Projektbeschreibung
Schutz von Waldökosystemen
Waldökosysteme sind nicht nur immens wichtige Lebensräume für biologische Vielfalt, sondern auch für das Wohlbefinden der Menschen von zentraler Bedeutung. Doch diese Ökosysteme sind ökologischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Belastungen ausgesetzt, die ihre Gesundheit und Resilienz in Mitleidenschaft ziehen. Daher will das EU-finanzierte Projekt DecisionES die Forschungszusammenarbeit zwischen acht europäischen und zehn amerikanischen Organisationen voranbringen, die alle an der Entwicklung und Anwendung von Entscheidungshilfen im Bereich der Ökosystemdienstleistungen arbeiten. Fachübergreifende Expertise auf höchstem Niveau fließt aus diesen Organisationen in das Projekt und in die Integration von operativen, taktischen und strategischen Bewirtschaftungsmethoden für Waldökosysteme und die Bereitstellung von robusten Ökosystemdienstleistungen.
Ziel
Pressures on forest ecosystems are very likely to increase as a consequence of socioeconomic and demographic trends. A growing population will demand more products (e.g. wood) to be extracted from forest ecosystems. At the same time, these harvesting activities and their interactions with global change drivers will impact the sustainability of the supply of a wider range of non-provisioning services (e.g. wildfire protection, water, and biodiversity). The integrity of ecosystems must be safeguarded when developing harvesting activities, and yet this is further complicated by the occurrence of natural disturbances such as wildfires and droughts, etc. New decision support approaches are needed that can cope with this challenge.
European and the American experiences with the development and application of decision support approaches for the provision of ecosystem services (ESs), offer a solid base for continued improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of forest management in the context of global change (e.g. responding to changes in demographics, socioeconomics, and climatic conditions). This provided the rationale for a project that will help to strengthen research collaboration through active networking and staff exchange between 8 European organizations and 10 American organizations that are leaders in these fields.
This project will build from the top-level multidisciplinary expertise (wildfire ecology and management, wildfire behaviour simulation, hydrology, process-based modelling, biodiversity, wildlife management, ecology, water services, operations research, management science, stakeholder engagement, forest ecosystem management planning methods, supply chain management methods and decision support systems) in these organizations to address the integration of operational, tactical and strategic forest ecosystem management planning levels and potentiate the supply of ecosystem services at various spatial and temporal scales.
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