United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization| Name | Panel discussion on Biosphere Resilience |
| Short Description | Biosphere Resilience *sandwich lunch generously offered by the Swedish Delegation. |
| Long Description |
Resilience refers to the capacity of a social system or an ecosystem to absorb shocks and perturbations as well as the capacity to recover, rebuild and reorganize afterwards. This panel discussion will present ‘resilience thinking’ within the framework of the newly established Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University.
Chair: Walter Erdelen, Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences (UNESCO) Facilitator: Thomas Elmqvist, MAB ICC Chairperson (Sweden) will facilitate this debate. Panelists: Robert Barbault, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (France) Carl Folke, Science Director, Stockholm University (Sweden) Anne Larigauderie, Director (DIVERSITAS) Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU) |
| Start date and hour | 19-10-2007 1:00 pm |
| End date and hour | 19-10-2007 3:00 pm |
| Location | UNESCO Cinema |
| Contact name | Ms Meriem Bouamrane |
| Contact phone | +33 (0)1 45 68 41 11 |
| Contact e-mail | m.bouamrane@unesco.org |