[Iyrp-gcg] BC3Seminar | Forests that warm the earth and herbivores that cool it. How is biodiversity crisis affecting the climate?

Tue Feb 27 05:48:28 MST 2024

Dear Friends from IYRP

Our colleague  from Spain, Pablo Manzano, has organised this lecture, in
which Ferran Pauné (Rangeland Ecologist and Agronomist) will present part
of his research results on pastoral systems over the last 15 years, and in
which they both share hypotheses and vision for the future. *If anyone is
interested, it is open to the public.*

*Per videconference no need of registration, *
*Registration only for people participating in presence*

Here the videoconference details:
Friday 29 February
Time 11.00

Zoom meeting:
https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/69702912624?pwd=RG1JZHFNZktNWG9wZ0RNQVVCcWNsQT09

ID meeting: 697 0291 2624
Access code: 700103

Best regards,
Francesca

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Francesca Pasetti Bombardella
Co-chair Regional IYRP  <https://iyrp.info/> Support Group Europe
Focal Point Spain Nomination Transhumance UNESCO ICH
International Projects Coordinator Concejo de la Mesta - Spain
Coordinator Programma TRE Terre Rurali d'Europa - Spain
Secretary of the Transhumance and Transition UNESCO Club
Facilitator of the ERASMUS +   “Eco-TransH” project
Email: fpasettib at gmail.co <fpasettib at gmail.com>m

February 29, 2024 | 11.00am - 12.00pm | Aketxe Room (BC3)

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BC3 SEMINAR
Forests that warm the earth and herbivores that cool it. How is
biodiversity crisis affecting the climate?

*February*

*29*

*Time*: 11:00am - 12.00pm (CET)
*Where*: Aketxe Room (BC3)
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*Abstract*

The biodiversity and global fire crisis have become a major concern. In the
Mediterranean, woody vegetation has historically been grazed. To test the
use of extensive livestock as a tool for changing the structure and
composition of vegetation, we reintroduced herds in afforested areas. The
results in floristic composition, biomass, and herbivory intensity,
revealed the connection between the structure of the herbaceous and shrub
strata. Afforestation leads to impoverished forest communities. Herbivores
increase biodiversity and reduce fuel load, but also reduce flammability
through structural changes in vegetation, water content and species
composition. Researcher Ferran Pauné Fabré concludes that certain habitats
have been described in a state of abandonment and, therefore, are not
characteristic but the result of change in biocenosis. Dr. Pauné postulates
that herbivore disappearance during the Holocene and Anthropocene is one of
the underlying causes for ecosystems to switch from herbivory to fire
dominance. Here, he discuss the coevolution of herbivores and open woody
vegetation, and the function of herbivory in climate regulation.

*About the lecturer*

Ferran Pauné Fabré completed a PhD in 2021 researching ecological patterns
and processes in rangeland ecology, including theoretical and applied
approaches. Since high school he focused his research interest on cave
ecology, including troglobites (Zoology Museum of Barcelona), bats ecology
(Universitat de Barcelona, UB), palaeontology and cave climatology (Spanish
National Research Council, CSIC), 1985-1995). From his interest in the
interaction between bats, pests, and pesticides, he conducted my bachelor’s
Agronomist Degree Final Project at CSIC where he delved into the study of
organic pollutants in several environmental matrices (1989-1998) with gas
chromatography and mass spectrometry. During his undergraduate studies in
biology, he contributed to other projects, such as the Herpetological Atlas
of Catalonia, based on the database collected in his field notebook (UB,
1981-1991).

Since finishing Pauné MSc in 2000, he has been working on my PhD field work
and in a series of projects related to rangeland management and planning
for environmental services providing and biodiversity conservation. He has
done a wide range of fieldwork amongst pastoralist local communities and
vegetation in the Mediterranean, integrating the human ecology, economy,
and Global Change dimensions (global fire and biodiversity crisis). He
values the human development and he studied psychological approaches
(2000-2017), by which he attempts to find out the causes of failure of
conservation and sustainability policies. Pauné’s interest in the transfer
of knowledge, led him to work with local communities in the creation of the
Catalan Rangeland Alliance, a co-operative Governance of Public-Citizen
Partnerships.

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