Talk: The Forest Cover – Water Yield Debate: Implications for land management in Ethiopia by Prof. Kevin Bishop

Welcome to the seventh seminar in the new Bolin Centre Seminar Series! The series aims to provide an opportunity to learn about current research topics in the individual research areas of the Bolin Centre and to bring researchers together on a regular basis. We strive to trigger lively discussions and to facilitate both internal and external collaborations. The host this time is Research Area 7 – Landscape processes and climate The Forest Cover – Water Yield Debate: Implications for land management in Ethiopia In the face of global warming and climate change, the preservation and extension of forest cover is likely to play an increasingly important role in the maintenance and improvement of available water supply. But given the complexity of the science, and the scale issues involved when contrasting local management vs. regional and global issues, it is difficult to know how to include water in forest management. Using the situation in Ethiopia as a starting point, the relation between land cover and water over the past half century has been explored using both traditional methods (runoff records, statistical analysis, and change detection modeling), as well as an exploration of community perception. Speaker: Prof. Kevin Bishop, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Section for Geochemistry and Hydrology, SLU, Uppsala Time: October 10 at 11h00 Place: Högbomsalen Contact: kristoffer.hylander[at]su.se