Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales

Project Information

SCALES

Grant agreement ID: 226852

Project closed

Start date 1 May 2009

End date 31 July 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Total cost € 10 331 247,54

EU contribution € 6 995 640,00

Coordinated by

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ
Germany

Objective

Our capacity to effectively sustain biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales is an essential component of European environmental sustainability. Anthropogenic and environmental pressures on biodiversity act differently at different scales. Consequently, effective conservation responses to these threats must explicitly consider the scale at which effects occur, and therefore it is crucial that administrative levels and planning scales match the relevant biological scales. The SCALES project will provide the scientific and policy research needed to guide scale-dependent management actions. It will assess and model the scaling properties of natural and anthropogenic processes and the resulting scale-dependencies of the impacts of these pressures on various levels of biodiversity from genes to ecosystem functions. To facilitate these assessment methods for upscaling and downscaling biodiversity data will be reviewed and improved. SCALES will further evaluate the effectiveness of management and policy responses to biodiversity loss in terms of their scale-relevance and will develop new tools for matching their scales to relevant biological scales. Finally, a resulting methodological and policy framework for enhancing the effectiveness of European biodiversity conservation across scales will be developed and tested. This framework focuses on networks of protected areas and regional connectivity. This framework will be disseminated to a wide range of relevant users via a web based support tool kit (SCALE-TOOL) and by means of further dissemination channels, such as conferences, publications, and the mass media.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › biodiversity conservation
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Keywords

• Scaling
• anthropogenic drivers
• biodiversity conservation
• connectivity
• fragmentation
• monitoring
• networks of protected area

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2008.2.1.4.4. - Scale dependency of sustainable use of biodiversity

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2008-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ

• EU contribution: € 847 717,00
• Address: PERMOSERSTRASSE 15 ; 04318 Leipzig ; Germany
• Region: Sachsen › Leipzig › Leipzig
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Annette Schmidt (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (30)

PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU

Greece

• EU contribution: € 297 600,00
• Address: LOFOS PANEPISTIMIOU ; 81100 Mytilini
• Region: Νησιά Αιγαίου › Βόρειο Αιγαίο › Λέσβος
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Panayiotis Tsokaros (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 532 721,00
• Address: WHITEKNIGHTS CAMPUS WHITEKNIGHTS HOUSE ; RG6 6AH Reading
• Region: South East (England) › Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire › Berkshire
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Liz Stansfield (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERZITA KARLOVA

Czechia

• EU contribution: € 143 250,00
• Address: OVOCNY TRH 560/5 ; 116 36 Praha 1
• Region: Česko › Praha › Hlavní město Praha
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Darja Zoubková (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS

Greece

• EU contribution: € 359 400,00
• Address: KEDEA BUILDING, TRITIS SEPTEMVRIOU, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ; 546 36 THESSALONIKI
• Region: Βόρεια Ελλάδα › Κεντρική Μακεδονία › Θεσσαλονίκη
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Petridou Georgia (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 667 112,00
• Address: WOODHOUSE LANE ; LS2 9JT Leeds
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › West Yorkshire › Leeds
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Kathy Brownridge (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 516 508,00
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Armelle Barelli (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI

Poland

• EU contribution: € 279 625,00
• Address: UL GOLEBIA 24 ; 31-007 Krakow
• Region: Makroregion południowy › Małopolskie › Miasto Kraków
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Malgorzata Grodzinska-Jurczak (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

LUNDS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 218 286,00
• Address: Paradisgatan 5c ; 22100 Lund
• Region: Södra Sverige › Sydsverige › Skåne län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Martin T. Sykes (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 196 148,00
• Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue ; SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Hannah Gilbert (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS

Finland

• EU contribution: € 728 021,00
• Address: LATOKARTANONKAARI 11 ; 00790 Helsinki
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Helsinki-Uusimaa › Helsinki-Uusimaa
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ulla Haapanen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Median SCP

Spain

• EU contribution: € 47 700,00
• Address: CALLE VISTA ALEGRE 20 ; 08197 SANT CUGAT DEL VALLES
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Sybille Van Den Hove (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

PENSOFT PUBLISHERS

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: € 200 800,00
• Address: UL. GEO MILEV 13A ; 1111 Sofia
• Region: Югозападна и Южна централна България › Югозападен › София (столица)
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Lyubomir Penev (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAT BAYREUTH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 95 405,35
• Address: UNIVERSITATSSTRASSE 30 ; 95447 Bayreuth
• Region: Bayern › Oberfranken › Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Peter Schindler (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO

Finland

• EU contribution: € 200 400,00
• Address: YLIOPISTONKATU 3 ; 00014 Helsingin Yliopisto
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Helsinki-Uusimaa › Helsinki-Uusimaa
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Sanna-Maija Miettinen (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

TARTU ULIKOOL

Estonia

• EU contribution: € 214 000,00
• Address: ULIKOOLI 18 ; 51005 Tartu
• Region: Eesti › Eesti › Lõuna-Eesti
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Martin Zobel (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

France

• EU contribution: € 225 552,00
• Address: RUE CUVIER 57 ; 75005 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Lydie Saury (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET BERN

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 224 868,00
• Address: HOCHSCHULSTRASSE 6 ; 3012 Bern
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Espace Mittelland › Bern / Berne
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Excoffier Laurent (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACAO DA FACULDADE DE CIENCIAS E TECNOLOGIA DA UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA.

Portugal

• EU contribution: € 73 160,00
• Address: Campus de Caparica, Quinta da Torre S/N ; 2829516 Caparica
• Region: Continente › Área Metropolitana de Lisboa › Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ana Luisa Baiao (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

Australia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ST LUCIA ; 4072 Brisbane
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Karen Hurley (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTER ZA KARTOGRAFIJO FAVNE IN FLORE ZAVOD

Slovenia

• EU contribution: € 90 000,00
• Address: ANTOLICICEVA 1 ; 2204 MIKLAVZ NA DRAVSKEM POLJU
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Mladen Kotarac (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

CONSORCI CENTRE DE CIENCIA I TECNOLOGIA FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 80 000,00
• Address: CTRA SANT LLORENC DE MORUNYS KM 2 ; 25280 Solsona
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Lleida
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Lluís Brotons (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LONDON

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 124 816,00
• Address: 25EP 25 ECCLESTON PLACE ; SW1W 9NF London
• Region: London › Inner London — West › Westminster
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Clair Froomberg (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 190 000,00
• Address: ALMAS ALLE 8 ; 750 07 Uppsala
• Region: Östra Sverige › Östra Mellansverige › Uppsala län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Riccardo Bommarco (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Gamtos tyrimų centras

Lithuania

• EU contribution: € 77 130,00
• Address: Akademijos g. 2 ; LT-08412 Vilnius
• Region: Lietuva › Sostinės regionas › Vilniaus apskritis
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Anna Budriene (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

DEBRECENI EGYETEM

Hungary

• EU contribution: € 50 400,00
• Address: EGYETEM TER 1 ; 4032 Debrecen
• Region: Alföld és Észak › Észak-Alföld › Hajdú-Bihar
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Zoltán Pozsonyi (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

STIFTELSEN NORSK INSTITUTT FOR NATURFORSKNING NINA

Norway

• EU contribution: € 90 000,00
• Address: HOGSKOLERINGEN 9 ; 7034 Trondheim
• Region: Norge › Trøndelag › Trøndelag
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Stein-Erik Aagaard (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT WURZBURG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 177 770,65
• Address: SANDERRING 2 ; 97070 Wuerzburg
• Region: Bayern › Unterfranken › Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Christian Gloggengiesser (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF KENT

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 27 000,00
• Address: THE REGISTRY CANTERBURY ; CT2 7NZ Canterbury, Kent
• Region: South East (England) › Kent › East Kent
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ruth Woodger (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

ANOIKTO PANEPISTIMIO KYPROU (OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS)

Cyprus

• EU contribution: € 20 250,00
• Address: YANNOU KRANIDIOTI AV 33 2ND FL ; 2220 Lefkosia
• Region: Κύπρος › Κύπρος › Κύπρος
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Christopher Christodoulides (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY

Taiwan

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ROOSEVELT ROAD 1 ; 10617 Taipei
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Rita S. W. Yam (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data