Description du projet
Une boîte à outils pour des décisions d’utilisation des sols respectueuses de l’environnement
Aujourd’hui, il est nécessaire de radicalement modifier les politiques et les décisions des parties prenantes afin de répondre efficacement aux menaces posées par le changement climatique et aux défis connexes en matière de préservation de la biodiversité. Il est essentiel d’encourager des pratiques et des décisions durables en matière d’utilisation et de gestion des sols pour permettre une gestion efficace des crises à venir. Le projet EUROPE-LAND, financé par l’UE, vise à améliorer la prise de décisions relatives à l’utilisation et à la gestion des sols en Europe afin d’atténuer l’impact sur le climat et la biodiversité. Pour atteindre cet objectif, le projet intégrera les sciences naturelles et sociales afin de développer différents outils qui aideront les parties prenantes à prendre des décisions en connaissance de cause et à accroître la sensibilisation à l’utilisation des sols. En outre, le projet mettra en œuvre des techniques de surveillance de pointe pour étudier le comportement relatif à l’utilisation des sols dans toute l’Europe.
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Aligned with the European leading efforts in climate science and multiple initiatives on climate action and sustainability, the project Towards Sustainable Land-use Strategies in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Challenges in Europe (EUROPE-LAND) focuses on the integration of natural and social sciences to identify, develop, test and implement integrated tools to improve the understanding of the factors behind land-use decisions as well as the stakeholders’ awareness and engagement in terms of climate change and biodiversity challenges. EUROPE-LAND expects to go beyond the state-of-the-art and fill in specific gaps associated with integrated indicators for monitoring land use and land cover change, the effects of awareness and behavioural typologies on pathways to more sustainable land use across Europe, and interactive tools to explore land use under different scenarios and with participatory approaches. The project also intends to challenge the dominant narrative through its choice of case studies – particularly comparing Eastern and Western European situations, while also devoting special attention to the role of stakeholders in land-use decisions. EUROPE-LAND integrates 12 EU member states and consists of 7 work packages with tasks associated with assessing land-use behaviour across Europe, investigating the awareness of key land-use related stakeholders about climate change and biodiversity challenges and their willingness to contribute to addressing them, mapping land use and land cover patterns, and constructing integrated assessment modelling approaches. The project will also produce an interactive toolbox designed in a user friendly way, to allow users via the web to experiment with different land-uses, understand hidden connections between them and develop a holistic and systemic way of thinking. Combined with efforts on strategic stakeholder engagement and capacity-building initiatives, the project resources are expected to support sustainable land use and decision making at all levels.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
20099 Hamburg
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