The FLARE Secretariat is excited to host the 5th annual FLARE meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Join us for a few warm summer days, to collectively reflect on the ways in which FLARE has revealed and produced new knowledge about forests and livelihoods.

Meeting themes

• 5 Years of FLARE: Themes, Change, and Lessons Learned
• Acknowledging Failure: Learning From Perverse Outcomes and Unintended Feedbacks
• Beyond the Household: Measuring the Impacts of Forest Change on Communities, Economies, and Ecologies
• Environmental Ethics, Equity, Justice, and Activism
• Forests and Livelihoods as Complex Socio-ecological Ecosystems
• Forests & Livelihoods in the Context of Rural-Urban Transformations
• Forests and the SDGs
• Forest Policy Mixes: Trade-Offs and Synergies Between Forest Management Institutions
• Formality and Informality in Forest-related Livelihoods
• Gender, Forests, and Livelihoods
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Forest Policies and Interventions
• Political Instability and Change
• Sharing Successes in Forest and Livelihood Research and Practice

Key Dates
Feb 08: Call for abstracts distributed
May 01: Abstracts and financial assistance requests due
May 14: Decision Notifications
May 15–Jun 01: Earlybird registration
Jun 02-Jul 01: Regular registration period
Jul 02-Aug 10: Extended registration for observers
Aug 10-Aug 23: Late registration
Jul 07 (approx.): Draft program shared with participants
Jul 21 (approx.): Conference room blocks released (book your accommodation early!)

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