Nature is one of many casualties of war, and war has devastating impacts on people and nature. The complexities of the impacts on nature as a result of war can be hard to assess and quantify, but have profound effects on people whose livelihoods depend on them. Nature can also be suprisingly resilient and offer a glimpse of hope for reconciliation and recovery.
In this scientific symposium we bring together key invited speakers to share their research and shed a light on nature, conflict, persistence and restoration.
Program:
- 15:30 Åse Gornitzka, Pro-rector, University of Oslo. Welcome
- 15:35 Masakazu Suzuki, Professor, Tsukuba Univ. Hibakujumoku as a casualty for war. Paper.
- 16:05 Andreas Tollefsen, Senior researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and University of Oslo. Nature in the Crossfire: The Environmental Consequences of War
- 16:35 Karina Barquet, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute. Transboundary resource management and geopolitics
- 17:05 Mingle and canapés with two informal talks
- 17:30 Tomoko Watanabe, Green Legacy Hiroshima Co-founder & CEO of ANT-Hiroshima, and Kevin Koui Naka Meeg, pupil at St. Olav high school Stavanger, Message from the silent witnesses.
- 17:45 Andreas Løvold, Arborist NHM, and Chikara Horiguchi, Arborist and Board Member GLH. A-bomb trees and arborism
- 18:00 Hugo de Boer, Research Director NHM, UiO. Closing remarks
The event is free and no registration is necessary.
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