Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group

FNP focuses on the political, social-economic and cultural dimensions of forests and nature. It covers current themes such as deforestation, forest transitions, climate change, biodiversity conservation and landscape management in the global North and South.

Upcoming events:

16 April: PhD defence and ceremony of Catharina de Pater

2 May: Next book club

16-20 September: Summer school on 'Human-Nature Relationships for Transformative Change'

16-17 October: WCSG Conference 'Governing sustainability transformations'

Inauguration lectures on 16/11/2023:

'The Forest of Ours. Governing forest transitions' - Prof. dr. Georg Winkel, Chair of Forest & Nature Conservation Policy
'The Forest of Ours. Governing forest transitions' - Prof. dr. Georg Winkel, Chair of Forest & Nature Conservation Policy

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<L https://wur.yuja.com/V/Video?v=674414&node=3240399&a=132729496&autoplay=1 CODE="C62"></L>'Towards sustainability - Reciprocity and pluralism in human-nature relationships' -  Prof. dr. Maria Tengö, Special Chair in Human-Nature Relationships in the Anthropocene
'Towards sustainability - Reciprocity and pluralism in human-nature relationships' - Prof. dr. Maria Tengö, Special Chair in Human-Nature Relationships in the Anthropocene

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