In the framework of the International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes (ICoN5) we are happy to draw your attention to a
Special session: Sustainability and the N-cycle
(in collaboration with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and open to the public)
Session chairs: Gerhard Herndl and Bess Ward
Keynote lectures will be held by:
Eric Davidson, University of Maryland, USA
"Manure happens: Unintended environmental consequences of nourishing over seven billion human omnivores"
Jan Willem Erisman, Louis Bolk Institute, The Netherlands
"Food for thought: Nitrogen too much of a vital resource?"
[Read WWF Science Brief "Nitrogen too much of a vital resource" by Erisman et al, 2015]
Human modifications of the global nitrogen cycle, triggered by huge increase in food demand to satisfy an increasing human population are the cause of dramatic environmental challenges. Excess nitrogen -introduced by chemical or organic fertilizers- not only affects climate or air/water quality, but is one of the central global challenges affecting ecosystem integrity and biodiversity. Concepts are in the making to reverse or prevent further detrimental effects on nature... [programme].
