Conference Announcement
Rapid Landscape Change and Human Response in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic
15-17 June 2005
Yukon College
Whitehorse, Canada
Deadlines:
Financial Support: 15 March 2005
Abstract Submission: 1 April 2005
Registration: 1 May 2005
For further information, please go to:
http://www.taiga.net/rapidchange/
This 3-day meeting will review current research on the effects of
climate and landscape change in the north throughout the Holocene, and
on the chronology and nature of past environmental events. It will seek
insights from past landscape changes and the way ancient peoples
responded that might be useful for today's changing environments.
Research presentations that seek to reconstruct the environmental
history of environmental and cultural transitions or to unravel the
cultural history of major environmental downturns are encouraged.
Contributions with an emphasis on establishing high-resolution
chronologies of environmental and cultural change are particularly
welcome. Discussion sessions will work on ways to communicate lessons
learned to both the general public and environmental planners and
authorities. Participants will be encouraged to go beyond standard
scientific research findings.
Conference topics include:
- Holocene environmental change
- Tracking current landscape and ecosystem change
- Human pre-history and responses to changes on land and sea
- The people's story - anthropology and legends
- Human versus non-human drivers
- Lessons for adaptation
- Acknowledging natural change in thought and action
Organizing Committee:
Antony R. Berger and David Liverman (Co-Chairs)
Claire Eamer, John Streicker, and Norm Easton (Yukon College)
Panya Lipovsky (Yukon Geological Survey)
Paul Matheus (Yukon Heritage Branch)
For further information, please go to:
http://www.taiga.net/rapidchange/
or contact:
Dr. Antony Berger, IUGS Geoindicators Initiative
E-mail: bergerar [at] telus.net
or:
Dr. David Liverman, Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador
E-mail: dgl [at] zeppo.geosurv.gov.nf.ca