“Cyclones in a changing world: impacts on trees and livelihoods”

Cyclones are becoming stronger and bigger because of global warming. This will impact trees in natural and anthropogenic systems. The webinar will bring together experts from a wide range of fields to introduce cyclone impacts on trees in agroforestry, forestry and natural forests. Discussions will focus on the likely impacts of more intense cyclones and how to manage them.

PROGRAMME & SPEAKERS

09:00 – 09:15    Introduction

Gunnar Keppel, University of South Australia, Australia & MAK’IT 2022-2023 Fellow, France

Thaura Ghneim-Herrera, Montpellier Advanced Knowledge in Transitions, MAK’IT, France

09:15 – 09:45    Tropical cyclones: dynamics, uncertainties, and climate variability

Swen Jullien, JRU ‘Physical and Spatial Oceanography Laboratory’ (ODE-LOPS-SIAM), IFREMER, France

09:45 – 10:15    Biomechanics of trees in relation to wind

Thierry Fourcaud, JRU ‘Plant Architecture, Functioning and Evolution’ (AMAP), CIRAD, France

10:15 – 10:45    Dynamic responses of conifer trees during a super typhoon

Kana Kamimura, Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Shinshu University, Japan

10:45 – 11:00    Adaptations of agroforestry to cyclones

Eduardo Somarriba, Tropical Agricultural Center for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Costa Rica & MAK’IT 2022-2023 Fellow

11:00 – 11:30    Impacts of cyclones on natural forests

Edward Webb, University of Helsinki, Finland

11:30 – 12:00    StormR: an R package for calculating cyclone impact

Thomas Ibanez, JRU ‘Plant Architecture, Functioning and Evolution’ (AMAP), IRD, France

12:00 – 12:30    Synthesis, overall discussion & closing

Gunnar Keppel, University of South Australia, Australia & MAK’IT 2022-2023 Fellow, France