SCHEDULE
8:30 // Session I: Grazing - Blessing or curse?
8:30 // Jørgen Primdahl: Protecting and managing semi-natural grasslands
9:10 // Contributed talks, parallel sessions
// Session II: Grazing - Contribution to food security // Session III: Linking sustainability with support policies
9:10 // Tofastrud, M: Grazing of free-ranging cattle in south-boreal forests of south eastern Norway // Hannam, ID: Developing Legislation and Policy Frameworks for Grazing
9:30 // Søndergaard, E: Beef from natural grassland – sustainable for the farmer while fulfilling consumer expectations // Þorláksdóttir, JS: Connecting Sustainable Land Use and Quality Management in Sheep Farming: Effective Stakeholder Participation or Unwelcome Obligation?
9:50 // Grøva, L: Effects of grazing previously abandoned grassland on performance in sheep and herbage production // Hae, ME: Land tenure and policy implications on grazing: Lessons from Africa and Central Asia
10:10 // Poster sessions for Session II and Session II
10:30 // Coffee break
11:00 // Session II: Grazing - Contribution to food security // Session III: Linking sustainability with support policies continued
11:00 // Kristensen, PB: Potential and barriers of increased grazing in Denmark
11:20// Discussion Session II and Session III
12:00 // Leg stretcher
12:20 // Contributed talks, parallel sessions
// Session IV: Grazing - History and Future // Session V: Grazing, environment and climate - friends or foes?
12:20 // Pesonen, M: Grazing in coastal meadows of the Bothnian Bay in Northern Ostrobothnia – history and present // Speed, JDM: Ecological responses to sheep grazing in Norwegian mountains: Insight from long-term experimental approaches
12:40 // Egelkraut, DD: A Sami-cultural mountain landscape: Towards understanding the ecological legacies of intensive reindeer husbandry in the Swedish mountains // Marteinsdóttir, B: Ecological impacts of sheep grazing in Iceland – how much do we really know?
13:00 // Lunch
14:30 // Session IV: Grazing - History and Future // Session V: Grazing, environment and climate - friends or foes? continued
14:30 // Forbes, BC:Long-term impacts of reindeer grazing on fen vegetation in sub-arctic Lapland // Svavarsdóttir, K: Does light stocking rate justify grazing on poorly vegetated land?
14:50 // Aune, S: Successional change after grassland abandonment // Björk, RG: Ecosystem responses to reindeer grazing along the Scandinavian mountain range
15:10 // Wehn, S: Implications for conservation management of hay-meadows; cutting dates and surrounding landscapes // Ylänne, H: Long-term grazing by reindeer may shape tundra carbon storage
15:30 // Skarin, A: Saving a threatened breed – Conditions for maintenance and habitat selection of extensively kept Gotland Russ (Equus caballus) // Kuoppamaa, MS: Using coprophilous fungal spores to detect abandoned reindeer milking sites in northern Sweden
15:50 // Coffee break
16:20 // // Session IV: Grazing - History and Future // Session V: Grazing, environment and climate - friends or foes? continued
16:20 // Ullring, U: Regenerating landscapes with adaptive time controlled shift grazing // Stark, S: Grazing and tundra soil carbon and nutrients: patterns, mechanisms and future perspectives
16:40 // Thulin, CG: From Wild to Domestic to Wild Again: Opportunities with Wild Grazers // Buttenschøn, RM: Woodland grazing - a tool for conservation of biodiversity in Denmark
17:00 // Brandt, J: 1000 years of sustainable grazing in Nordic conditions? - what can be learned // Poster session for Session V
17:20 // Discussion for Session IV and Session V
18:00 // End of scientific program
19:15 // Conference dinner at Viðey
19:15 // departure from Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura
19:30 // pick-up from city center
19:45 // ferry from Skarfabakki to Viðey
late // arrival to Old Harbour
Monday, Sept 12th
Wednesday, Sept 14th
FIELD TRIP
17:30 // Registration opens
19:00 // Reception with Preview of Posters
21:00 // End of the program
9:00 // Session VI: Perspectives, Ideas, Needs & Policies
9:00 // Jukka Käyhkö: The future of reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia under global change
9:30 // Maria Luisa Paracchini: The challenge of improving our knowledge of European grasslands
10:00 // Eija Pouta: Consumer and citizen expectations of grazing
10:30 // Coffee break
11:00 // Summing up discussions
12:00 // Conference ends
Lunch
Thursday, Sept 15th
8:00 // Registration
8:30 // Welcome
9:00 // Session I: Grazing - Blessing or curse?
// Ola Jennersten: Happy Cowboys (and Girls) - A necessity for the Future of Semi-natural Grasslands and their Biodiversity
// Inga Svala: The ecology of natural and livestock grazing at high latitudes - similarities and differences
10:00 // Coffee break
10:30 // Session I: Grazing - Blessing or curse? continued
// Pat Dillon: Grasslands, future food demand and environmental impact
// Jyrki Niemi: Policy dimensions of sustainable growth in agriculture and food production
11:30 // Introduction to the field trip, Andrés Arnalds
11:45 // Field trip including lunch and dinner
NOTE! We will be outside, so please wear warm clothes and waterproofs!
Farming and tourism – Bjarteyjarsandur
22:00 // Arrival back in Reykjavik
Tuesday, Sept 13th
Visit to a sheep farm
Heiðabær is a traditional sheep farm on the west side of lake Þingvallavatn. Here we will learn about sheep farming in Iceland. Afterwards we will enjoy specialities from Icelandic farmers in the open (if weather permits). After leaving Heiðabær we will make a short stop at Þingvellir, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Grazed to the bone
Our second stop will be a visit to utterly degraded areas on the Uxahryggir highland, where we can observe the effects of overgrazing in the Icelandic environment.
The beauty of grazing
The next stop will be on a lighter note, as we will visit the lush and beautiful agricultural landscapes of Lundarreykjadalur. Coffee break will be at the Guesthouse Brautartunga.
Bjarteyjarsandur
Bjarteyjarsandur is one of the Icelandic farms combining farming and tourisim. After visiting the farm, we will have dinner and entertainment at the close by restaurant Hernámssetrið, before we head back to Reykjavik, where we should arrive at 22:00.
Buy one flight ticket and get two meetings!
The Herbivory Network is having a meeting in Reykjavik on Sept 15-16 2016.
The Herbivory Network is a collaborative research initiative that investigates the role of herbivory in Arctic and alpine ecosystems. The HN was established in 2014, as the first global initiative to start coordinated research on this topic. The goal of HN is to foster collaborations within and across disciplines, to facilitate multi-site comparisons, and to assist in understanding the complexity and variability of responses of tundra ecosystems to herbivory.
The upcoming Herbivory Network 2016 meeting (September 15-16, 2016) will consolidate what began as a grass-roots initiative, and will establish strategies for enhancing steering, coordination and research collaboration within the network. The meeting will provide an overview of activities developed so far, discuss research priorities and define new initiatives of interest to the Arctic research community. We especially welcome ideas for new collaborative projects and strengthening ongoing efforts.
Find more information on the meeting in this pdf:
Two in one!
The conference field trip will start from the Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura at 11:45. We will visit different areas related to grazing in Iceland. Our stops are marked on the map and each stop is described in more detail below. Both lunch and dinner are included and you can expect to return to Reykjavik by 22:00.
Leaving from Hotel Reykjavik Natura
