Rik Leemans and Oran Young take part in organizing Planet Under Pressure conference (26-29 March 2012, London) [1].  One of the conference themes is how to meet humanity’s growing needs, while also safeguarding the planet’s capacity to deliver a broad range of ecosystem services including carbon storage and climate regulation. The conference is to provide scientific leadership for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20.

[1] http://www.planetunderpressure2012.net/