Obiettivo Managing natural resources to sustain human livelihood needs while minimizing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services is, arguably, the greatest challenge facing our generation. Top-down approaches to preserve natural resources, e.g. protected areas, have had limited success in integrating local social needs with natural resource management. Local communities use and manage more than 10% of the world’s forests, which are key biomes for biodiversity. Governments and conservation initiatives are increasingly recognizing the role of local communities in natural resource conservation but there is little evidence of how local community needs interact with ecological processes. This fellowship will focus on community-managed forests and investigate, for the first time, how long-term environmental outcomes influence - and are influenced by - community management practices. To address this issue, the candidate fellow Dr. Johan Oldekop, will focus on a series of community-managed forests in Nepal and lead an interdisciplinary collaboration between Dr. Mark Whittingham at Newcastle University (UK), and Prof. Arun Agrawal and the International Forestry Resources and Institutions Programme (IFRI) at the University of Michigan (USA). Research outcomes will be highly relevant for forest management policies globally (including community management initiatives in European forests). By leading a high-impact interdisciplinary and policy relevant research programme, Dr. Oldekop will master a unique set of complementary skills and position himself at the lead of interdisciplinary socio-ecological research. Becoming one of Europe’s first uniquely trained interdisciplinary conservation scientists will allow Dr. Oldekop to establish new international collaborations and significantly expand European research excellence and competitiveness. Campo scientifico agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilvicultureengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Programma(i) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development" Invito a presentare proposte FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Coordinatore THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Contributo UE € 294 693,00 Indirizzo FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Jennifer Loftus (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (1) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Partecipazione conclusa Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo KINGS GATE NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne Mostra sulla mappa Regione North East (England) Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Tyneside Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Carol Huntley (Mrs.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
