The Uplands Program is organizing a three day conference on Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas at Hohenheim University in Stuttgart from 16-18 April 2012

This conference aims to bring together international experts to share knowledge, lessons learned and experiences from across the globe related to sustainable mountain development with an emphasis on developing countries. The focus will be on knowledge that cuts across scientific disciplines and combines insights from the social and natural sciences.

The conference is organized along the following six themes:

Soil care in mountain landscapes
Supplying, using, sharing and cycling of matter and water
Linking highland farmers to modern food chains
Land use and land cover change
Sustainable and competitive livestock systems
People participation in natural resource management

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