This workshop is the first of a series in preparation for the 2014 Resilience Conference, which will convene in Montpellier, France (http://www.resilience2014.org/). The workshop is organized by CIRAD (Agricultural Research for Development) and Bioversity International. It will focus on the role of biodiversity in the management of multiple agroecosystem services in development contexts, and the contribution of biodiversity to resilience. Key interdisciplinary themes of the workshop will consider: the critical contribution of scales, interactions and feedbacks; tradeoffs and synergies; and the role of spatio-temporal heterogeneity in determining the impact of biodiversity on regulatory processes. Key contributions from the social sciences, specifically perspectives relating to human well-being, and the role of institutions, including governance structures, markets, and public policy as they relate to supporting biodiversity’s impact on resilience will also be explored. The objective of the workshop series is to bring together the French and international scientific communities for an in depth exploration of the multiple dimensions of resilience following the theme of the 2014 Resilience Conference: “Adaptation, Transformation and Development”.  

dates: 7-8 March 2013   location: Montpellier, France   contact: Fabrice DeClerck   e-mail: f.declerck@cgiar.org   www: http://agrobiodiversityplatform.org/par/2013/02/26/workshop-on-biodiversity-and-resilience-of-agroecosystems/