This presentation was given by Sandra Lavorel, a member of the Scientific Committee of ecoSERVICES, a core project of DIVERSITAS, and Director of the Laboratory of Alpine Ecology, at the DIVERSITAS Celebration on 30 September 2014 in Seville, Spain. DIVERSITAS is in an international research programme on biodiversity science. Founded in 1991, DIVERSITAS will transition to Future Earth in 2014. Find out more at bit.ly/1sZ2GcB

1. WHAT DIFFERENCE DID DIVERSITAS
(and international global change
science) MAKE...
... to your ability to work across
disciplines?
Sandra Lavorel
Member of SC-ecoSERVICES
Past member of SC-bioDISCOVERY
Alpine Ecology Laboratory (LECA), France

2. 1991
PhD community ecology
1995
Functional ecology
1997
Start GCTE activities
2003
MEA
IGBP – Diversitas
Land transision
2009 -> TRY
2013 -> IPBES

3. Bridging across disciplines :
Or how to grow comfortable with
jumping out of your depth
Francesco Di Castri
Ian Noble

4. How to bring disciplines together ?
SOCIETY ECOSYSTEMS
Recognise diversity
within and across
disciplines !

5. What does it take to bring together
great minds across discipines ?
SOCIETY ECOSYSTEMS

6. Of international biodiversity science
and fruit growing…
Functional traits
for field
ecologists ?
Yes, we can make
it happen!