I am looking forward to upcoming attendance at the Open Meeting of the International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community. The meeting is to be held in Bonn. There, I will be moderator for the opening plenary session on "Social Challenges and Demographic Change." I will also be presenting my research with Wayne Twine (South Africa) on HIV/AIDS, food security and natural resource use.
The research session is "Global Population Trends and Food Security"
Study on Land Carrying Capacity in Northeast China: Issues and Countermeasures
Presenter: Yan Wei, Xian University of Finance and Economics, China
The Effect of Demographic Components on the Situations and Trend of Food Security
in Mainland China
Presenter: Jiehua Lu, Beijing University, China
Examining Natural Resources and Food Security Through An HIV/AIDS Lens:
Lessons From the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance Site in Rural South Africa
Presenter: Lori Hunter, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States
Relationships between livestock production, demographic change and natural resources in Africa
Presenter: Jeannette van de Steeg, ILRI, Kenya
Surface modelling of population density and food provision capacity of ecosystems in China
Presenter: Tian-Xiang Yue, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Land demand of food in the Philippines over the 20th century: non-linearities
in the face of continuous population growth
Presenter: Thomas Kastner, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Investigating the Role of Urban Agriculture in Poverty Alleviation
in Three Municipalities in Tanzania
Presenter: Jerry Ngailo, Uyole Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania
