SPECIAL SESSION

             

Merging Landscape Management, Agricultural Development and Biodiversity towards the Challenge of Sustainability

 

Prof. Luis Loures
CIEO | Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics
University of Algarve
&
Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre
Portugal
E-mail: lcloures@esalevas.pt

 

Aim:

The aim of this session is to approach, on an integrated manner, the emerging issues and challenges related to the impact of agriculture and food production in Sustainable Development regarding on the one hand biodiversity maintenance and landscape change and on the other hand new production technologies, environment analysis and evaluation methods.

Topics:

- Agricultural Technology;
- Animal production and sustainability;
- Emerging Issues and Challenges in Sustainable Development;
- Environmental remediation;
- Food and Agriculture Organization;
- Irrigation impact;
- Landscape/environmental analysis;
- Natural resource management;
- New challenges in agricultural production;
- Rural Development.