This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
Evaluating the impacts of REDD+ interventions on forests and peopleCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by CIFOR Scientist Amy Duchelle on behalf of the Global Comparative Study (GCS) REDD+ Subnational Initiatives research group on 12 December 2016 at CBD COP13 in Cancun, Mexico.
Operationalizing landscape approach in Indonesia: The socio-economic perspect...CIFOR-ICRAF
By Ani Adiwinata Nawir, PhD
SLF –Sustainable Landscape & Food System Team, CIFOR
JFCC Panel Discussion on Indonesia and its environmental record, 28 November 2016, Inter-Continental Hotel Midplaza, Jakarta
Ten principles to apply at the nexus of agriculture, conservation, and other ...CIFOR-ICRAF
There’s been little consensus on applying ‘landscape approaches’ and ‘ecosystem approaches’: general principles and guidelines have been largely missing. This presentation gives an overview of work by CIFOR and partners in refining ‘landscape approaches’ and gives ten principles for a landscape approach at the nexus of agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses. CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland gave this presentation during Tree Diversity Day, held on 11 October 2012 at the 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11). Tree Diversity Day was organised by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. For more information visit www.worldagroforestry.org/crp6/events/tree-diversity-day-cbd-cop11
Evaluating the impacts of REDD+ interventions on forests and peopleCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by CIFOR Scientist Amy Duchelle on behalf of the Global Comparative Study (GCS) REDD+ Subnational Initiatives research group on 12 December 2016 at CBD COP13 in Cancun, Mexico.
Operationalizing landscape approach in Indonesia: The socio-economic perspect...CIFOR-ICRAF
By Ani Adiwinata Nawir, PhD
SLF –Sustainable Landscape & Food System Team, CIFOR
JFCC Panel Discussion on Indonesia and its environmental record, 28 November 2016, Inter-Continental Hotel Midplaza, Jakarta
Ten principles to apply at the nexus of agriculture, conservation, and other ...CIFOR-ICRAF
There’s been little consensus on applying ‘landscape approaches’ and ‘ecosystem approaches’: general principles and guidelines have been largely missing. This presentation gives an overview of work by CIFOR and partners in refining ‘landscape approaches’ and gives ten principles for a landscape approach at the nexus of agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses. CIFOR scientist Terry Sunderland gave this presentation during Tree Diversity Day, held on 11 October 2012 at the 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11). Tree Diversity Day was organised by the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. For more information visit www.worldagroforestry.org/crp6/events/tree-diversity-day-cbd-cop11
Key governance issues and the fate of secondary forests as a tool for large-s...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Manuel Guariguata, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, on July 12, 2017.
#ATBC2017
Investment in the sustainable commons conditions for commons based enterprisesCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by Steven Lawry and Ruth Meinzen-Dick at “GLF Discussion Forum on Commons Tenure for a Common Future” on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
Presentation by Ruth Meinzen-Dick at “Commons Tenure for a Common Future” Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
Promoting Sustainability Agenda at Micro Level: Translating Ideas into RealityFarhan Helmy
The advancement of science and technology and subsequent industrial processes such as Industry 4.0 should be perceived as an opportunity to transform society from unsustainable living to more sustainable future. One of the challenging issues is how to engage non-state actors, particularly community at grassroot level. The presentation will share some concerns of the issues based on the lesson learnt in promoting sustaibility agenda in some initiatives in Indonesia.
Presentation by the Foundation for Ecological Security at “Commons tenure for a common future” Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
FLR in Ghana - Lessons learned and the Way ForwardGPFLR
Presentation by Dominic Blay on Forest Landscape Restoration in Ghana. Dominic Blay discusses what is needed with regard to political and institutional change for FLR to succeed in Ghana.
Which policy, institutional and governance aspects are fostering or else hamp...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Daniella Schweizer, from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and University of Sao Paulo at the World Conference on Ecological Restoration SER 2017 in Foz do Iguassu (Brazil) on August 29, 2017.
and CIFOR)
Presentation prepared for the symposium "Finding common ground [for conservation] across the rangelands of Central Asia and Tibetan plateau" at Conservation Asia 2018; held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on August 6-10, 2018.
See http://conservationasia2018.org/.
Solutions for managing and protecting rangelands: Ongoing research and innov...ILRI
Presented by Fiona Flintan at the workshop on Pastoralism in the Current of Global Changes (P2CG): Stakes, Challenges and Prospects, Dakar, 20-24 November 2017
Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture: Experiences...IIED
The presentation of Gorettie Nabanoga and Justine Namaalwa, of Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, to the IIED-hosted Innovations for equity in smallholder PES: bridging research and practice conference.
The presentation, made within the second session on new research to improve understanding of participants' preferences for different PES payment formats, focused on a group-based choice experiment approach to understand the preferences of the Ongo Community in Uganda.
The conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh on 21 March.
Further details of the conference and IIED's work with PES are available via http://www.iied.org/conference-innovations-for-equity-smallholder-pes-highlights, and can be found via the Shaping Sustainable Markets website: http://shapingsustainablemarkets.iied.org/.
Social forestry for resilience? Lessons from Indonesia (Laos and Vietnam)CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Moira Moeliono, from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), at the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm (Sweden), August 20-23, 2017.
Vulnerabilities of forests and forest dependent people
Peter Minang, FTA, ICRAF
Social and environmental justice as a trigger of robust ambitious climate action and prosperous future for all
Chilean pavilion, COP 25, Madrid, 7th December 2019
Exploring Participatory Prospective Analysis: A collaborative, scenario-based...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Nining Liswanti, Esther Mwangi, Tuti Herawati and Mani Ram Banjade on 21 March 2017 at the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington, DC.
Community forestry. Where and why has devolution of forest rights contributed...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation for the webinar organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (www.pim.cgiar.org) on August 29, 2017. Steven Lawry, Director of Equity, Gender and Tenure research program at Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) summarized findings of selected meta-analyses, presented case studies from Nepal, Guatemala, and Mexico, and previewed emerging research looking at the investment effects of community forestry models that feature strong elements of forest rights devolution.
Smallholder and community forest management in the tropics: what we know and ...CIFOR-ICRAF
Communities now own or manage a quarter of the world’s tropical forests, but the case studies in this presentation illustrate the many key challenges remaining for smallholder and community forest management in the tropics. For example, the customary rights of smallholders and communities are still not properly recognised; there are discrepancies between the law and the reality in forest management and use; and there are difficulties in linking communities to markets.
CIFOR scientist Amy Duchelle explains how the smallholder and community forest management model came about, and where we need to go next. She gave this presentation on 16 June 2012 as part of the Forest Stewardship Council’s side event at Rio+20. She was answering the topic “Focussing on smallholders and forest communities: achievements and challenges at the local level”.
An introduction to CIFOR's global comparative study on REDD+ (GCS-REDD+)CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Maria Brockhaus at a workshop on 'Sharing insights across REDD+ countries: Opportunities and obstacles for effective, efficient, and equitable carbon and non-carbon results' from 21-23 February 2017 in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
From 27-29 October 2014, WLE, in cooperation with the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRI) and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry (FTA), held a workshop on Institutions for Ecosystems Services in Washington DC.
The goals of the workshop were to:
-Encourage sharing and discussion on research methods and tools to study the links between institutions and ecosystem services
-Synthesize lessons about institutional arrangements needed to ensure that ecosystem services projects are able to deliver benefits to local resource users and produce local, regional, and national global environmental benefits
-Identify policies and program interventions that can strengthen these institutions
-Outline priorities for future research, policy, and project implementation, particularly of relevance for PIM, WLE, and FTA programs
Key governance issues and the fate of secondary forests as a tool for large-s...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Manuel Guariguata, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, on July 12, 2017.
#ATBC2017
Investment in the sustainable commons conditions for commons based enterprisesCIFOR-ICRAF
Presentation by Steven Lawry and Ruth Meinzen-Dick at “GLF Discussion Forum on Commons Tenure for a Common Future” on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
Presentation by Ruth Meinzen-Dick at “Commons Tenure for a Common Future” Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
Promoting Sustainability Agenda at Micro Level: Translating Ideas into RealityFarhan Helmy
The advancement of science and technology and subsequent industrial processes such as Industry 4.0 should be perceived as an opportunity to transform society from unsustainable living to more sustainable future. One of the challenging issues is how to engage non-state actors, particularly community at grassroot level. The presentation will share some concerns of the issues based on the lesson learnt in promoting sustaibility agenda in some initiatives in Indonesia.
Presentation by the Foundation for Ecological Security at “Commons tenure for a common future” Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. For more information go to: www.landscapes.org.
FLR in Ghana - Lessons learned and the Way ForwardGPFLR
Presentation by Dominic Blay on Forest Landscape Restoration in Ghana. Dominic Blay discusses what is needed with regard to political and institutional change for FLR to succeed in Ghana.
Which policy, institutional and governance aspects are fostering or else hamp...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Daniella Schweizer, from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and University of Sao Paulo at the World Conference on Ecological Restoration SER 2017 in Foz do Iguassu (Brazil) on August 29, 2017.
and CIFOR)
Presentation prepared for the symposium "Finding common ground [for conservation] across the rangelands of Central Asia and Tibetan plateau" at Conservation Asia 2018; held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on August 6-10, 2018.
See http://conservationasia2018.org/.
Solutions for managing and protecting rangelands: Ongoing research and innov...ILRI
Presented by Fiona Flintan at the workshop on Pastoralism in the Current of Global Changes (P2CG): Stakes, Challenges and Prospects, Dakar, 20-24 November 2017
Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture: Experiences...IIED
The presentation of Gorettie Nabanoga and Justine Namaalwa, of Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, to the IIED-hosted Innovations for equity in smallholder PES: bridging research and practice conference.
The presentation, made within the second session on new research to improve understanding of participants' preferences for different PES payment formats, focused on a group-based choice experiment approach to understand the preferences of the Ongo Community in Uganda.
The conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh on 21 March.
Further details of the conference and IIED's work with PES are available via http://www.iied.org/conference-innovations-for-equity-smallholder-pes-highlights, and can be found via the Shaping Sustainable Markets website: http://shapingsustainablemarkets.iied.org/.
Social forestry for resilience? Lessons from Indonesia (Laos and Vietnam)CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Moira Moeliono, from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), at the Resilience 2017 conference in Stockholm (Sweden), August 20-23, 2017.
Vulnerabilities of forests and forest dependent people
Peter Minang, FTA, ICRAF
Social and environmental justice as a trigger of robust ambitious climate action and prosperous future for all
Chilean pavilion, COP 25, Madrid, 7th December 2019
Exploring Participatory Prospective Analysis: A collaborative, scenario-based...CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Nining Liswanti, Esther Mwangi, Tuti Herawati and Mani Ram Banjade on 21 March 2017 at the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington, DC.
Community forestry. Where and why has devolution of forest rights contributed...IFPRI-PIM
Presentation for the webinar organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (www.pim.cgiar.org) on August 29, 2017. Steven Lawry, Director of Equity, Gender and Tenure research program at Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) summarized findings of selected meta-analyses, presented case studies from Nepal, Guatemala, and Mexico, and previewed emerging research looking at the investment effects of community forestry models that feature strong elements of forest rights devolution.
Smallholder and community forest management in the tropics: what we know and ...CIFOR-ICRAF
Communities now own or manage a quarter of the world’s tropical forests, but the case studies in this presentation illustrate the many key challenges remaining for smallholder and community forest management in the tropics. For example, the customary rights of smallholders and communities are still not properly recognised; there are discrepancies between the law and the reality in forest management and use; and there are difficulties in linking communities to markets.
CIFOR scientist Amy Duchelle explains how the smallholder and community forest management model came about, and where we need to go next. She gave this presentation on 16 June 2012 as part of the Forest Stewardship Council’s side event at Rio+20. She was answering the topic “Focussing on smallholders and forest communities: achievements and challenges at the local level”.
An introduction to CIFOR's global comparative study on REDD+ (GCS-REDD+)CIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Maria Brockhaus at a workshop on 'Sharing insights across REDD+ countries: Opportunities and obstacles for effective, efficient, and equitable carbon and non-carbon results' from 21-23 February 2017 in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
From 27-29 October 2014, WLE, in cooperation with the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRI) and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry (FTA), held a workshop on Institutions for Ecosystems Services in Washington DC.
The goals of the workshop were to:
-Encourage sharing and discussion on research methods and tools to study the links between institutions and ecosystem services
-Synthesize lessons about institutional arrangements needed to ensure that ecosystem services projects are able to deliver benefits to local resource users and produce local, regional, and national global environmental benefits
-Identify policies and program interventions that can strengthen these institutions
-Outline priorities for future research, policy, and project implementation, particularly of relevance for PIM, WLE, and FTA programs
How Landscape Approaches Support National Programs and GoalsCIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Peter Besseau from the International Model Forest Network focuses on the why of landscapes approaches, what a model forest is, its framework and what was learned from working on a landscape scale.
This slideshow was presented by Dr. Christine Negra at the 2014 ESP Conference in Costa Rica. It covers integrated landscape management projects around the world, providing an overview of the global initiative and setting research priorities for the future. For more information on the session, please see the Conference Program: http://www.espconference.org/ESP_Conference/82483/5/0/60
Delivered at Cornell University by Dr. Louise Buck, on April 25th, 2018 as part of the International Programs-CALS Seminar Series: Perspectives in International Agriculture, Nutrition and Development.
Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SSCP) Knowledge-Action Network (KAN) is a global network of researchers and practitioners interested in ways that systems of sustainable consumption and production can be created, nurtured and contribute to a more sustainable world. SSCP KAN works to advance a more systemic approach to SCP, and to encourage and enable an urgent transformation in theory and practice to SCP systems.
Presented by Terry Sunderland, CIFOR Principal Scientist and Team Leader, Sustainable Landscapes and Food Systems, on 8 December 2016 at a CGIAR-CBD Linkages side event at CBD COP13, Cancun, Mexico.
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Pollination knowledge exchange for food, nutrition and livelihood security in...SIANI
Pollination knowledge exchange for food, nutrition and livelihood security in South and Southeast Asia. Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen, National Competence Centre for Advisory Services, SLU Råd/nu.
Inclusive market development for urban and rural prosperitySIANI
Inclusive market development for urban and rural prosperity. Elisabet Montgomery, Senior Policy Specialist for Employment and Market Development at Swedish Agency for Development Cooperation, Sida
Fair and just food systems enabling local midstream businesses? What does it ...SIANI
Fair and just food systems enabling local midstream businesses? What does it take? Romina Cavatassi, Lead Economist with the Research and Impact Assessment division of IFAD
Agroecology as an approach to design sustainable Food SystemsSIANI
Agroecology as an approach to design sustainable Food Systems. Marcos Lana, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Crop Production Ecology (SLU) and General Secretary of Agroecology Europe (AEEU)
UN Food Systems Summit: Swedish National Dialogue Presentations (Morning Sess...SIANI
On the 25th of January 2021, the Swedish Food Systems Summit National Dialogue took place. This dialogue brought together representatives from various public sector agencies, food sector industries and research institutions, and was organised through a joint effort by the Swedish Government Offices, the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and SIANI. Here, different private and public actors presented on the topic of food systems and their work therein.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
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UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
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In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Landscape Approach Initiatives and Traditional Village Systems: Leaning for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
1. Landscape approach initiatives and traditional village
systems: learning for sustainable use of natural resources
Per Angelstam, Robert Axelsson, Marine Elbakidze, Monica Castro-Larrañaga, Karl-Erik Johansson, Ngolia Kimanzu,
Shyamala Mani, Andrzej Szujecki, Johan Törnblom
Management
ABSTRACT: Sustainable Development (SD) and sustainability imply a major turning point for the formulation of global, national and
business policies on the governance and management of natural resources and landscape values. Even if SD and sustainability has many
interpretations, it is ultimately about satisfying ecological, economic and socio-cultural dimensions, and how they can be balanced by
adaptive governance at multiple levels. To realize the vision of SD as a process and sustainability as a goal in actual landscapes, a number
of concepts have been developed with the aim to create local governance arrangements where landscapes’ actors and stakeholders can
meet, cooperate, produce and apply new knowledge for sustainable use of natural resources. The term ‘landscape approach’ captures this.
We review the contents of four international, four African, four European and four Indian concepts designed to implement SD and
sustainability policies on the ground. We make two conclusions. First, even if the starting points in terms of different dimensions of SD of
actual landscapes as integrated social-ecological systems were different, the evolution of different local initiatives and different concepts has
been similar in terms of balancing different dimensions of sustainability. However, the level of collaboration among actors and stakeholder in
social-ecological systems differ, and often sustainability outcomes are not evaluated. Second, we argue that new and emerging concepts
have much to learn from regionally adapted traditional village systems with governance systems that have evolved over long time before the
SD discourse appeared. Finally, we stress the need to learn about the experiences from implementation of different landscape approach
concepts by empirical applied interdisciplinary knowledge production using multiple case studies in real landscapes as social-ecological
systems. Landscape approach initiatives located in large regions with differences in economic history and local governance arrangements,
such as in Africa and the European and Indian subcontinents, are particularly interesting.
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DISCUSSION: The presentation was followed by a discussion on how to actually go about merging different disciplines and competences at
the landscape level in one research project. This particular initiative has strived for: 1) building partnerships with different forest users such
as the church, forest companies and municipalities, who have all realised that collaboration is necessary, and 2) formulating an agenda
based on different actors’ interests, rather than focusing on fixed targets and projects.
2. Outline
• Research: need for knowledge production and
learning
• Landscape approaches
– Need to diagnose/evaluate concepts, application
initiatives, and outcomes on the ground
• Traditional Village System
• Prescribe change to efforts which are:
– Long-term, collaborative, on-the-gound, integrative,
imply more work together, provide learning
opportunity
3. Managers’ reality is not disciplinary
• Natural sciences
– Goods
– Species, habitats and ecosystem processes
• Human sciences
– Humanities (cultural values and context)
– Social sciences (understanding decision-makers life
world, planning processes, governance etc.)
• Tools and engineering
– “Hardware” – management of natural resources
– “Software” – learning and governance
4. Knowledge production
• To produce the needed knowledge
+
• To communicate the knowledge to the
people that need it
=
• Social learning processes
(Gibbons et al. 1993, 1999)
5. “The path forward lies
in shifting to an integrated landscape
approach, working with partners
outside the sector to develop
sustainable multi-sector responses.”
XIII World Forestry Congress 2009, Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Forest Development: A Vital Balance,
Findings and Strategic Actions.
6. Landscape approach as a tool
• Focus on a concrete area (= landscape)
– 10,000 to 1,000,000 ha
• Collaboration (sustainable development process)
– Private, public and civil sector
• Commitment to sustainability (tangible and intangible
benefits)
– Criteria & Indicators & Norms
• Production of new knowledge and tools
– Quality assurance by external peer-review
• Sharing of knowledge and experiences
– Education, communication and public awareness
12. Step 1:
To identify a
case study
landscape
Step 2:
To study the
environmental
and economic
history
Step 3:
To map actors,
stakeholders,
products
and land use
Step 4:
To analyse
policies and
the system
of governance
Step 5:
To measure
the ecological,
economic and
socio-cultural
situation
Step 6:
To assess
sustainability
dimensions
in the
landscape
Step 7:
Synthesis of empirical
data and development of
integrated tools for
accounting and
adaptive governance
Continuous
communication
with societal
actors at
multiple levels
Collaboration
among academic
and non-academic
actors
Diagnosing sustainability (outcome) +
sustainable development (process)
13. 1. Identify a case study
landscape
• Biophysical
conditions (e.g.,
ecoregion)
• Economic history
• System of
governance
14. 2. Environmental history
• What happened?
– Important phases
and consequences
• Who did it?
– Actors
• Why did it happen?
– Ideology,
economy?
15. 3. Map actors and their use
of “products” and land use
• Land owners
• Land users
• Goods, services
and values
• Management
systems
• Related to land
cover and land
cover change
16. 4. Analyse policies and
system of governance
• Multiple levels
– Local to global
• Multiple sectors
– Private, public, civic
• Level of co-operation
– From information to
partnership
17. 5. Measure ecological, economic
and socio-cultural dimensions
• Choose indicators
• Use indicators
– Statistics
– Maps
– GIS
– Field work
– Remote sensing
– Interviews
18. 6. Assess sustainability dimensions
in the landscape
• Reference
conditions
• Ecological
thresholds
• Compare state and
trends of indicators
with policies
23. Scaling up using
multiple case studies
• Concepts aiming at landscape approach
– Review of 16 concepts’ trajectories of development
• Initiatives’ profiles in actual landscapes
– Comparison of Biosphere Reserve and Model Forest
globally (n=32+32)
• Outcomes
– Governance of agriforestry developement in the Vi
Forest Programme in East Africa
• Pattern
• Process
24. 16 concepts
• Global
– Agenda 21, Biosphere Reserve, Model Forest,
Ramsar
• African
– Campfire, Vi Agroforestry, Land husbandry,
Community-based SFM
• European
– Leader, Regional nature park, Promotional forest
complex, Russian National Park
• Indian
– Joint Forest Management, Panchyati Raj, Water
management, Participatory irrigation management
27. Biosphere Reserve (n=32)
and Model Forest (n=32)
• ecological values
• cultural
values
economical values
•
• social
values
Biosphere Reserve
Model Forest
(Robert Axelsson, Per Angelstam ms.)
28. Vi Agroforestry Programme
(Karl-Erik Johansson, Ngolia Kimanzu, Robert Axelsson, Per Angelstam ms.)
• Mara region in Tanzania from 1994
• How are outcomes in terms of tree survival
linked to...
• ...the governance arrangement (sector,
level, power)
– 21 households per village
– 102 villages
– District, regional, national and international
39. SLU’s mission:
• Research
• Education
• Environmental assessment
• Collaboration
• Need to improve integration
CONSIDERABLE!
40.
41. Obstacles to be overcome
• From disciplinary/silo to integrative –
weaken department and faculty borders
• Collaborative work requires funding also
for non-academic partipants
• On-the-gound vertical and horisontal
integration among levels and sectors
• From short-term projects (3-4 yrs) to long-
term learning (a decade) with bell-shaped
funding
42. Read more
• Axelsson, R. 2009. Landscape Approach for sustainable development. from
applied research to transdisciplinary knowledge production. Acta Universitatis
Agriculturae Sueciae 94.
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in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains: The role of traditional village systems. Forest
Ecology and Management 249: 28–38.
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as an approach to regional development in the Russian Federation: state and
trends in Kovdozersky Model Forest in the Barents region. Scandinavian Journal
of Forest Research 22: 568-581. .
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Union: institutional framework for interest representation at the European
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