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SUMMARY:Recent advancements in global biodiversity scenarios - Piero Visco
 nti (Microsoft Computational Ecology and Environmental Science)
DTSTART:20131115T130000Z
DTEND:20131115T140000Z
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CONTACT:Marius Somveille
DESCRIPTION:Are we currently on a path to meet the Convention on Biologica
 l Diversity 2020 “Aichi” Targets? What socio-economic and conservation
  policies would be needed to achieve them? These are two important questio
 ns that the forthcoming Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 is aiming to address
 . In this talk I will synthesize the key findings of recent and on-going s
 tudies on global biodiversity scenarios that are reviewed in GBO4\,  inclu
 ding my own work on projecting global biodiversity indicators. I will also
  highlight recent advancements in ecological models applied to global biod
 iversity scenarios and discuss the key differences between models and the 
 challenges ahead in making these models more robust and informative.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology\, Downing Street\
 , Cambridge CB2 3EJ
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