Aug 30, 2011

This seminal event held in Zürich, Switzerland, brought together international researchers in historical ecology for the first time to discuss methods and applications of historical ecological research. Robin Grossinger gave a talk on The relevance of history to climate change adaptation: Using historical ecology to design diverse, resilient landscapes.

Human activities are important drivers of landscape development and ecosystem change. Consequently, the relevance of considering human impacts has become increasingly popular in ecology over the past several decades. Historical ecology has been promoted as an integrative approach for the study of human impacts on ecosystems and landscapes over time and as a prerequisite to understand current day ecosystems and landscapes.

The conference was structured in four sessions.
• (A) Relevance of historical information in times of global change
• (B) Beyond case studies in historical ecology - the search for general patterns of ecosystem change
• (C) Historical ecology and ecosystem modeling
• (D) Problems and possibilities on the border between historical ecology and environmental history/archaeology

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Programs and Focus Areas: 
Resilient Landscapes Program