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SUMMARY:Defining synergies and tradeoffs between ecosystem services for in
 tegrative land use planning in degraded peatland regions of Central Kalima
 ntan\, Indonesia - Elizabeth Law\, University of Queensland\, Australia
DTSTART:20120427T120000Z
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CONTACT:Jessica C. Walsh
DESCRIPTION:Following recent agreements at international fora\, developing
  nations have heightened expectations for carbon-based opportunities to ra
 ise living standards for the poor and safeguard global biodiversity. An ad
 ded challenge is to mitigate land degradation in regions that are rich in 
 biodiversity but high in rural poverty. The question then is: can we achie
 ve the often conflicting objectives of carbon emission reduction and seque
 stration\, biodiversity management\, as well as ensuring sustainable socia
 l and economic development\, and what would make those dreams closer to re
 ality? This paper focuses on a REDD+ high priority region in Kalimantan\, 
 Indonesia. We discuss the challenges in defining spatial distributions of 
 multiple ecosystem services for use in systematic land use and conservatio
 n planning at regional to local scales\, highlighting the importance of da
 ta\, definition\, and double counting. We then outline the characteristics
  of areas and land use management within our study area that facilitate ac
 hievement of multiple objectives\, and highlight regions and management th
 at may challenge this approach. Finally\, we discuss how this data can be 
 used to determine tradeoffs and synergies for integrative land use managem
 ent that explicitly and transparently recognises and plans for biodiversit
 y conservation.\n\nCheck out my most recent paper now out in Nature Climat
 e Change: Law et al (2012) A modular framework to manage complexity in int
 ernational forest carbon policy. http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v2
 /n3/full/nclimate1376.html 
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology\, Downing Street\
 , Cambridge CB2 3EJ
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