WHAT DIFFERENCE DID DIVERSITAS(and international global change

science) MAKE... ... to your ability to work across

disciplines?

Sandra LavorelMember of SC-ecoSERVICES

Past member of SC-bioDISCOVERYAlpine Ecology Laboratory (LECA), France

1991PhD community ecology

1995Functional ecology

1997Start GCTE activities

2003MEA

IGBP – DiversitasLand transision

2013 -> IPBES

2009 -> TRY

Bridging across disciplines :Or how to grow comfortable with

jumping out of your depth

Francesco Di CastriIan Noble

How to bring disciplines together ?EC

OSY

STEM

SSO

CIE

TY

Recognise diversitywithin and across

disciplines !

What does it take to bring togethergreat minds across discipines ?

ECO

SYST

EMS

SOC

IETY

Of international biodiversity science and fruit growing…

Functional traits for field

ecologists ?Yes, we can make

it happen!