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Sustainable Food and Biomass Futures: International Scientific Conference Hosted by TRANSECT

7 July 2023
 
From June 22nd to June 24th 2023, the TRANSECT research group held its final conference in HNEE’s city campus.

HNEE President opened the conference with a welcoming address, followed by Dr. Michael Spies, the group leader of TRANSECT, who outlined the main objectives of the conference. As part of the BMBF's funding line 'Bioeconomy as Societal Change,' TRANSECT researchers have gained an in-depth understanding of agricultural dynamics in local case study areas in Central and South Asia over the course of more than four years.

The two-day conference focused on localized research approaches towards agricultural change and bioeconomy development, featuring invited speakers from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan. Moreover, it included thought-provoking papers from other regions of the Global South, as well as research groups and scientific centers in Germany.

Lively discussions among participants enriched the scientific encounter and brought together perspectives from different geographic and thematic angles. The conference concluded on June 24th with an excursion to Eberswalde's forest botanical garden and the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin.
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