Ecoscapes: Scenarios for an uncertain world Jointly hosted by the Department of Biology and the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity.

Talk
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  • Date and time: Tuesday 16 July 2024, 12.30pm to 2pm
  • Location: In-person only
    BS/104, The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
  • Audience: Open to staff, students (postgraduate researchers only)
  • Admission: Free admission, booking required

Event details

Join us for the first of a series of interdisciplinary discussions bringing together a diversity of perspectives on changing biodiversity in the Anthropocene. 

Using scenarios allows us to explore what different possible futures might look like under highly uncertain conditions. They are often used to explore how biodiversity and ecosystem services may change in the future with different socioeconomic and environmental trajectories. But how useful can they really be, and to whom?  

Speakers

Dr Inês Martins, LCAB and Department of Biology

Talking about a recent model intercomparison analysis of projections of biodiversity and ecosystem services performed at multiple spatial scales using the same set of land-use and climate change reconstructions from 1900 to 2015, and three future scenarios from 2015 to 2050. I will expand on some of the key messages of this work, as well open a discussion on the key challenges and uncertainties that remain when mobilising scenarios and models for decision-making. 

Pattrawut Pusingha, Department of Environment and Geography

Envisioning the future scenarios of sustainable land management in mountain systems of Nan Province, Thailand. Human activities, including deforestation, land use changes, and unsustainable land management, combined with climate variability, result in land degradation worldwide, including in Thailand, with negative impacts in various aspects.

Participatory scenario planning can tackle these complex challenges by encouraging diverse stakeholders to co-create future scenarios that support long-term inclusive sustainable land management in northern Thailand’s mountain landscapes.

Prasad Sandhor, Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence (IGGI) and Department of Computer Science

My PhD research explores the potential of games in facilitating the 'sensemaking' of climate actions. In this session, I will be sharing findings and insights about designing scenarios related to everyday climate actions for role-playing that lead to sensemaking.