Events
6 June 2018 - Seminar in Trento
On 6 June at 14:30 in the Kessler hall, at the Faculty of Sociology in Trento, the seminar “Climate change and food security: contexts, scenarios, experiences” will be held.
This seminar, organised by ASIA Trento in collaboration with ASIA, focuses on the effects of climate change in Tibet and on the first results of the project “Promoting food security and food safety among Tibetan nomadic communities – Chengduo County” funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento.
The event is also organised in collaboration with the University of Trento and some professors of the UNESCO chair.
The Tibetan plateau is one of the environments in the world most affected by climate change which cause a reduction in water supplies and their concentration in short periods of time and, in turn, a disruption of ecological balances and a reduction in pasture productivity. The production system is extremely fragile but at the same time fundamental because it feeds the most important rivers of Asia, on which the economy of around 1.3 billion people is based. The role of livestock farming is fundamental both because it ensures land management and because it is the main source of food and of products for sale for Tibetan nomadic communities. ASIA Trento, with the operational support of ASIA onlus and two Departments of Chengduo County, have together identified a series of activities addressed to Tibetan minorities with a focus dedicated to women and nomads, in order to reverse the cycle of impoverishment in one of the poorest areas of Tibet, far from the main market opportunities and basic services and located in an inhospitable environment.
THE PROGRAMME
14.30
Introduction to the seminar and to the project in Tibet: Stefano Bottesi, President ASIA Trento.
14.45
The theme in general: contexts and scenarios.
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, FOOD CRISES.
Possible responses: emergency/specific responses and structural/systemic responses.
Prof. Massimo Zortea (University of Trento – UNESCO Chair in engineering for human and sustainable development).
15.45
Experiences/Case studies.
THE RESPONSES OF ACADEMIA
Teaching and field experiences of the UNESCO chair in engineering for human and sustainable development
of the University of Trento.
Prof. Guido Zolezzi (University of Trento – UNESCO Chair in engineering for human and sustainable development)
Prof. Marco Bezzi (University of Trento – UNESCO Chair in engineering for human and sustainable development)
16.45 break
17.00
The responses of civil society:
THE TIBET CASE – ASIA TRENTO/PAT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND SYSTEM RESPONSES
The radical transformation of the Tibetan pastoral system. Dynamics of adaptation of Tibetan nomads to environmental change, socio-economic change and sedentarisation policies.
Dr. Jampel Dell’Angelo (Asst. Prof of Water Governance, VU University Amsterdam)
Analysis of the environmental problems underlying the project funded by PAT in collaboration with ASIA Onlus:
“Promoting food security and food safety among Tibetan nomadic communities – Chengduo County”.
Land use system, biodiversity decline and pasture degradation, loss of productivity. Activities and results of the project.
Dr. Gabriele Mugnai (ASIA Onlus expert in territorial planning and design).
18.30 conclusions
Dr. Luciano Rocchetti Director, International Services Office P.A.T.
Pubblicato il
25/05/2018