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Voices on the Rio+20 Conference: Christian Klassert
The UFZ researcher Christian Klassert, PhD student, Department of Bioenergy, talks about his experiences in Rio.
Which topic interested you most during the conference?
Christian Klassert: I am interested in how the challenges of increasing demand for agrarian products are dealt with. The demand for food from a growing world population, the increasing consumption of meat in the emerging countries and the increasing demand for bioenergy place high demands on our land use systems.
Were you able to observe progress?
Klassert: The only really tangible result is the resolution to draft so-called "Sustainable Development Goals" by 2015. So far, however, these remain rather vague.
Were you able to contribute your expertise?
Klassert: I presented a paper on the POLICYMIX project during the ISEE conference. In this project, we research the possible fields of application of economic policy instruments for protecting biodiversity.
