6 - Agent-Based Modelling of Land-use Effects I A7 - Agent-Based Modelling of Land-use Effects II A8 - Agent-Based Modelling of Land-use Effects III B1 - The Social Context of Landscape Conservation B2 - Fire and Landscapes I B3 - Fire and Landscapes II B4 - Expert Knowledge and Landscape Applications B5 - Landscape Ecology and Climate Change B6 - Ecosystem Services and Human Well Being B7 - Landscape-level Experiments and Climate Change B8 - Soundscape Ecology C1 - Remote Sensing of Landscapes I C2 - Remote Sensing of Landscapes II C3 - Remote Sensing of Landscapes III C4 - Road Ecology C5 - Ecological Risk Assessment C6 - Ecosystem Management I C7 - Ecosystem Management II C8 - Ecosystem Management III C9 - Disturbance on Landscapes D1 - Habitat Modelling Across Landscapes D2 - Biogeography I D3 - Biogeography II D4 - Riparian Landscapes I D5 - Riparian Landscapes II D6 - Forest Landscapes and Ecology I D7 - Forest Landscapes and Ecology II D8 - Forest Landscapes and Ecology III D9 - Forest Landscapes and Ecology IV E1 - Conservation Biology I E2 - Conservation Biology II E3 - Conservation Biology III E4 - Conservation Biology IV E5 - Conservation Biology V E6 - Urban Landscapes E7 - Social Issues and Landscapes I E8 - Social Issues and Landscapes II F1 - Spatial Analysis and Landscapes I F2 - Spatial Analysis and Landscapes II F3 - Spatial Analysis and Landscapes III F4 - Spatial Analysis and Landscapes IV F5 - Landscape Change I F6 - Landscape Change II F7 - Landscape Change III F8 - Landscape Change IV F9 - Landscape Change V

A4 - Landscape Conservation and Poverty Alleviation I
Date:	Tuesday (2009-04-14)
Time:	8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room:	Ball Room 2
Session Chair(s):	Jeanine Rhemtulla and Fabrice DeClerck
Session Abstract: Are conservation and poverty alleviation compatible goals in human-dominated landscapes? Many of the world’s poorest peoples live in biodiversity-rich areas, but little is known about the interactions between poverty and ecosystem structure and function, especially at the landscape scale. In this symposium, we present a series of empirical studies examining: the effects of poverty on landscape composition and configuration; the interactions between poverty and stocks and flows of ecosystem services; and the trade-offs and opportunities for aligning poverty alleviation and ecological conservation in complex human-dominated landscapes. Presentations will include case studies from tropical and temperate regions, and marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
8:00 - 8:20 Bryan Pijanowski Poverty and Landscape Fragmentation in Moldova 8:20 - 8:40 Jeanine Rhemtulla Trade-offs Between Poverty and Conservation: Economic Inequality is Linked to Decreased Deforestation and Fragmentation in the Peruvian Amazon 8:40 - 9:00 Fabrice DeClerck Landscape ecology as a critical tool in poverty alleviation and achieving the Millennium Development Goals 9:00 - 9:20 Jeffrey Milder Quantifying Ecoagriculture: Land Use, Biodiversity, and Rural Livelihoods in Pasture-dominated Landscapes of Central America 9:20 - 9:40 Michael Wimberly Exploring the Interrelationships of Landscapes, Poverty, and Human Health 9:40 - 10:00 Ivette Perfecto “Business as Usual is not an Option”: Implications of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) for Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America

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