Land system science: understanding realities and developing solutions” We have the pleasure to invite you for the Global Land Project third Open Science Meeting (GLP 3rd OSM 2016), to be held from 24-27th October 2016 at China National Convention Center. GLP had its first OSM from 17-19 October 2010 at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA, and its second OSM from March 19-21 2014 at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. The upcoming third OSM 2016 will be organized by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences under the coordination of Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and International Project Office (IPO) of GLP. The aim of GLP 3rd OSM 2016 is to bring together large parts of the international research community working on land system issues, showcase the width and scope of ongoing research, help build a community in this highly interdisciplinary field, inspire new research and facilitate review, theory building and extrapolation. The conference covers the following main themes: - Mapping and modeling the sustainability of land systems - Land systems in an urbanizing and telecoupling world - Land systems and the water, food, energy nexus - Managing trade-offs and synergies for sustainable land systems - Novel land governance systems to manage natural resources Special GLP awards such as best student poster/oral presentation awards, GLP awards, will be launched amid the GLP OSM 2016. It is planned to organize a few special issues based on the sessions and full papers submitted to the GLP OSM. Call for sessions will be sent out soon.
