Natural grasslands are the world’s largest multifunctional terrestrial ecosystems covering more than 30% of the global land surface. Grasslands on the different continents show similarities and also differences responding to climate change and variability. To date, little is known about the parallelism or divergence of grasslands’ vulnerability and mechanisms behind adaptation processes. The GrassNet Summer School 2010 represents an educational approach to address concepts and
methods to analyze biophysical processes affecting matter fluxes in grassland ecosystems vulnerable to climate change.
The “Tropentag” 2010 in Zürich, Switzerland, will be part of the GrassNet Summer School 2010 offering the opportunity to participate an international conference on food security, natural resource management and rural development.
The GrassNet Summer School 2010 is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The GrassNet project combines research and education in a cross continental network for sustainable adaptation of grassland ecosystems vulnerable to climate change.
Information: The GrassNet project: http://www.grassnet.info
Contact Germany: Dr. Marcus Giese (m.giese@uni-hohenheim.de)
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Dr. Marcus Giese – GrassNet Coordination - University of Hohenheim - Institute for Plant Production and Agroecology of the
Tropics and Subtropics - Garbenstraße 13 - D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
E-mail: m.giese@uni-hohenheim.de - Phone: ++49 (0)711 459 24189 - Fax: ++49 (0)711 459 24207
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