International Conference Water and Forests: a Convenient Truth?

The specific objectives of the conference are:
- to improve the understanding of the future rainfall prospects under different climatic scenarios;
- to improve the knowledge on the water processes in trees and forests;
- to improve the understanding of the trade-off between water quantity and quality, and forest cover and management practices at different scales
- to improve the understanding of the water demand by society and the socio-economic impacts of different policies and management practices.
- to provide a global perspective as well as a specific Mediterranean Regional insight on the issues above-mentioned

Contact information	EFIMED - EFI Mediterranean Regional Office: Passeig Lluis Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain (email: efimed@efi.int) Phone: +34 93 2687700, Fax. +34 93 2683768
Event type	Conference
File link	http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/organisation/regional_offices/efimed/information_and_dissemination/water_and_forests_conference_2008/
Source	The European Forest Institute (EFI)
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , NATURAL MEDIUM , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation	http://www.efi.int/attachments/tr_ptic_water_and_forest_22092008.pdf
Geographical coverage	Spain
Address	Barcelona, Spain
Organizer	EFIMED, Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF), Fundació Territori i Paisatge (FTiP), Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), International Union Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO), FAO Forestry Department, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE), University of Barcelona (UB), Funded by: Government of Catalonia
Target audience	International
Period	[30/10/2008 - 31/10/2008]
Status	Confirmed
Working language(s)	CATALAN , ENGLISH , SPANISH

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