Global Land Project (GLP) broadened in scope to include human dimensions

At the Banff and Morelia meetings, the Science Plan of the new Global Land Project was broadened in scope to include a human dimensions perspective. The research goal of the GLP is to measure, model and understand the coupled human-environmental system («land system«) as part of broader efforts to address changes in Earth processes and subsequent human consequences. The GLP will be the successor of the IGBP core project «Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems» (GCTE) and the joint IGBP/IHDP core project LUCC. A Regional Expert Workshop has taken place in Bonn on 25 March 2004, focusing on the «Implementation of the Global Land Project from a Human Dimensions Perspective.»
Source: IGBP Bulletin March 04