Food Security and Environmental Change
Linking science, development and policy
An International Conference
hosted by the University of Oxford
Wednesday 2nd April – Friday 4th April 2008
Conference Summary Report
Presentations
Papers in the Environmental Science and Policy Special Edition, 2009, 12 [4], pp. 373-542
Conference Overview
Purpose:
To improve links between research and policy communities addressing food security and environment by:
- Presenting and discussing research on environmental change, food security and food systems, and decision support dialogues from the broad international community
- Presenting and discussing findings from conceptual and regional research supported by the ESSP Joint Project “Global Environmental Change and Food Systems” (GECAFS)
- Bringing together scientists and policy makers from diverse backgrounds to forge new partnerships
Themes:
- Concepts and methods for research on food systems; vulnerability and adaptation; scenarios; and decision support
- Regional research from the Indo-Gangetic Plain, Southern Africa, Caribbean, Europe
- Links to the development agenda and policy process
Outputs:
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Selected papers in a Special Issue of Environmental Science and Policy
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Enhanced networking
- Stronger policy/science frameworks
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