Projects

Project Profile: BioDiv-support

Scenario-based decision support for policy planning and adaptation to future changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services

Who?

Principal Investigators: Camilla Andersson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden
Partners: Marta García Vivanco, CIEMAT, Spain
Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, FMI, Finland
Augustin Colette, INERIS, France
Paul Miller, Lund University, Sweden
Thomas Hickler, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Germany
Gunhild Rosqvist, Stockholm University, Sweden
Robert Björk, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Sponsors: Academy of Finland, Finland
French National Research Agency, France
German Research Foundation, Germany
DLR Project Management Agency, Germany
Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain
Formas, Sweden

What?

Full Project Title: Scenario-based decision support for policy planning and adaptation to future changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services
Full Call Title: Biodiversity2017
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Why?

Project Objective: This research project aims at using cutting-edge scientific tools to study changes in terrestrial vegetation and ecosystem services until the 2050s following different future scenarios based on these drivers, to provide information for designing biodiversity management plans.
Call Objective: The Call addresses two major (non-exclusive) priorities:

- Development and application of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services across spatial scales of relevance to multiple types of decisions;

- Consideration of multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services in biodiversity scenarios.

Where?

Regions:
Countries: Andorra, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden

When?

Duration: 36 months
Call Date: October 2, 2017
Project Award Date: July 13, 2018