International Presentations, Courses and Guest Lectures since 2006
September 2016
Tropentag 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
Presentation
"Ninety Years of
Pastoralists Land Use Change - A Case Study from Northern Kenya"
One poster
"Herd Growth and
Population Development in Camels (Camelus dromedarius) - A Neglected
Research Agenda".
May 2015
The Camel Conference, SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London, UK.
Presentation
"The Representation of the
Camel in Western Visual Arts over 2000 Years"
September 2014
Tropentag 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Presentation
"An agro-silvo-pastoral production system in Brazil"
Two posters
"Integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems: A Brazilian experience
for sustainable farming" and
"Environmental efficiency indexes for cattle improvement".
December 2013
International Camel Conference-2013 in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Presentation
"Global development of
camel populations, production systems, and systems productivity".
February 2012
3rd Conference of the International Society of Camelid
Research and Development in Muskat, Oman.
Presentation
"Feeding preferences of
one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) on a semi-arid thorn
bush savannah
in East Africa
- adaptive advantages in view of increasing aridity of the environment".
and
abstract.
November 2011
Seminar für Nutztierwissenschaften WS 2011/12
Department für Nutztierwissenschaften, Georg-August Universität Göttingen,
Germany.
Presentation
"Altweltkamele - derzeitige wirtschaftliche Bedeutung und
Entwicklungsperspektiven"
October 2010
33rd Annual Conference of the Animal Production Association
of Argentina in Comarca Viedma, Patagonia.
Presentation
"Water Footprint Calculations
for Pasture Based Beef Production"
(3rd Plenary Session).
"Global Climate
Change and Livestock Production" (Production Systems Session).
Dezember 2009
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Berlin
Media Seminar "Pakistan: Aus der Krise in die Katatrophe oder zu stabiler
Demokratie?"
Presentation
"Landwirtschaft und Klimawandel
in Pakistan"
November 2009
Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco.
International Conference The Integration of Sustainable Agriculture,
Rural Development,
and Ecosystems in the Context of Food Insecurity,
Climate Change and the Energy Crisis
Presentation
"Efficiency, Methane
Output, Required Carbon Sequestration area and
Water Productivity in Extensive and Semi-intensive Beef Production in
South America -
a comparison of Ecological Currencies"
August 2009
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya.
Second World Congress on Agroforestry
Presentation
"Integrating Livestock Production and Landscape Rehabilitation"
Presentation
"Managing Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Systems: The African Challenges"
June 2009
Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Conference on Water Policy
Presentation
"Water Footprint of Beef Production - Critical Review of Current
Approaches".
April 2009
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Lectures "Ecological Surveys for
Sustainable Livestock Production"
prepared within the
framework of the PARC/ALP Research Project
"The one-humped camel
(Camelus dromedarius)
in the natural ecology of Pakistan".
Januar 2009
Deutsch Pakistanisches Forum
Deutscher Bundestag, Paul-Löbe-Haus, Berlin.
Gastvortrag
"Grenzen und Potenziale zur Steigerung der landwirtschaftlichen
Tierproduktion in Pakistan"
October 2007
Columbia University, Earth Institute
Morningside Campus, New York, USA.
Block Course "Ruminant Production
in the Tropics"
Guest Lecture
"Global Climate Change and Livestock Production -
Culprit or Victim"
February 2007
DAAD Regional Office Nairobi, Kenya.
Alumni Round Table
"Agriculture and Global Climate Change"
February 2006
University of Nairobi, Kenya.
College of Agriculture and
Veterinary Sciences
Staff seminar
"Water and Livestock"