Land Webinar | Resilient Landscapes for Sustainable Trade and Development
Meet Our Speakers
Tropenbos International, The Netherlands;
Bas Louman is program coordinator at Tropenbos International, a Dutch NGO aiming to make knowledge work for forests and people. He specializes in forest management within tropical landscapes, and its interactions with climate. He worked and lived for 20 years in Costa Rica as forest management and climate specialist for the Tropical Agricultural Center for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), seven years of which he coordinated their climate change and watershed management group. As trainer, advisor and researcher he worked with communities, government officers and companies, aiming to make their use of the forests more sustainable and resilient to climate change. Since 2018 he is working at Tropenbos International on innovative financial instruments and collaborative mechanisms in support of inclusive integrated landscape management.
Guest Editors: Dr. Bas Louman, Dr. Sara Scherr & Dr. Vincent Gitz
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 3 July 2023
On Wednesday 14th March 2023, MDPI and the Journal Land organized the 3rd Webinar entitled “Land Webinar | Resilient Landscapes for Sustainable Trade and Development”. This online seminar was chaired by Dr. Bas Louman from the Tropenbos International, The Netherlands. He was joined by researchers and practitioners in the fields of the value chain, rural development and nature conservation with a particular focus on tropical landscapes and to discuss with them the importance of enhancing the resilience of landscapes in order to ensure sustainable trade and development.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Topics be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.