The ALTER-Net Summer School will be held from 5 – 14 September 2010, in Peyresq, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France and is now open for applications (deadline 15 April)!
The Summer School shall contribute to durable integration and the spread of excellence within and beyond the network, with a view to promoting interdisciplinary approaches.
The 2010 Summer School will focus on:
* Biodiversity and ecosystems in Europe;
* Ecosystem processes, function, services and benefits;
* Resilience of social and natural systems;
* Valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services;
* Linking biodiversity research with policy and the public.
Approximately 20 experts will give lectures on the themes mentioned above. Guided by tutors in the afternoon, working groups will discuss implications of findings for an actual European ecosystems and its services and compile these results. A field trip will illustrate land-use change in the Provence.
