Water and forests: a convenient truth?

Forest- and water-related issues are of utmost importance; forests are crucial to the sustainable management of water ecosystems and resources and, at the same time, water is a key factor for the sustainability of forest ecosystems. This interrelation is nowadays even more enhanced in a context of global change with increased temperature, uncertain future rainfall, and uncertain effects of changes in land use; last but not least there will be an increasing growing demand for water from our society.

Objectives

The specific objectives of the conference are:

• to improve the understanding of the future rainfall prospects under different climatic scenarios;
• to improve the knowledge on the water processes in trees and forests;
• to improve the understanding of the trade-off between water quantity and quality, and forest cover and management practices at different scales;
• to improve the understanding of the water demand by society and the socio-economic impacts of different policies and management practices;
• to provide a global perspective as well as a specific Mediterranean Regional insight on the issues above-mentioned.

The Water and Forests Conference will be held in the historical building Casa Milà or better known as La Pedrera. La Pedrera is one of the three must-visit buildings in Barcelona, designed by the best-known exponent of the Catalan Modernisme: the architect Antoni Gaudí. Further information can be found on the conference website.

Conference Brochure