1st European Conference for the Implementation of the UNESCO-SCBD Joint Programme on Biological and Cultural Diversity
Linking Biological and Cultural Diversity in Europe
8-11 April 2014, Florence, Italy
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General Programme
Tuesday 8th April
8.30-9.30 Registration (Istituto degli Innocenti)
9.30-13.00 Opening Session (Istituto degli Innocenti)
13.00-14.30 Lunch (Istituto degli Innocenti)
14.30-18.00 Parallel Sessions: Session 1 – Methods and management strategies (Istituto degli Innocenti) and Session 2 – Historical patterns of natural and cultural landscapes (Palazzo Budini)
19.00-20.00 Welcome Cocktail – a wine drink offered by the Lamole Farm (Palazzo Budini)
Wednesday 9th April
9.30-13.00 Parallel Sessions: Session 3 – Methods and management strategies (Istituto degli Innocenti) and Session 4 – Management strategies, agreements and projects (Palazzo Budini)
13.00-14.30 Lunch (Istituto degli Innocenti)
14.30-18.00 Parallel Sessions: Session 5 – Traditional practices (Istituto degli Innocenti) and Session 6 – Historical patterns of natural and cultural landscapes (Palazzo Budini)
20.30-23.00 Buffet Dinner (Palazzo Budini)
Thursday 10th April
9.30-13.00 Parallel Sessions: Session 7 – Linkages between cultural and biological diversity (Istituto degli Innocenti) and Session 8 – Linkages between cultural and biological diversity (Palazzo Budini)
13.00-14.30 Lunch (Istituto degli Innocenti)
14.30-16.15 Expert Meeting Session 1 – Introduction and background (Istituto degli Innocenti)
16.45-18.00 Expert Meeting Session 2 – Links between biological and cultural diversity in the European context (Istituto degli Innocenti)
20.30-23.00 Gala Dinner (Palazzo Budini)
Friday 11th April
8.30-13.00 Field Trip for the speakers of the scientific sessions
9.00-9.30 Expert Meeting Report from the working group discussion (Palazzo Budini)
9.30-11.00 Expert Meeting Session 3 – Relevant policy areas and existing legal instruments in Europe (Palazzo Budini)
11.30-12.00 Expert Meeting Report from the breakout groups (Palazzo Budini)
12.00-13.00 Expert Meeting Session 4 – Way forward: mainstreaming the links between biological and cultural diversity on regional, national and local levels (Palazzo Budini)
13.00-14.30 Lunch (Istituto degli Innocenti)
14.30-16.00 Expert Meeting Session 5 – Reccomendations (Istituto degli Innocenti)
16.30-17.45 Closing Plenary (Istituto degli Innocenti)
Conference Secretariat:
Further information and conference secretariat: landscape@unifi.it Laboratory for Landscape and Cultural Heritage, Department of Agricultural Food and Forestry Systems (GESAAF), University of Florence. Via San Bonaventura 13, 50145 Florence, Italy.
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