News of the Interantional Conference "Urban Biodiversity & Design, Erfurt 2008. Urbio2008.

Keynote Presentations

All Keynote Presentations are now available for download.

 

 

Presentation Introduction Keynote
Cities and the Convention on Biological Diversity – from Rio via Curitiba to Erfurt - facing the main challenges of this century for life on earth

 

Prof. Dr. Norbert Müller (Presenting author)

University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Conference Office Urbio 2008, Erfurt, Germany

David Knight

Natural England, Bull Ring House, Northgate, Wakefield, United Kingdom

Peter Werner

Institute Housing and Environment, Darmstadt, Germany

 

 

Presentation Keynote 1
Biodiversity of urban-industrial areas and its evaluation

 

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Wittig

J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

 

 

Presentation Keynote 2
Cultural aspects and urban biodiversity

 

Dr. Andy Millard

Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

 

 

Presentation Keynote 3
Social aspects of urban biodiversity

 

Prof. Dr. Sarel Cilliers

North-West University - Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa

 

 

 

Presentation Keynote 4
Urban biodiversity and climate change

 

Dr. David J. Nowak

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Syracuse, United States of America

 

 

Presentation Keynote 5
Design and future of urban biodiversity

 


Prof. Dr. Maria Ignatieva

Lincoln University Christchurch, New Zealand

 

 

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